2018 · Movies / TV / Radio theme

Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Board Game

Players take on the roles of a small group of heroes on a quest to heal a shattered, ancient crystal and restore balance to a dying world. The game plays as a semi-cooperative adventure: players explore locations, gather resources, complete tasks, and face wandering enemies while managing a shared objective and individual goals. Gameplay uses scenario-driven encounters, event resolution, and collaborative decision-making, with tension between helping the group and pursuing personal aims. Win and loss conditions depend on locating a key artifact and surviving encroaching threats across the board.

groupPlayers

2–4 best 2

schedulePlaying time

60–120 min

cakeAge

14+

psychologyComplexity

2.6 / 5