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CMoN just put them on site and in stock.

Sweet!

More US Distribution is a very good thing!

Time 2 Roll wrote:
Hey all, I'm thinking of getting into this game. Besides the rulebook, what should I buy first? There really isn't an obvious starter set to grab so I'm looking for suggestions.

Thinking 2 factions to get going. Open on point limits, enough for a good game without going wild.

Thanks ahead of time.

Two Face and crew going for cheap on Miniature Market, $26 when crews are usually $36. Get that and some cheap heroclix for batman and some sidekicks and a few cops and you are good for a starter.

I bought my book from Dark Sphere, it was reduced to £27 and came with Alfred

Looks like Flight is coming to BMG. Could lead to characters like Man-Bat and Firefly.

From the KM forum:
http://www.batmanminiaturegame.com/forums/english/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=1487&sid=123d28cf1a9e811d6b82d37adba3c3ad

Also, I'm still waiting on my KM direct, pre-ordered book.

Does anyone know if anyone is doing laser cut terrain buildings that would fit here?

I know there's the licensed scatter, but I've not been able to find anything that's really "modern city."

Any ideas?

 cincydooley wrote:
Does anyone know if anyone is doing laser cut terrain buildings that would fit here?

I know there's the licensed scatter, but I've not been able to find anything that's really "modern city."

Any ideas?

I've always felt that Impudent Mortals terrain would fit the bill. My only qualms is that the buildings aren't utilizing the inside of them. I can understand not making all the floors usable, given the height of them but at least using a couple floors or insides would be great.

Other than that, really anything industrial, more so than modern, works better. When you start mixing in some of the licensed scatter, you can modify most scifi buildings with paint scheme that makes anything feel like Batman. Some of the Microart stuff for Wolsung can be converted like the century flats and brick buildings.

 Dark Severance wrote:


Other than that, really anything industrial, more so than modern, works better. When you start mixing in some of the licensed scatter, you can modify most scifi buildings with paint scheme that makes anything feel like Batman. Some of the Microart stuff for Wolsung can be converted like the century flats and brick buildings.

Dammit, you're absolutely right.

Anyone want to let me hop on their pledge? Maybe I can send the guy a message.

Shoot.

There is a cool dockside board that a player is planning here.


He is planning on using warehouses by microarts studio



Office buildings:



Walk ways:



A crane http://www.fenrisgames.com/shop#!/FGARK03-Ichabod-Dockyard-Crane/p/22094609/category=2202360



Fenris Games also has electric power cable towers: http://www.fenrisgames.com/shop#!/FGSFS07-Electricity-pylon-transmission-tower/p/43841310/category=9038550

just a bit of a warning, Wolsung is a tad small for BMG, not by much (I still use it and I think it looks great) Just figured I'd put the info out there in case people need it to be perfectly to scale.

Sarissa Precision works great with their Cityblock terrain, Impudent Mortal just did a KS with modern terrain built with Batman in mind as well.

And if you want Batmobiles in the proper scale Eaglemoss does a range of 1:43 Batmobiles which is exactly to scale with BMG

We plan on using this stuff, seems to be the supplier of choice at the mo on the Batman FB page.

http://www.sarissa-precision.com/CityBlock/cat1603369_2415552.aspx

Daston wrote:
We plan on using this stuff, seems to be the supplier of choice at the mo on the Batman FB page.

http://www.sarissa-precision.com/CityBlock/cat1603369_2415552.aspx

Sarissa makes some nice products, though I will say that I have been consistently underwhelmed by the price/quality proposition of Sarissa buildings as compared to other laser cut MDF terrain products on the market.

Litko makes some modern city buildings as well. I don't have any personally, but I have seen them in person and the quality is good.

Sarissa products, to me, tend to be on the delicate side, and the lines are a little...precise, which I suppose may be what Sarrisa is going for.

What I mean is that Sarissa's engraving tends to be narrow, shallow, and very angular. The surface texture of the buildings I have didn't respond particularly well to dry brushing and washes, and the fiber board is pretty light weight. A Sarissa building takes a lot of work to look 'lived in', and the composition is often cold and very technical. Sarissa's products also tend to be a bit spendy for single layer MDF terrain with no interior details.

In terms of design, the Sarissa products I have are designed well, but not as well as those of some of their competitors, such as 4Ground. Kits go together reasonably well and the kits include decent instructions. That said, construction can often be a little fiddly and completed buildings feel like they won't take a drop test very well.

4Ground's products are hands down the best in terms of laser cut MDF. The. Best. There are some kits in the WWII range that might be useful, although not terribly apropos for Gotham. 4Ground excels in the design of its products, which are not merely pre-painted, but more importantly are double walled with interior detailing, functional elements (such as working doors), and a three dimensionality that you don't often see in laser cut MDF. Just great products all around.

Game Craft buildings, some of which would work for Gotham, are decently designed and comparatively cheap. Good for table-filling volume.

The Wolsung products look pretty darn awesome, and I have a Shatytown set, but I haven't opened it up yet, so I can't comment too far on quality. The fiberboard looks good and the pieces seem to have nice character. Don't know how well they go together or how well they hold up through gameplay.

