Frankenstein (2005)

About this game

In this two-player game, Dr. Frankenstein and Igor try get sets of three ingredients from a large rack of 5x10 ingredients. During a turn, a player has three action points to manipulate the ingredient columns, trying to get the exact set of three ingredients he is looking for either on top of a single column or on three adjacent columns. Re-stacking the columns is rather intuitive: you can move stacks of any size, but you can never move them upwards, only to the same height or downwards. The first player to collect five sets wins the game.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Strictly 2 players — no more, no fewer.
• Rules load. At 1.0/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 10 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.