Mother Of Frankenstein: Volume 1

A high-quality and story-driven tabletop puzzle game that we quickly fell in love with. The puzzles were intertwined with the story nicely and had the perfect level of difficulty - complex, layered, and meaty, while still being very approachable. The game materials were high-quality and themed beautifully. It also had nice stopping points where we could walk away and pick up where we left off later (it's a lot to cover in one sitting!). The game leans heavily on story (and they're upfront about that), but it presents the topic in an interesting and digestible way - it really got us hooked on a story that may not have piqued our interest otherwise. We kind of wished there was a more satisfying way to confirm our answers (you check your solutions like a test), but that was only one tiny moment that took us out of the world of the game. This is one of the better tabletop puzzle games we've played, and it left us excited to dive into the next two volumes!

Mother of Frankenstein is a full escape-like game from Hatch Escapes, best known for their amazing escape room Lab Rat. This game is very beautifully narrative-driven and based on the real life of Frankenstein creator Mary Shelley. The narrative and puzzles go hand in hand and culminate in a genius final puzzle. I thought the puzzles were very varied and catered to different intelligence strengths. Unfortunately, I was weak in one of them, and since the puzzles were very long and drawn out, I couldn’t really enjoy 1/4 of the entire game. I think my main issue was how long each puzzle was. I’m better with shorter puzzles usually found in escape rooms, whereas this game had me interacting with a singular type of puzzle for at least 1 hour each. This game is part of a bigger story with two more volumes already out, and the ending of this one made me very intrigued to play the next installment. Perhaps my opinions will fluctuate after I complete volumes 2 and 3. Then my complete review will be alive. IT’S ALIIIIVE!

an original concept to a puzzle game. an interesting concept for a puzzle system and creative execution for the main puzzle of the volume. the scale of it made it feel more grand than other experiences. i also enjoyed finding the subtlety of the puzzles and quality of the game as a whole. this is also the first of three. so i would suggest to play if you planned to continue with the narrative

Solid story driven puzzle board game. Good if you like reading. Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 are better than Vol. 3. Ran into a bit of frustration in the manual execution of Vol. 3 that took away from the fun but all in all it’s a good series to play with a friend. Very long to complete and you gotta be a real nerd to enjoy it but we all are since we are on Morty. Feels good to be a Bysshe. I would not consider this an escape room in a box at all. More an interactive puzzle novel. Also your experience will be very incomplete if you only played one volume and stopped so make the choice to do it all or don’t do it.