Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal is enjoying a renaissance at present; we’ve got a series of comic books from Boom! Studios, the upcoming Netflix prequel series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance on the horizon, and soon – thanks to River Horse – fans will be able to bring the adventure to their tabletop with the release of Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Board Game!
The game contains:
• 4 highly collectable figurine renditions of the main characters:
2 Gelflings – Jen and Kira (with Fizzgig!).
2 Skeksis – skekSil the Chamberlain and skekUng the Garthim-Master
• Rules booklet – 24 pages.
• 2′ × 2′ game board – lavishly illustrated with inspiring new artwork featuring all the legendary places from the movie, including Aughra’s Observatory, the Valley of the Stones and the Crystal Castle.
• 25 World cards, 9 Mystic cards, 7 Skeksis cards and 15 Minion cards.
• Over 20 game tokens.
• 6 polyhedral dice (D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, D20).
• 4 character sheets and 4 Special Ability cards.
• Cardboard stand-ups and bases: 4 Garthim, 1 Slave Podlings, 1 Gourmand Skeksis and 1 Slave-Master Skeksis
• 1 Orrery turn track (top and bottom, with plastic connector).
Will Jen and Kira manage to find the Shard and heal the Dark Crystal? Find out in this fun family board game for 2 to 4 players based on the classic The Dark Crystal movie by Jim Henson.
Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Board Game is set for release in early 2018.
Originally published September 11, 2017. Updated November 30, 2022.
