The major difference between Epic and other Games Workshop games is that instead of a player moving and firing all of his forces at once, players take turns moving one or two formations at a time using a variety of different 'orders', giving the feeling of a battlefield developing in real-time, and also resulting in a game that is more tactically complex than Warhammer 40,000. In the Warhammer Fantasy universe, Warmaster fills much the same 'large-scale battle' role as Epic does in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, though the two systems do not share rules.Ī game of Epic Armageddon between Imperial Guard and Eldar forces.Ī standard game of Epic: Armageddon will normally take around two to three hours to play. Since being first released in 1988 as Adeptus Titanicus, it has gone through various editions with varying names.

Due to the comparatively larger size of the battles, Epic miniatures are smaller than those in Warhammer 40,000, with a typical human being represented with a 6mm high figure, as opposed to the 28mm minis used in Warhammer 40,000. Whereas Warhammer 40,000 involves small battles between forces of a few squads of troops and two or three vehicles, Epic features battles between armies consisting of dozens of tanks and hundreds of soldiers. Cover of Current Epic rulebook, showing a Lucius-Pattern Warlord Titan and Space MarinesĮpic is a tabletop wargame set in the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe.

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