Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Dark Nights: Metal has spawned a new board game centered on the Batman Who Laughs and the other evil Batman of that event. The Batman Who Laughs Rising will be the latest in game developer the Op’s series of Rising games.
“The multiverse’s disturbing cross between the Caped Crusader and the Joker will be the epicenter of conflict in The Op’s newest cooperative card and dice game, in which players work together and recruit key Super Heroes to dominate a host of Super-Villains,” reads the Op’s description. “In The Batman Who Laughs Rising, a passage from the Dark Multiverse has allowed the most dangerous evildoers to infiltrate Gotham City, and these Dark Knights alongside their menacing leader are eager to do their worst to the city.”
Play as Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, or Hawkgirl, each leading a team to fight Batman Who Laughs, his Evil Robins, as well as evil Batman such as the Merciless, the Dawnbreker, the Murder Machine, and more. Heroic allies also part of this game include the Flash, Cyborg, and Harley Quinn.
The Batman Who Laughs Rising is for 1-4 players aged 15 and up, and will include over 200 components for a $49.99 price tag.
Scott Snyder recently revealed to Newsarama the evil Batmen of Metal will be featured in an anthology guide tie-in title to its upcoming sequel, Death Metal.