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Miniatures Adventure => Gothic Horror => Topic started by: Puuka on 11 January 2010, 03:19:38 PM

Title: Batman in Horror?
Post by: Puuka on 11 January 2010, 03:19:38 PM

I know a lot of people have looked at Batman as a Super Hero and even Weird World War mini, but how about in the horror genre?
He has had some titles that would warrant it. Ones that come to mind;

• Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham Cthulian mythos comes to Gotham
• Batman & Dracula: Red Rain, Bloodstorm and Crimson Mist. Dracula comes to Gotham and Batman becomes a monster to fight him.
• Batman: Haunted Gotham Demons have a hold on Gotham and all who enter.
• Batman: Gotham by Gaslight and it's Sequel: Batman: Master of the Future This is Victorian Batman
  

Just wondering if anyone has done anything with this?

For some reviews
http://www.rambles.net/batman_doomhaunt.html (Doom and Haunted)
http://comics.ign.com/articles/626/626251p1.html (Red Rain)

There's even a Heroclix figure of the Vampire Batman (Cosmic Justice #95)
(http://www.hcrealms.com/units/cj095.jpg)

Title: Re: Batman in Horror?
Post by: Weird WWII on 11 January 2010, 03:56:53 PM

I've pitted the Dark Knight against the zombie horde in 1940s Gotham, and he didn't fare to well.  Similar to the pic below.  Batarangs, acid pellets and even a Thompson couldn't help him in that game.

(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc178/kampfgruppecottrell/Weird%20WWII/87ad.jpg)

Brian

Title: Re: Batman in Horror?
Post by: YPU on 11 January 2010, 04:09:03 PM

I was discussing batman in tabletop and rpg’s with my girlfriend recently and we came to the conclusion that you can’t really do it. In the oh so many VS topics that you have all over the internet the general conclusion is batman gets his ass kicked the first time, but he is a master of escape, then once he has a plan he will win.

Title: Re: Batman in Horror?
Post by: wellender on 11 January 2010, 05:02:51 PM

There are also the recent Batman and the Monster Men and Batman and the Mad Monk, both by Matt Wagner.  Both were kind of horrorish.

Title: Re: Batman in Horror?
Post by: axabrax on 11 January 2010, 07:50:35 PM

Cool idea. Since it's a brainchild of LAF, why not just use Strange Aeons and write up stats for the Batman? Just make him buffed enough that he can stand in for a whole team of agents by himself.  Either that or use could use the superfigs system blended with Chaos in Carpathia. Given that the batman is solo, you could even do some solo gaming in this vein.

Title: Re: Batman in Horror?
Post by: P_Clapham on 11 January 2010, 10:54:26 PM

I've always fancied Batman in a Gaslight / Gothic Horror scenario.

Title: Re: Batman in Horror?
Post by: bc99 on 12 January 2010, 12:10:11 AM

Quote from: YPU on 11 January 2010, 04:09:03 PM

I was discussing batman in tabletop and rpg’s with my girlfriend recently

You lucky man.

Title: Re: Batman in Horror?
Post by: YPU on 12 January 2010, 12:14:10 AM

Not all that much, the mainly collects Warhammer night goblins.  :D


But to elaborate, I think that in any game there, for me, would very quickly be a feeling that he can’t do all he should be able to.  Batrang, grappling hooks and gliding cloak one can stat up, but the crime fighting rich kid has a lot more tricks up his sleeve.

Title: Re: Batman in Horror?
Post by: axabrax on 12 January 2010, 03:56:35 PM

BTW: Are the clix figs pretty much 28mm or what?

Title: Re: Batman in Horror?
Post by: Puuka on 12 January 2010, 04:02:28 PM

Quote from: axabrax on 12 January 2010, 03:56:35 PM

BTW: Are the clix figs pretty much 28mm or what?

Depends on the figure. They are kind of all over.

Title: Re: Batman in Horror?
Post by: wellender on 12 January 2010, 04:11:05 PM

I base my clix on washers instead of the round plastic bases.  I makes them a little lower and kind of tricks the eye into making it all look the same.  At least it works for me.  Some of them are a little big though.