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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – The Game box art
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – The Game

This solitaire superhero game has a retired detective fight back against Gotham's relentless crime. Mounting threats force careful choices about where one vigilante can make a difference.

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Players

1-2

Play time

Not listed

Age

14+

Complexity

3.2/5

Rating

7.75

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

In the solitaire Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Board Game, you play "The World's Greatest Detective", who's been pulled back from retirement into a gritty Gotham.

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In the solitaire Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Board Game, you play "The World's Greatest Detective", who's been pulled back from retirement into a gritty Gotham. Do everything you can to beat back a relentless tide of ruthless mutants, cops, and press looking to bring you down. Instead of traditional leveling up, this is a game of attrition. An old Batman tries to survive one final gauntlet, facing old and new villains — such as Two Face, Billy Berserk, and The Joker — and even his most powerful ally, The Man of Steel himself. The game is playable as standalone "missions" or one epic playthrough in which the results of each mission carry over to the next.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
2
Play time
90 min
Age
14+
Complexity
3.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Daryl Andrews Morgan Dontanville

Publishers

1
Cryptozoic Entertainment

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