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Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal Board Game coming in 2018

September 11, 2017 by Gary Collinson

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.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Toys Tagged With: Jim Henson, Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal, Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal Board Game, The Dark Crystal

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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