Knight Models have done a Batman game

[leonmallett]

Maybe look at Sarissa Precision and Micro Arts Wolsung laser cut buildings, or something like Ziterdes buildings for an urban city center feel. using a darker palette of gresy and browns could evoke a nicely dark 'Gotham'.

[axabrax]

Enlgish translation is not the greatest, but for free I can't complain!

Anyone tried playing or have a review?

The English rules are available for free download:
http://www.knightmodels.com/nueva/index.php/shop/show/viewcategory/batman-miniature-game/IdCat_product/31

You still need the minis or at the very least the character cards to play, but the latter don't seem to available excpect with the former (as yet anyway).

[leonmallett]

Enlgish translation is not the greatest, but for free I can't complain!

Anyone tried playing or have a review?

No yet; waiting to base and paint some minis first.

However, on looking i found it easier to understand the rules framework from the reference sheets than from the rule book.

I *think* the author has indicated that this is an earlier draft and the 'proper' version should replace it at some point.

[Kieron]

Maybe look at Sarissa Precision and Micro Arts Wolsung laser cut buildings, or something like Ziterdes buildings for an urban city center feel. using a darker palette of gresy and browns could evoke a nicely dark 'Gotham'.

That's what I'm going for in my Gotham Project (pics in another thread). I've only done a Warbases warehouse so far, but Sarissa are definitely in my plan. What's nice about their stuff is that gargoyles and such wouldn't look to out of place if done well.

[Van-Helsing]

You have to remember the Arkham City setting for the Batman Miniatures Game, it's NOT Gotham City - its the roughest tenement areas of Gotham "walled off" and combined with Blackgate Prison and Arkham Asylum to make one huge Penitentiary.

Think rough, grungy, broken down and vandalized.

Escape from New York would be a good place to start for the "look and feel" of things, Andy Lyon of Ainsty Castings helped me plan out a small 2' by 2' layout of something "suitable" for my games.

[Benny]

So, you can only play the game like it was in the computer game? I didn't think it was like that I was hoping to use the rules to play some games set in other periods of Batmans timeline and other locals of Gotham.

[tnjrp]

I'm not sure there is a strict stipulation to play only Arkham City even tho the focus of the game looks to be sorta in that direction. However, with the caveat that I have only seen a single character stat sheet (which may or may not be a beta version of some sort), I do believe that character cards are rather tied to the look of the miniature: if it looks like it's from the AC game then it has the "gamelike" stats, if it looks like it comes from the Nolan movies then it has somewhat different stats tho it's sorta the same guy. It might be possible there are going to be even more versions of the stat sheets down the line.

[tnjrp]

Not that it would even be possible to enforce a rule that you can only play in an Arkham City setting, of course.

[Van-Helsing]

If you are going for a "nolan-esqe" setting (and the Movie Characters have totally different stats btw) you need to stay away from the "quant" look of the sarissa buildings.

The Fat Dragon paper terrain has a more modern city-block look to it, and I reckon thats far more appropriate.

[Benny]

Quaint? There walkways and bus shelters look great to me. Good to do the train stations out of the first Nolan movie. The buildings can look great, just need to dress em up a bit with some detritus and graffiti, fire escapes and what not, then they could look like the narrows in my opinion. But each there own, i dont like paper train personally.
 

I guess the stats being like they are in the movie or game is ok. I guess i can use them to play out some of my own fave scenarios and stories in the comics, just get the right stat line that matches the comic book villain or hero better.

[Kitsune]

Even though the scale might be a little off as its 28mm terrain to 32mm for Knight models, how would the plasticville buildings fit with the game? Bit of darker paintjob and it has that deco style look I associate with Batman.

Anyone used Dark House Games before? They legit?

[Van-Helsing]

You can (of course) use what you want - I myself have three setups in motion. The grungy depths of Arkham City, a more quaint look using Sarissa, and an Industrial Complex.

The real issue is scale though, as the Batman Miniatures Game is 35mm and it looks kinda "big" compared to a lot of Terrain.

[Kitsune]

My joker crew packet hasn't got any stat cards with it, but the individual packets have? Anyone else had this problem or is it just me?

Companies website is a bit rubbish as well, so can't really see an email address on there.

[Van-Helsing]

I generally contact them through their Facebook Page, they've never taken more than a day to respond either.

http://www.facebook.com/knightmodels

Thats really unusual about the cards though.

[Kitsune]

I generally contact them through their Facebook Page, they've never taken more than a day to respond either.

http://www.facebook.com/knightmodels

Thats really unusual about the cards though.

Read an unboxing of the same box on a blog and they should be in there. I'll telephone the shop in the morning and ask them to check another box and send the missing cards to me.

Casting quality isn't great, BTW. Just put Harley Together and it was flash everywhere and very fragile. Perhaps I've been spoilt by Corvus Bellis quality.......