Knight Models have done a Batman game

[Van-Helsing]

I doubt it as well, unless they plan to add something when the main rulebook gets a proper release.

Considering the profit on miniatures compared to books, I doubt that as well . . . .

[supervike]

Well, I'm just in it for the minis.

So, the game rules don't really bother me much at all. 

[Van-Helsing]

Well, I'm just in it for the minis.

So, the game rules don't really bother me much at all. 

Im in it for both

[tnjrp]

I seriously doubt it, that would financial suicide - you need the profiles to play the game, so they include them with the miniatures. If you can get the profiles separately, no need to buy the miniatures

That's prolly how they figure it, yes, what with their chosen scale which is upward of most other supers stuff too. They're creating a quite hermetic little corner of the Bat-verse. Given the primary miniature competition is cheaper by something like an order of magnitude they may well be right on the right track, tho in regards to just their game the approach makes it close to impossible to try out and resultantly makes its incentive value very close to zero as well.

[Van-Helsing]

Current scales are "creeping" upwards towards 35mm at the moment, the latest batch of Heroclix I've seen though still all over the place scale wise are bigger - pretty soon "heroic scale" will be 35mm scale anyway (Wild West Exodus are doing it too).

Whilst I appreciate your point about "try before you buy" - that logic also baffles me somewhat, a set of rules are what you make of it (or there wouldn't be so many rule-sets out there) it's the fluff and the look of the miniatures that (personally) attract me to a game.

BUT if you are desperate to see - download the English Rules from the Knight Models Website (http://www.knightmodels.com/nueva/), and try a "Batman vs Batman" test game (My friend Gustavo who worked on the Rules put up the Batman Card on his Blog - http://mistycball.blogspot.com.es/)



"Ask and ye shall receive" . . . ..

[tnjrp]

Current scales are "creeping" upwards towards 35mm at the moment, the latest batch of Heroclix I've seen though still all over the place scale wise are bigger - pretty soon "heroic scale" will be 35mm scale anyway (Wild West Exodus are doing it too)

That doesn't mean that KS scale is compatible with most of the superhero or modern stuff that's on the market today tho. Nor is the scale of Clix either here or there especially if it's "all over the place". If one or two models that happen to fit in the Batverse are 35mm that doesn't make KS minis "compatible with other supers stuff".

Whilst I appreciate your point about "try before you buy" - that logic also baffles me somewhat, a set of rules are what you make of it (or there wouldn't be so many rule-sets out there) it's the fluff and the look of the miniatures that (personally) attract me to a game

Well, obviously if you don't care for the rules then the game's incentive value is zero to you anyway... Doesn't make my "logic" faulty or baffling: sure you can do a Batman vs. Batman game (that's the only stat card I've seen, luckily it looks like it was officially approved to be put out) or in a pinch you can make up stats for a character or three so it's not quite impossible to try them out, it's just that doing a game that is representative in any way is in practice impossible and that makes the point of publishing the rules for free almost completely moot. They don't do anything much for people like me who might want a decent game to go with the figs and they do nothing for people who find rules an icing on the cake anyhow.

[Van-Helsing]

The free rules are actually a precursor to a print version as far as I am aware.

[Van-Helsing]

Knight Models have kindly made the Cards available as a Download - go to the link for each model, and the DL Link for the card is on each Models Page.

[tnjrp]

Well, what you know, a financial suicide

Have to head over to Facebook and thank them for this.

[styx]

Been thinking of trying the game out. I really like the models and the free rules and supporting PDF stuff is nice.

[axabrax]

Well that was nice of them! Went and downloaded all the cards.

If they can come out with a legible English translation of the rules I'll make the investment in the figs.

Odd to me that all of the cards say "Certified Insane"--even for the heroes.  I guess it's a graphic design detail meant just to be an interesting background, but it sort of looks like a label. 

[styx]

Well that was nice of them! Went and downloaded all the cards.

If they can come out with a legible English translation of the rules I'll make the investment in the figs.

Odd to me that all of the cards say "Certified Insane"--even for the heroes.  I guess it's a graphic design detail meant just to be an interesting background, but it sort of looks like a label. 

Yea, it is just part of the artwork to the theme...the rules are not badly written, could be worse with the translation. I suspect they may have used software...or someone with bad grasp of English as a second language.

[tnjrp]

I suppose when someone manages to play a game or three they can make suggestions as to how to make in more intelligible in regards to both the expression and the content of the rules

[styx]

I suppose when someone manages to play a game or three they can make suggestions as to how to make in more intelligible in regards to both the expression and the content of the rules

I used to work in IT and now do Contracts, so editing and revising things is what I am used to. I plan to edit their stuff to fix the errors for my own copy. After reading more and the credits, yea, ESL was the issue...my boss is ESL also and she often asks me for a word she has trouble with in Spanish to English.

[styx]

I guess the question is, has anyone played this game yet? Other than the bad English translations, it seems like a well thought out game.

Are there any battle reports?

I was thinking of getting Batman, Green Arrow, Croc and the Penguin and crew to start, roughly works out the same in points. If things go well expand, a buddy said he would get the Joker and crew then.