Enter the world of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein

Mother of Frankensteinis a groundbreaking new puzzle game that combines the best of escape rooms, board games, immersive theater, and novels. Designed for 1-6 players, ages 13 and up,MoFoffers 10-15 hours of puzzles to solve, 2D and 3D jigsaws to construct, gorgeous documents to parse, and mysterious artifacts to examine, all wrapped up in a shocking re-conception of the true story behind Mary Shelleys famous monster. Each volume should take 3-5 hours to complete.

Volume 1 concerns Marys teenage years. We learn about her education by her iconoclastic father and complete three assignments on the subjects she most loved as a studentpoetry, music, and astronomyeach of which is presented in the form of a puzzle. Simultaneously, Mary embarks on a love affair with the dashing (but married) poetPercy Shelley. The course of their courtship is laid out over 15 love letterscomplete with original poetry, gorgeous drawings, and some heavy flirtingbut be warned, inMother of Frankenstein, there are always secrets hidden in the spaces between the words, for those who know how to look

In Volume 2, the venue changes to a certain famouscastlein Germany. Youll begin by constructing a 300-piece jigsaw puzzle that will serve as a sort of key to the mysteries that follow. One puzzle involves a ball thrown on a balmy summer night in 1814, for which youll have to chart the events of the evening by way of gossip rags, billiard hall schedules, and original drawings by comic book artist Liana Kangas. Afterwards youll descend into the bowels of the castle with alchemistConrad Dippel, and discover what Mary learned under his tutelage.

Finally, in Volume 3, youll construct an epic 3D puzzle of the same castle and use it towell, we arent ready to give away all of our plans just yet!