Playing the Movies: The Dark Knight Rises

This is my third and final installment of playing the Batman movies. Those that have not seen The Dark Knight Rises probably want to hold off on reading this one, so that you don't run the risk of spoiling a plot point or two. That said, I'm just going to dive in, so read at your own risk.

The Dark Knight Rises starts with a bang, just like The Dark Knight before it. We start with 3 mercenaries getting loaded onto a CIA plane with a Russian Dr. Pavel. Before long, all hell breaks loose, as the Brute(s) overpower the plan:


  45 DKR008A Mercenary
  45 DKR008A Mercenary

 45 DKR008A Mercenary
 45 DKR008A Mercenary
 45 DKR008A Mercenary
 45 DKR008A Mercenary
 40 DKR010B Falcone Bodyguard
 90 DKR204 Bane
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400 Total


The Falcone Bodyguard my seem like an odd choice to round out the team, but 1) he's a Brute, and 2) he starts with Leap/Climb and could be easily explained away as one of the "boarding" Mercenaries for anyone who's seen the film.


Next we move the action back to Gotham City, where Bruce has been out of the game for a while and really isn't prepared for what's to come:

 40 DKR005A GCPD Officer
 40 DKR005B GCPD Officer
 55 DKR013  Alfred Pennyworth
 35 DKR026  Lucius Fox
 99 DKR027  Commissioner Gordon
 80 DKR202  Bruce Wayne
 50 DKR206  John Blake

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399 Total

As Alfred does his best to reintroduce Bruce into the world, the Gotham Underworld has other plans:

 80 DKR006 Catwoman
 35 DKR007 The Joker's Henchman #1
 85 DKR025 Scarecrow
100 DKR103 Bane
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300 Total

Here the Joker's Henchman #1 is the weird choice, but this one comes down to having 35 points to fill and only really him or Henchman #3 as a choice to fill it. I went with #1 because of his Zipline special power. Scarecrow is hear to reflect Crane's roll as Judge of the Guilt in the courtroom scenes.

As Gotham City tries to deal with the emerging threat Batman dawns the cowl, but is a shadow of what he once was:

 40 DKR005A GCPD Officer
 35 DKR026  Lucius Fox
 99 DKR027  Commissioner Gordon
 75 DKR201  Batman
 50 DKR206  John Blake
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299 Total

Batman fights Bane and although he puts up a fight, Bane snaps him like a twig and throws him into "The Pit" forcing Bruce to rededicate himself to his cause to save his beloved Gotham City:

 40 DKR005A GCPD Officer
 40 DKR005A GCPD Officer
 40 DKR005B GCPD Officer
 40 DKR005B GCPD Officer
 49 DKR011A GCPD Riot Officer
 49 DKR011A GCPD Riot Officer
 49 DKR011B GCPD Riot Officer
 68 DKR021  Lt. Gordon
 35 DKR026  Lucius Fox
 75 DKR201  Batman
 65 DKR203  Catwoman
 50 DKR206  John Blake
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600 Total

They're opposed by Martial Artist(s) headed by the reminiscent of the League of Shadows that have taken over Gotham:

 35 DKR002B Shadow Assassin
 35 DKR002B Shadow Assassin
 35 DKR002B Shadow Assassin
 35 DKR002B Shadow Assassin
 45 DKR008B Mercenary
 45 DKR008B Mercenary
 45 DKR008B Mercenary
 45 DKR008B Mercenary
 45 DKR008B Mercenary
 45 DKR008B Mercenary
 70 DKR012  Miranda Tate
113 DKR014  Bane
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593 Total

If you really want to have some fun, and have it available, you could always throw the Gamma Bomb on the Martial Artist team to have it reflect the bomb driving around Gotham. Sure it can't move, but it would put that added tension into the scenario.

That's all I have for this series of articles. As with the other two articles, I welcome your team suggestions in the comments. Also, if you've enjoyed this series of articles, and would like me to continue writing articles in this vein, please don't hesitate to make suggestions. And perhaps most important of all, thanks for reading!