Carquinyoli

I have only painted LH Catwoman. I like her a lot more than the other miniature, so while I don't have the full game painted I am using this sculpt to play either version:

On 1/22/2020 at 4:58 PM, Radulf said:

 

2) The LOS from Z to A goes through the train and is therefore interrupted. B and C are fine, as they share a letter (E) with Z

 

As I was writing my reply, I realized that my whole argumentation is based on the following interpretation of the rules: "letters in LOS markers are there to support the rules, not to create exceptions", and if that's not true and letters may cause exceptions - to the rules and board art - well, there's no point on keep going with this discussion.

Therefore, I would be nice if we had an official confirmation or clarification.

Since I had my reply already written (and posted), I move it on the spoiler below.

On 1/19/2020 at 5:50 PM, Johnnymaxx said:

So, In my humble opinion, what happened here is that someone should have written a letter in the "batman" zone so it could share a line of sight to that roof over there, but it was not done so, and so by the rules, they don't have LoS to each other.

Totally agree.

I will only add that, besides adding a letter in Batman's zone LOS marker (maybe it is not necessary since it already has letter A), the same letter should be added to LOS marker of the Policeman's area on the roof... and that marker has already 4 letters (letter A not among them). Maybe their "LOS system" does not allow more than 4 letters for a marker (have you seen any area/marker with more than 4 letters) and thus that LOS was ignored... Although your explanation (human error) fits better.

21 hours ago, Radulf said:

The car at the wall has the letter B, just like the roof, the area above the car has a shared E with the roof and the LOS to the area below the car goes below the wall, thus the car and the areas above and below are visible according the rule of walls blocking the LOS. Do you have any other examples that seem to go against that?

No, not that I can think of, at least for this map. But if you scroll this page upwards, I had similar issues with the Subway map. Have a look if you like and share your thoughts. I wasn't really satisfied or convinced with the kind answers and explanations from Pamplerousse (although I really appreciate the effort). Some LOS were blocked by the wagons and others, following the same criteria, were not, have a look.

1 hour ago, Radulf said:

The wall is blocking the LOS. There is no defined "height" for walls. If a line of sight goes through a wall, it is blocked (unless there are shared letters in the two areas). We also stumbled over that wall multiple times already, but according to the rules, it blocks the line of sight between the two miniatures.

I am afraid not:

On screenshot above that same wall that is NOT blocking LOS from bottom-left roof to the car's area (which is next to the wall) or to the tiny area between the car and the bottom building (and LOS markers do not share any letter, so they see each other - without the wall blocking - as in my previous message).

So I'm afraid there must be something else we are missing, or it's badly indicated on the app. Because looking only at the board (without the app) you would say that there is line of sight.

Hi all!

I come back here for another doubt, this time regarding to Crime alley map.

Why there's no LOS here, between Batman and the guard on the roof:

According to LOS app there's no LOS between these 2 areas, but I do not understand why. What is blocking LOS?

The wall on the left of the car is very low so cannot block it... any clue?

Congrats to the winner!

And thanks for the contest 🙂

Now the turn's for Batman Zero Year:

Thanks for the contest Roolz!

Here it goes the last miniature I painted from Batman Gotham City Chronicles: Batman Zero Year!

Year 100 version of Batman

I'm not as good as you, but just to revive the post, find my standard Batman below (facing the danger with his fellow Nightwing).

Edge of the base was not yet painted on this picture.

1 hour ago, Pamplerousse said:

Hello,

I was in summer vacation. Sorry for the delay. (I'm not an employee of Monolith, I'm doing it on my spare time).

 

@Johnnymaxx

About the elevation informations, we plan to do something from the start but it takes some times.

I'll write here when I have more informations about that.

 

@Carquinyoli

About the subway map ,

 

1) Z-D LoS touch the wall, even if it's just a little, it's how the rule works, that's why Z-D is wrong and Z-between the 2 wagons is right.

 

2)There are 3 ways to have a LoS :

- 1) Separated by an orange line 

It's not OK for Z-A line

- 2) Centers of zone share a letter

It's not OK for Z-A line

- 3) You can draw a line between the 2 centers without crossing a wall

Z-A line cross a wagon wall, so it's not ok.

So there are no LoS between Z and A

 

For Z-B and Z-C, a letter is shared.

 

All the boards have been double checked by Monolith but a mistake can still be there.

For these LoS, the tool is right, it has been confirmed by Monolith.

 

If you have an other question, please ask me.

 

 

Thanks for answering Pamplerousse! 

What I don't understand is why ZD and ZC share  a letter but not ZA, when the situation looks pretty similar. 

I mean, if I don't use the tool, how would I know? The criteria used for sharing or not a letter. 

Thank you again! 

Do Thingiverse print these designs and ship?

How much would all that be? (shipping to Europe-Spain)

16 hours ago, Johnnymaxx said:

Looks like thre is no one cheching here that can answer the above.... it does seem like the app is wrong in this situation.

Thanks Johnnymaxx, sadly it seems so...

And this should be the official thread for feedback.

