It's game day! Abomination & Dead Man's Cabal

• THIS IS A LIMITED SEATING EVENT. FIRM RSVPS ARE REQUIRED
• Please only sign up if you plan on staying for both games
• Rules knowledge not required. I will teach as necessary but rules videos are posted below each game description.

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...

**https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/239472/abomination-the-heir-of-frankenstein**

**How to play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edJgH18IX4Y**

Dead Man's Cabal is a mid-weight strategy game from Daniel Newman, with game development from Jonathan Gilmour (Dead of Winter, Dinosaur Island). In the game, 2-4 players compete to bring the dead back to life so that they can throw a party with actual, you know, guests.
The gameplay is a clever interplay of a unique action selection mechanism that allows players to choose both a private action followed by a group action, requiring tense decision-making on the timing of the different phases of the game. Collect bodies, crystal skulls, and runes, then bring the dead back to life. This might sound simple enough, but triggering the actions in just the right order requires careful planning to make sure you aren't helping your competitors more than yourself.

**https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/264321/dead-mans-cabal**

**Overview from DT: https://boardgamegeek.com/video/225712/dead-mans-cabal/dead-mans-cabal-review-with-tom-vasel**
**How to Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEtZpieCAsY**