The Joker Shows His Face At Knight Models
October 30, 2012 by brennon
Knight Models are showing off more from the Batman Miniatures Game. Below is The Jokers crew, still taking a very sneak preview viewpoint to things, but none the less the miniatures are looking great...
You can see The Joker, Harley Quinn and two of the henchmen that should be making an appearance on the table top. These previews are all pointing towards a good looking game at least.
From scouring the internet it seems like each of the major personalities in the Batman world will play the role of 'Bosses'. These bosses will then hire lackeys or sidekicks (less influential characters) to create their warband. The game then plays a little like Warmachine or Infinity with activation tokens being spent on various miniatures to enact their plans.
There will also be injury, recovery and hopefully a progression system!
Are you looking forwards to the rules?
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As cool as these are looking, i would have liked a mini game based on Batman to have come up with its own visual style instead of taking from Arkham Asylum and the like. In that respect, its art weve already seen before. I find that disapointing.
I can see why they are doing it. If you create a game tied into the Arkham Asylum/City license you can immediately get it to relate to video gamers and they might be more inclined to pick it up because they are familiar with the aesthetic.
Admittedly it’s a big leap for actual video gamers to bother going for a miniatures game but you never know, it might be the right gateway product for them, especially if the rules are solid but simple.
Plus some people might just buy the figures rather than play, so that’s something too.
BoW Ben
They look nice.