Well, let's better think they are on summer vacation 😉

I wasn't aware of this thread and originally posted my question here:

I copy-paste the content here:

I have detected some "issues" (for now only on the Subway map).
 

Please see screenshot below with the red lines I included, that I think they should have Line of Sight. The questions are:

1) If there's LOS between Z and the area between the 2 wagons, why there's no LOS between Z-D?. LOS is not interrupted by the wall on Z (only by a millimetre, but it is not interrupted), and the two markers see each other.

2) There is LOS between Z and B/C but not to A. How so? If I didn't have the tool I would not have resolved it this way.

Is it possible that the tool has some errors on this map/board? I would appreciate if the developers of the tool could double-check.

If there are no mistakes, then could someone kindly explain why my red lines do not have LOS?

Thank you very much.

The discussion was originally posted here:

https://boardgamegeek.com/article/32477079#32477079

I don't know where exactly to post this so I picked this sub-forum (board section).

Monolith issued a Line of Sight tool (interactive web-page) that is a pretty good help for INSTANTLY checking if there's line of sight (LOS from now onwards) from or to an area.

https://the-overlord.net/index.php?/batman/line-of-sight/line-of-sight-subway/

BUT, I have detected some "issues" (for now only on the Subway map).
 

Please see screenshot below with the red lines I included, that I think they should have Line of Sight. The questions are:

1) If there's LOS between Z and the area between the 2 wagons, why there's no LOS between Z-D?. LOS is not interrupted by the wall on Z (only by a millimetre, but it is not interrupted), and the two markers see each other.

2) There is LOS between Z and B/C but not to A. How so? If I didn't have the tool I would not have resolved it this way.

Is it possible that the tool has some errors on this map/board? I would appreciate if the developers of the tool could double-check.

If there are no mistakes, then could someone kindly explain why my red lines do not have LOS?

Thank you very much.

The discussion was originally posted here:

https://boardgamegeek.com/article/32477079#32477079

Any approximate idea of when the final modelled version will be released?

On 6/7/2019 at 1:05 PM, Bat-Petiso said:

Hi bat-frineds, 

 

Dobut about "combo" trait. When you trigger the combo hability, it does not add current arms dice, but does it trigger also another skills as "martial arts" or it is just the base dice?

 

Thanks in advance for your help! 

Yes, Martial Artists skill triggers when you Combo or Counter-Attack.

On 4/2/2019 at 2:36 PM, chazelliott said:

Page 23.

Renee Montoya is performing a special move (level 2 climb) in order to enter the same area as Batman and Killer Croc. This special move has a cost of 2 energy points, adding the simple move cost of 1 - the cost to move into Batman and Killer Crocs area is 3 energy cubes - She therefore spends 2 energy cubes, adding them to her remaining 1 in her move point pool to meet the 3 energy cube requirement and enters her destination area. 

I think that's what I talk about my previous email:

On 1/3/2019 at 7:49 PM, Jim_D said:

I sent a mail to monolith and all is resolved now 🙂 I thought the guys checked here but was not correct. Thanks very much for your help.

Hmmm, no ofence intended, but what's the point of this site being the official page if monolith doesn't pay attention to what is said here?

In the recent "rulebook" post on this forum, two guys have spent a lot of time making corrections to improve the understanding of the rulebook, and it would be a real pity that it doesn't reach no-one from monolith...

I miss the "surnames" of the characters with more than one miniature, like Batman (Standard, Zero Year, Year 100, Miller), Catwoman (standard and Long Halloween) or Robin (Tim Drake or Damian Wayne).

Page 23, text in FIG_43 makes reference to a special move called "JUMP" that Renée Montoya has to do to join Batman and Killer Croc. According to the picture, I believe it's not a "JUMP" but a "FALL", since she comes from an elevated place and goes to a lower place, right? (she falls from the roof to the street level)

Thaaaaaaaaaanks a lot!!!

10 hours ago, Epaka said:

I often paint the color I want, hit it with shader, and then drybrush or carefully re-paint the area to get back my desired color AND get the shading effect. 

Me too 👍

Just my 2 cents with something that I think I have not read it here yet. The following advertisements are not about painting itself, but very related (it's the step before and the step after painting):

1) Be careful with humidity (and also to heavy changes of temperature). That screws everything when it comes to priming. Avoid priming on wet days (if you do it outside).

2) Shake the primer can (if you prime with a spray, that is quicker but more expensive than priming with a brush) like there's no tomorrow. Seriously, shake it for 1 or 2 minutes vigorously. And if you prime several miniatures in a row, shake the can again every 5 or 10 miniatures.

3) If you varnish your miniatures to protect them, see points (1) and (2) above, because they also apply if you use a vanish in spray (which is way quicker although more expensive).

4) There are several types of varnish: brilliant, matt, or satin. Brilliant is... very shiny, but I think it's more resistant. Matt it's more realistic and avoids any shine. Satin I think it's somewhere in between. I tend to varnish mate for everything except for shiny pieces (metal armour, gems) that I apply some brilliant varnish.

And don't forget the following: enjoy!!