Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein

It’s been twenty years since Victor Frankenstein died on a ship in the arctic, but his vengeful creature lives on, as does Robert Walton, the sea captain who vowed to kill the fiend before mercy stayed his hand. It’s now 1819, and a sinister darkness descends upon the city of Paris. A mysterious benefactor of gigantic stature has emerged in the scientific community, never showing his face, claiming to possess the late Frankenstein’s research. He sponsors a grand competition, offering an even grander prize: unlocking the mystery of mortality!

Renowned scientists from around the world come to take part: some drawn to solve this eternal riddle, others coerced against their will. But a certain captain comes as well, one deeply suspicious of the secretive patron, hoping to finally fulfill his vow.

Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein is a competitive game of strategic monster building for 2-4 players, inspired by Mary Shelley’s classic novel of gothic horror. In the game, the creature demands your help to accomplish what his own creator would not: to bring to life an abomination like itself, a companion to end its miserable solitude. Through worker placement and careful management of decomposing resources, you’ll gather materials from the cemeteries and morgues around the city, conduct valuable research at the Academy of Science, hire less-than-reputable associates, and toil away in your lab — all in an effort to assemble a new form of life and infuse it with a “spark of being”. Do well, and the creature may reward you during one of its surprise visits; do poorly, and you may come to regret not putting forth more effort. Narrative elements come into play throughout the game, guided by your decisions, leading to potentially unsavory outcomes.

The game ends when you succeed in bringing your creation to life or when the Captain kills the creature, whichever happens first. Then the player with the most points fulfills Frankenstein’s dark legacy, becoming his heir, for good or ill…

• Primary Name
  Abomination: The Heir of Frankenstein
• Alternate Names
  Abominación: El Heredero de Frankenstein

  Abominacja: Dziedzictwo Frankensteina

  Monstrum: Frankensteinovi dědicové
• Year Released
  2019
• Designer
  Dan Blanchett
• Solo Designer
  Jon Merkle
• Artists
  Mikhail Palamarchuk

  Tony Sart
• Publishers
  Plaid Hat Games

  ADC Blackfire Entertainment

  Rebel Sp. z o.o.
• Graphic Designer
  David Richards
• Writers
  Mr. Bistro

  Dan Blanchett
• Categories
  Horror

  Novel-based

  Science Fiction
• Mechanisms
  Dice Rolling

  Events

  Narrative Choice / Paragraph

  Set Collection

  Storytelling

  Variable Player Powers

  Worker Placement

  Worker Placement, Different Worker Types
• Family
  Characters: Frankenstein

• 1 Paris board
• 1 event board
• 4 laboratory boards
• 8 shock dice
• 4 anatomy cards
• 6 character cards
• 15 encounter cards
• 19 event cards
• 16 humanity cards
• 16 research cards
• 16 scoundrel cards
• 52 cadaver cards
• 1 captain meeple
• 1 first player creature meeple
• 16 scientist meeples
• 12 assistant meeples
• 42 Francs
• 4 ice block tokens
• 16 leyden jar tokens
• 170 material cubes
• 30 monster body part tokens
• 28 damage markers
• 4 player score markers
• 6 bonus objective markers
• 1 bribe and bump track
• 4 event markers
• 12 police markers
• 4 player reference cards
• 24 alive markers
• 12 plastic connector sets

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