Reply To: Batman Miniatures Game – where to start

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If budget allows get two bat boxes as those will give you great starting crews.

I suggest getting joker crew, as it is great for newbies and doesn’t penalise the player for changing plans on the fly with regards to action counters.

Batman is a good choice for the second crew, so id say grab his little four model starter and maybe a free agent or two to bulk it out.

Only buy the old metals is you are very comfortable with using greenstuff. Their metals are plagued with miscasts and horrendous fittings. And it’ll be much harder to get replacements for metals if bits are missing.

Sewers and lamps are essential. Many companies make them though so google the cheapest option for you.

Counters are very important. Especially a ton of blood and stun, plus a set of condition markers is a good idea. I got mine from counter attack bases. The knight models tokens are a rip off, super expensive and not even close to having enough in one pack.

Dice, get some bigger d6 for rolling and smaller d6 for using as action counters on the character cards. Personally I hate the new small cards as ther isn’t much room on them for dice and counters unless you buy tue mdf card holders, which negates the space saving of the new design and costs more money.  So get some small dice!

Buildings and terrain wise, knights of dice make the best mdf buildings I have seen, but they are Australian so shipping might be high, though I think they do a deal for international shipping I can’t remember, but worth checkinf out! Otherwise ttcombat have nice city terrain also.

Objectives, the new resin ones are fairly cheap, but honestly its a lot of fun to make your own! Keep them on 30mm bases and skies the limit.

Rulebook, obviously this is needed, and is cheap too, softback so flicking through it is easy and you will need to flick, lots of abilities to reference!

I think thats it, its a great game, with a lot of flexibility, and some really cool minis. Core system is super easy to learn, but there is a lot of depth and tons of special abilities that make the characters more than just the numbers on their cards .

Hope your mates like it!