Batman Board Game Coming from Conan Creators

<p><em>Batman&colon; The Boardgame<&sol;em> is the next title coming from acclaimed board game studio Monolith&period; <em>Batman<&sol;em> follows up Monolith&&num;8217&semi;s successful kickstarter-backed hits <em>Conan<&sol;em> and <em>Mythic Battles&colon; Pantheon<&sol;em>&period; Via a post on their Facebook page they state that the demo version will be unveiled at the International Games Festival in Cannes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;118961" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-118961" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-118961" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;24111432&sol;16730183&lowbar;1046989635406019&lowbar;7956253660168673976&lowbar;n&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Facebook post by Monolith for Batman&colon; The Board Game" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"665" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-118961" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Facebook post by Monolith for Batman&colon; The Board Game<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The initial post to their Facebook page shows that <em>Batman&colon; The Board Game<&sol;em> will potentially be playable for up to five players&comma; based on the table setup&period; With one chair at the head&comma; and then two across from each other&comma; it has led to the speculation that it will be similar to <em>Conan<&sol;em>&comma; where there is an &&num;8220&semi;Overlord&&num;8221&semi;&comma; or the  person in charge of the game and enemies&comma; and the other players will be working together to thwart the &&num;8220&semi;Overlord&&num;8221&semi; and win the game&period; The artwork on the banners showing a very prominent Joker on one panel means that this very well could be a possibility&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;118962" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-118962" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-118962" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;24111525&sol;16938880&lowbar;1047694542002195&lowbar;5381114003386279483&lowbar;n&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Facebook post by Monolith for Batman&colon; The Board Game&period; Showing gameplay" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"720" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-118962" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Facebook post by Monolith for Batman&colon; The Board Game&period; Showing gameplay<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Later&comma; Monolith posted more photos to their Facebook showing off staff members playing the game&comma; and this idea of the criminal &&num;8220&semi;Overlord&&num;8221&semi; with players fighting to stop him seems to be more of a reality&period; You can see that some of the players&&num;8217&semi; cards are visible and it appears that Catwoman and Red Hood are playable characters&comma; and potentially a Batman card used by the furthest player&period; It would appear that the players are moving around a street scene map&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s unclear as to what is going on&comma; due to solid color markers that may represent unfinished figures&period; Still&comma; it makes sense knowing Batman and his villains and their henchman that there could be plenty of combat but also maybe some detective work done in-game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While all this is speculation&comma; the official unveiling is happening this weekend at the International Games Festival in Cannes&comma; so more should be known as to how the game will function&comma; and when to expect it&period; Monolith did well with both <em>Conan<&sol;em> and <em>Mythic Battles&colon; Pantheon<&sol;em> on Kickstarter&comma; and with such a high profile IP like Batman&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s sure to do even better&period; Does <em>Batman&colon; The Boardgame<&sol;em> sound interesting to you&quest; Any fans of tabletop games in general&quest; Let us know your thoughts in the comments below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tabletopgaming&period;co&period;uk&sol;board-games&sol;news&sol;batman-the-board-game-is-the-next-big-project-from-conan-studio">Tabletop Gaming<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;