Here's one of my crews next to some Shanty Town terrain, a bit small in scale but it still looks good IMO

We're getting into this game here in Orlando. Planning on making terrain for it, as well. I mean, it's Batman!

Nice! Is it going to be in the same sort of style as the ones you did in your KS? somewhat simplistic but affordable? or are you planning on going a bit more detailed?

Still waiting for a Hugo Strange. They've done a Penguin from the Gotham TV series for heavens sake.

erratyk wrote:
Nice! Is it going to be in the same sort of style as the ones you did in your KS? somewhat simplistic but affordable? or are you planning on going a bit more detailed?

We're learning how to add detail without adding cost. Most likely it'll be of the budget variety, but we don't have a problem doing more expensive showcase pieces. Our steamboat, for example. The guy who did that can work miracles, I swear.

Personally, I really want to make up one of the predator encounters from the Arkham games on the tabletop. I'm leaning towards the room in City where you get Freeze's armor.

AngryMojo--

I got an order from the KS (hex and graveyard). I'm loving your stuff, especially for the money, but really in general.

If you are implying that you will be doing a full interior set for the Batman game, I think you're in for a lot of business.

 drazz wrote:
AngryMojo--

I got an order from the KS (hex and graveyard). I'm loving your stuff, especially for the money, but really in general.

If you are implying that you will be doing a full interior set for the Batman game, I think you're in for a lot of business.

Not implying. I'm doing conceptional work for it at the moment, but there are a lit of higher priorities right now. General Batman stuff is priority at the moment. Also, I'm not the lead designer for terrain. Don't hold your breath for the interior table, but keep your eyes peeled for the exterior stuff.

erratyk wrote:
Here's one of my crews next to some Shanty Town terrain, a bit small in scale but it still looks good IMO

Is that a game legal crew? As in, you could play a proper game with just 7 minis?!

Yep, that's a tournament legal crew, I can actually go smaller if I wanted as well, It's a skirmish game so you can go swarmy with more henchmen, or more focused with more expensive guys.

It's very objective based though, so you can really screw yourself if you spread yourself too thinly.

Least amount of minis I can do for 350 points (Standard Tournament size) is 3 models, max is probably 12-15ish if I stuck with super cheap guys

Ah yeah, I see what you mean. I've recently started Infinity so I get that you need some extra bods around the place.

Gang size in BMG tends to be 10 and under, even at tournament level 350 points. (I am fully convinced that 350 is the tourney number because then a player can use the full Watchmen list, which is only 5 models.)

"Character-driven" crews (like Batman, Green Arrow, Watchmen, and maybe Penguin) tend to have around 5-6. Henchmen-focused crews (like Police, Two-Face, and especially Joker) can get to 10+ models.

Remembering the full rules expect the game to be about taking and holding tokens for long periods of the game. Therefore, more bodies tend to do better, though the first official BMG tourney was won by a Watchmen crew a couple months ago.

Here's what I just finished for my first complete tournament level gang (its not exactly what I want, but I cannot get all the models released yet):

Thanks for that information, drazz.

I love your dark Camp Knight. Does he have different stats to, say, the Dark Knight movie version?

Drazz, did anyone have a problem with you have some models on 25mms and others on 30s?

All of the models I had prior to them releasing the rules officially are on 25s....and I'd really love to not have to change them.

Monders-
there are currently 6 different Batman models, each with their own rules. The one I have shown is the 1960's Adam West Batman; weakest of the options, but also the cheapest (75 points). On the other end, there is the Batpod; fastest model in the game, biggest gun in the game; tied for most points in the game (150).

cincy-
I have not had any issue with the bases. There are few moments when it would change anything--charges, number of models in contact, maybe distance for light or shooting. If there's a discrepancy, I give preference to my opponent.

Just put some damage token sets up on or website while the terrain is in the works.
http://angrymojogames.com/tabletop-game-accessories/batman-miniature-game/

I bought the Batman rulebook on a whim at a local-ish store Saturday night, the only one they had left (surprisingly I also got Alfred with it!). I haven't paid too much attention to the rules yet but I think the book is really nice. I wasn't really too interested in the BMG before but flipping through the book and looking at the models is making me change my mind. The fact that you don't need many models to play is great, too.

What I really like are those huge buildings on page 6, especially the reflective "windows" on the brown building. I'm assuming they're scratch-built, but I'd love to see a company like 4Ground start putting out buildings like that. Though I hate to think how expensive they'd be.

Survival blankets are your friend for doing 'mirror' windows

dirt cheap for the amount of material you get

 Sidstyler wrote:

What I really like are those huge buildings on page 6, especially the reflective "windows" on the brown building. I'm assuming they're scratch-built, but I'd love to see a company like 4Ground start putting out buildings like that. Though I hate to think how expensive they'd be.

We've for some stuff in the works. I'd like to get those skyscrapers to $50. We've got a 24 inch steamboat we managed to get down to $65.