As a player of this old school stuff for many, many years, the situation could be summed up as Batman board games are no big deal if you’re a seasoned gamer.
Maybe you would expect a character like him to have amazing or detailed games, like PC or console, but no.
Many of the Batman board games are reskins (ie mechanics from other games, but set in the Batman universe) or, in general, attempts to make money by putting Batman in the box and a game system in which you have not complicated either.
That there are honorable exceptions as always, of course, but in general, it is like that.
Similarly, you will see that there are a few games in Spanish and then a few more in English. We also comment on the latter because, many of them, like the Batman Miniature Gamecan you play them without depending too much on the language or downloading the rules in Spanish from the official site.
Likewise, we also tell you about the games that you have a chance of getting right now, of course.
Made this notice, we start with…
The best Batman board games in Spanish
Here there is a bit of everything, although, mainly, there is simple and somewhat childish titlesbut I’m afraid it is what it is.
Similarly, some are not very easy to find anymore, but rummage through board game stores or Amazon you can take a look at them.
Batman: Villains Poker
The game publisher of the Zacatrus store has published the game in Spanish Amost Got’im and has called it Villains Poker.
It’s about a typical card game of hidden roles and deduction. In it, the players, who play villains, must find out who Batman is, since he has infiltrated the group to kill them. Acceptable for a fun time.
Batman Story Cubes
if you know Story Cubes, you know what this is about. He is a dice set themed in Batman and the mechanics is the same as always with Story Cubes.
You have to roll the dice and create a story (of Batman in this case) in which you must use the symbols of the faces of the nine dice that you roll.
simple and fast, suitable for children. Another thing is that it works the same with adults, which depends a lot on the players and their involvement.
DC Pop Funkoverse Base Set
If you know Funkoverse, Funko’s game, it has a box set in Batman where there are 4 funkos: Batman himself, Batgirl, Joker and Harley Quinn.
Funkoverse’s strategy game is from tactical skirmish combat. Players make teams with the characters and score points, especially by eliminating rival miniatures.
Do you see what I mean when I say that the Batman games are adaptations of others with the theme of the Dark Knight and little else?
Well that.
It’s already discontinued, but you can still find some last units in some stores. Note that you have a self-playing expansion with two more funkos, Robin and Catwoman.
The Batman Cluedo
We finish the review of what is in Spanish with an adaptation of Cluedo in the Batman universe. One more time, you will already know the game mechanics if you have played the original title.
You have to find out who did it, with what, etc., and it’s the usual deduction game, but with Batman pieces and setting in his universe.
The best Batman board games in English
Board game fans are used to learning English with instructions and titles that, unfortunately, have not been translated into Spanish.
If you are one of those who have no problem with the language, then you can access a wider range of Batman board gamesbut do not think that you will find wonders either.
Batman talisman, supervillains version
I do not recommend it at all, but I tell you. Talismán is a legendary game from when I was a kid, with a very simple mechanism (and very dice-based, which didn’t make it very different from a goose), but it triumphed and became a classic.
It was reissued and, not only that, that mechanic, which is curiously the worst thing about the game, was moved to other scenarios. One of them is this Batman and Arkham Asylum. The point is that it is the same Talisman as always, with other elements and context.
You play as the villains of the Batman universe and go through the three levels of the board trying to reach Batman for a final battle in the center. If you’ve played Talisman, you’ve already played this.
In addition, it is worth a fortune, more than 75 euros.
Batman Arkham City Escape
At this point it is hard to find, but just in case you catch it second-hand or in a board game store that has any left. This is a game from the Cryptozoic company, which often releases Batman board games.
Simple mechanism, driven by cards, for a confrontation in which one player is Batman and the other the usual villains. These they have to escape from Arkham and Batman must stop it. Whoever reaches 10 points first wins.
DC Comics Deck Building Game
Cryptozoic repeats and brings us the DC Deck-Building Game.
As its title says, it is a deck building game in which you take a superhero (among them is Batman) and you start with basic blows, but you must build your deck with more powerful cards to face other players
There are other games with the same mechanics, but set in other universes, for example, that of street-fighter. I’ve played the latter several times, and not the DC, but they are the same. A game fast and uncomplicated.
Note that it has an expansion for two players, Rivals: Batman and Joker, which expands with more cards and these two characters.
Batman Gotham City Strategy Game
In this game, we take the role of Batman villains and the goal is to lead our gang to criminal supremacy in Gothampitted against gangs of other villains.
And, of course, with the added difficulty that Batman can also foil our plans. a typical game of influences and majorities relatively passable.
If you are very interested, it is possible that an online board game store has a copy.
Justice League Strategy Game
The Justice League, including Batman, faces Darkseid and must defend the planet. You can play as the villain and again we have a game more suitable for children than for seasoned players.
Again, you may be able to find copies at online board game stores like Planeton, Zacatrus, etc.
Batman Miniature Game
If you have played Warhammer or similar, you know how this goes, you are going to leave three salaries that you do not have in spectacular collector’s miniatures. That at least they are painted, not like the ones in the Warhammer.
Of course, to each his own, the miniatures are spectacular. The game mechanics, well if that’s your thing Warhammeryou can already imagine it. tactical skirmishesmovement and distances to be measured with a ruler and dice salad.
Of course there is multitude of expansions and miniatures so you can continue with the collector feverwhich in the end is the main thing and with what they earn this kind of titles.
You can find the base game in English and it is worth a good amount of money, around 75 euros, but you can download the instructions in Spanish from the company’s website.
Special Mention: Possibly Best Batman Solo Board Game
I don’t like to talk about pre-sale games or games made through crowdfunding that are not in the stores, because you already know what happens with these projects. What if it doesn’t come out, what if it does come out, but it hasn’t arrived, they promised a lot and it’s disgusting…
Be that as it may, Criptozoic has made, through Kickstarter, a Batman game based on, no less, the legendary comic The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller. There is nothing, probably the best Batman comic.
It’s about a batman solo board gamewhere you face a mechanic type gauntletthat is, you must survive through waves of dangers and villains, to finally meet Superman, as in the comic on which it is based.
There is two editions, normal and deluxe. They are very expensive and the thing will work out, but at the time of writing this it is not clear and Whether or not the game mechanics are worth it remains to be seen. Many of these titles then falter on that.
However, if you’re a fan of Batman board games, naming him was a must.
As you can see, there are Batman board games, and not a few, another issue is that they are worthwhile. If it is a gift to a child or very young kids, you can find something that is not bad. But if you are a seasoned player or you like more complex or advanced mechanics, the truth is that I wouldn’t know what to recommend. Probably looking elsewhere.
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