What is the strange board game that Dipper and Mabel have just discovered in their attic bedroom? This story combines Gravity Falls with the Jumanji TV cartoon series. All characters belong to Disney and Columbia TriStar Television, not me.
Gravmanji
Chapter 1 – I'm Game
Dipper and Mabel were moving into the attic of the Mystery Shack, the home/tourist trap of their Grunkle Stan.
"This attic is amazing," said Mabel. "Check out all my splinters!"
"And there's a goat on my bed," said Dipper.
"Hello, friend," Mabel said to the goat. "Yes, you can keep chewing on my sweater."
"Not on my bed," said Dipper. He gave the goat a push and it jumped off the bed and ran down the stairs.
"Aw, you're spoiling the fun with my new friend," said Mabel.
"It's great you can look on the bright side," said Dipper. "All I can think about is how we got sent here to live in this wreck of a place because Mom and Dad died in a car crash in Canada."
"I miss them too, but we have to move on, Dipper," said Mabel. "I'll find something to take your mind off of it."
She dug around under her bed. "Whee! Dust bunnies!"
"Great," said Dipper.
"I found this old board game," said Mabel, pulling out a wooden box from under the bed.
"Gravmanji. A game for those who seek to find a way to leave their world behind," Dipper read from the cover. "That part fits, all right. But it's boring. It looks like just roll the dice and move. No strategy."
"Then I have an equal chance of winning, for once," said Mabel.
"It also says Gravmanji provides a clue to help the player finish the turn," said Dipper. "What could that mean?"
"Let's try it and see," said Mabel.
"All right, I'm game," said Dipper.
He threw the dice and got a three. A game piece jumped onto the board and moved three spaces.
"This is more high-tech than I thought," said Dipper. "The pieces must be magnetized."
Words swirled around in the round orb in the center: "CLEAR AS ICE, BUT WORTH THE PRICE."
A moment later the swirls expanded around them.
"Hey, what's going on?" asked Dipper.
When the swirling stopped they were in the middle of a jungle, at night. The air was warm and humid. All around they heard bird calls and the snarls of beasts. They couldn't see far in any direction because of the dense trees around their clearing. Some of the vines hanging from the trees were moving. Were they snakes?
"What happened?" asked Mabel.
"I don't know," said Dipper.
A snarl from the bushes drew their attention. A large creature emerged with glowing yellow eyes and mushrooms growing on its shoulders. Before it could get to them, a man leaped from the side and fought it off.
The man walked up to them. He wore goggles, and he had a long, dark trench coat. They noticed the man had six fingers on each of his hands.
"Who are you?" asked Mabel. "Where are we?"
"Gravmanji," the man whispered.