Want to get a taste of friendly board gaming beforehand? Check out Dicebreaker's list of the best cooperative titles. The Kickstarter campaign for Batman: Escape from Arkham Asylum, which Knight Models claimed is “intended to be the biggest Batman project ever done” on the crowdsourcing platform, is currently slated for Fall 2021. Escape the confines of Arkham Asylum and pray the Batman doesn’t find the trail in an upcoming board game where teamwork and betrayal are less opposites and more order of operations.
The company also works on similar miniature titles for DC Multiverse and Harry Potter. Batman: Escape from Arkham Asylum casts players as the Rogues’ Gallery in a semi-cooperative board game. If you’ve watched any of the animated series, you know how those altercations normally end.īoth Bat and members of the Rogues’ Gallery will be represented by 35mm miniatures, though how much of Knight Models’ work on the Batman Miniatures Game will play in the design of Escape from Arkham Asylum is yet to be seen. The Jack o Lantern faces should warn you that these belong to the Scarecrow. In a description that all but mirrors the 2009 video game, the designers said the Dark Knight will crop up when least expected and put players in a seriously disadvantageous situation. Regardless, these alliances are meant to be temporary and easily discarded - relying too much means sacrificing a lead and giving opponents a chance to escape first.Įveryone will also need to keep an eye to the shadows and rafters because Batman stalks the clinical walls of Arkham Asylum along with the gaggle of villains. It’s not hard to imagine Harley Quinn relying on Bane’s brute strength to bust down a locked door in trade for her deploying “ingenuity” and charm on a group of guards.
They have said that no one villain will be able to secure freedom on their own and will be forced to ally themselves with other asylum inmates to bypass specific hazards and threats.