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Mantic buys River Horse, securing the brand and licenses, including Labyrinth and Dark Crystal RPGs

June 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mantic will be taking on River Horse’s licensed games and universes, and Alessio Cavatore will be joining Mantic to work on product and games design as they continue to bring you truly exceptional tabletop experiences.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dark crystal, kings of war, mantic games, river horse

The world’s freakiest Fizzgig plush prop is on sale

January 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Few other people will have a replica Fizzgig like this, and if you’re building a gaming den for D&D nights or a cool Twitch backdrop, then a fuzzy monster face behind you might be exactly the vibe you are looking for.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: dark crystal, funcom, monsters, props, shopping

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #79

December 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A summary of 2020 RPG stats, a round-up of the news, lots of reviews and product releases all together in a single Routinely Itemised bundle.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: AAW Games, alien rpg, Chaosium, cubicle 7, dark crystal, darkraven games, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, Free League Publishing, gen con, James Introcaso, Malleus Monstrorum, Modiphius Entertainment, neon city overdrive, onyx path publishing, Origins Award, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, R. Talsorian Games, river horse, routinely itemised, soulbound, Steve Jackson Games, talisman, the children of fear, thought police interactive, warhammer age of sigmar, wizards of the coast, World Anvil, wrath & glory

The Dark Crystal RPG announced

December 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The game will be written by World Anvil’s Janet Forbes and River Horse’s Jack Caesar.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dark crystal, Jim Henson, river horse

Dark Crystal puppets used in filming come to the Forbidden Planet

September 12, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

They’re the magic of Thra, brought life, and they’re so incredibly realistic, we almost expect them to move!

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: dark crystal, Forbidden Planet

The Dark Crystal in cake form

March 16, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Created by the Little Cherry Cake Company is this almost perfect Dark Crystal cake. Little Cherry Cakes notes a love for all things 80s, horror, gaming, skulls and classic films like the Goonies in their Facebook page. Good taste, my cakey friends. Good taste. This cake has everything from the Dark Crystal itself to Gelflings, […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cake, dark crystal, food

7 weird head cakes created by Heartache

March 6, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

In Sutton, United Kingdom, are a pair of geeky women with style, ability and a thing for cakes. They’re known as Heartache Cakes; one bakes, the other decorates. To sample their cakey ways hit up their Facebook page for their gallery or for contact details. There’s plenty on display. This teaser set contains 7 weird […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cake, cthulhu, dark crystal, dinosaurs, food, vampires

Fashion plus geek style: The Dark Crystal top

February 25, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

You’ll score some significant geek and fashion points if you wore this. Hot Topic describe this as a The Dark Crystal Sublimation Muscle girls top. I don’t know why. Bare arms to show off muscles? I tell you what I see; I see Gelflings, sneaking Gelflings! Fizzgig, Aughra, urRu and Skeksis too.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: dark crystal, fashion

The Dark Crystal’s Skeksis sing: Skeksis Back

October 14, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’m impressed with this. Hats off to Luke Ski for the lyrics and vocals. I’m impressed with Luke Sienkowski and Sara Trice’s puppt as well. It looks pretty cool. What’s there to be said from a guest appearance by a Fraggle too? Perfect. The song was inspired by The Nerdist podcast. That strikes me as […]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: dark crystal

Dark Crystal RPG in the works

August 26, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

There’s a rumour there will be a sequel to the Dark Crystal. According to the gossip, Omnilab Media and The Jim Henson Company will produce a 3D movie called “Power of the Dark Crystal” with special effects and puppets. It’s been suggested that Michael and Peter Spierig will direct. To be honest, only time will […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dark crystal, gen con

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