Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Play Arkham inmates, bribe cards from the line-up, take hostages, and build the most notorious villain deck before Batman falls.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Deck / Bag Building
Add new pieces during play to improve the cards, tokens, or dice drawn later.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Delayed Purchase
Commit to a purchase before receiving the item or paying its full cost.
Read the full game description
DC Deck-Building Game: Arkham Asylum is a standalone competitive deck-builder that puts players behind the asylum gates as The Joker, Harley Quinn, The Riddler, Two-Face, and other infamous inmates. Players buy cards from a shared line-up, defeat Batman and his allies, take hostages, and collect victory-point tokens. Those tokens can also bribe cards into play immediately, creating explosive turns and hard choices between points now and power later. Freeze, Riddle, and revised Weakness tokens give this entry its own rhythm while remaining compatible with the wider Cerberus system.
