Thanks to the game company Mantic, fans of the classic fantasy adventure movie Labyrinth will have the chance to experience the world themselves. (David Bowie’s codpiece is not included.) The 40th Anniversary collection brings together all four of Mantic’s Labyrinth games, plus expansions.
Being experts at bringing cult franchises into the 3D world of tabletop gaming, Mantic‘s previous successes include Hellboy, Mars Attacks, The Umbrella Academy, and The Walking Dead. The new crowdfunder is for an updated and prettier presentation of the core Labyrinth board game, the card game, the TTRPG and the quirky racing game Ready Steady Worm!
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: The Board Game is a critically acclaimed game with highly detailed, paintable models, including Jareth the Goblin King, Sarah; Hoggle, Ludo, Sir Didymus, and Ambrosius. Given that the movie is a series of fixed events, it works really well as a board game. Similarly, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: The Adventure Game is a TTRPG designed for light play, a way to explore the imaginative RPG space without heavy investment.
The card game is a classic trick-taking game that’s frankly just a fun ice-breaker and surprisingly evocative of the movie, especially if you’re being a very sneaky Jared. Ready Steady Worm! It is similar to a light but silly racing game with very cute art and design.
Mantic’s current Crowdfunder is probably the best way to get your hands on some of the nicest and most interested accessible fantasy games on the market today. Check out the Crowdfunder here.