Talisman: Batman - Super Villains Edition
Game Information
Sneak, fight and search your way to victory in this re-imagined version of Talisman. With sights set on a villain and multiple obstacles ahead, players navigate through Arkham Asylum to evade orderlies, officers, and Batman, Robin, and Batgirl to release the inmates and become King or Queen of the underworld.
Talisman Batman - Super Villains Edition allows players to take on the role of Gotham City’s notorious evil doers, sneaking and fighting their way through Arkham Asylum’s two floors and central tower to be the first to subdue Batman and successfully release its dangerous inmates.
The anti-heroic objective in this take on classic Talisman fantasy tabletop game focuses on building the health, strength, and cunning of the Caped Crusader’s enemies. The game can be played co-operatively against an AI Batman or competitively against other foes with one player eventually earning the reputation needed to be King or Queen of the criminal underworld.
The game board features artwork from DC’s “New 52” era, and the game includes thirteen plastic character figures, more than one hundred encounter cards, six-sided dice, and stat boards to monitor each character.
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Some games, like Adventure Time Munchkin, and Adventure Time Love Letter are better for it since the theme works so well with the design.
I'm not a Munchkin fan at all, but I have no problem playing the Adventure Time version.
Batman? I just dunno.
Josh Look wrote: Yeah, I just don’t know about this.
Really? Man, I was so sure that Josh Look was gonna be all over this! Maybe I have to buy my OWN copy?!!? Let's wait and see. . .
I think maybe 8 year old me might be talking grown up me into wanting to be Batgirl and fight bad guys and get cool gear and a motorcycle.
mc wrote:
Josh Look wrote: I’d really been hoping for a setting/IP that didnt have such a serious tone, that’s what Talisman really needs at this point. The game is stupid, we all know that, lets give it the setting it deserves.
I would have been all over this.
Wake me up when Ghostbusters Talisman drops next year.
mc wrote:
Josh Look wrote: I’d really been hoping for a setting/IP that didnt have such a serious tone, that’s what Talisman really needs at this point. The game is stupid, we all know that, lets give it the setting it deserves.
If we get Adam West, Julie Newmar, Burgess Meredith, etc. then I'll take back my skepticism.
THAT is the Batman game I've always wanted, and honestly, the only Batman that matters.
The other annoying aspect is that I'm kind of a Batman purist. Atmospherics are important with the character and if this is going to be on the level of a Parker Brothers offering or the inane 60s TV show, then I'm completely put off; already including the fact that I have precious little interest in ever playing Talisman again.
Josh Look wrote: There’s also that Talisman is a competitive game, there’s no reason why Batman and the Bat-Family would be competing, and I AM SURE AS HELL NOT GOING TO PLAY A CO-OP TALISMAN.
What this design needs is to cast the players as the villains, with Batman (using the Reaper rules) wandering the board ruining shit for you.
ubarose wrote: 8 year old me would have been over the moon for this game. I'd get to be Batgirl and fight bad guys and get cool gear and a motorcycle...
I think maybe 8 year old me might be talking grown up me into wanting to be Batgirl and fight bad guys and get cool gear and a motorcycle.
It's never too late for a motorcycle.
engineer Al wrote: "Play one of the many versions of Batman from comics, movies or T.V. in an effort to collect the most Magic and don the "Cowl of Command."
They are just phoning this one in and expecting people to auto-buy because Batman. Maybe they are right and the fans are really that dim.
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