Also, today from the archives, let’s celebrate the Magic of Willow with The Willow Game!
Besides publishing the 90-page roleplaying game The Willow Sourcebook, TOR Books also put out this Willow roleplaying game in 1988. Known for its award-winning science fiction, fantasy, and horror publishing program as well as movie, television, and computer game tie-in novels, the company is still around today.
The box features excellent cover art credited to artist Ron Miller, with the card design credited to Janet J. Kramer. With 144 cards in the game, all sorts of bit characters from the film (and several not seen on-screen) are included with some interesting design choices.

An additional Willow board game featuring great artwork was also put out by Parker Brothers later the same year “Based on the Hit Movie.” However, that one is a bit less RPG. It’s more like Candyland or Game of Life. ![]()
Despite being sold by the bigger board game manufacturer, that game is rare enough that I have not been able to track down a reasonably priced copy for myself.
The Willow film turned 37 years old this month! I figure there’ll be a new Willow item from my collection to share here for the rest of the month. Happy 37 years to the Magic of Willow!