Epic (game)

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Epic game

Cover of Current Epic rulebook, showing a Lucius-Pattern Warlord Titan and Space Marines
Designers	Jervis Johnson
Publishers	Games Workshop
Years active	1988 onwards
Players	2+
Setup time	5 - 30 minutes
Playing time	30 minutes - 3 hours
Chance	Dice rolling
Age range	12+

Epic is a collective term for a series of tabletop wargames by Games Workshop set in their fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, particularly the Horus Heresy 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, giant war machines and hundreds of soldiers.^[1] Due to the comparatively larger size of the battles, Epic miniatures are smaller, roughly one quarter the size of those in Warhammer 40,000, with a typical human being represented with a 6mm high figure, as opposed to the 'heroic' 28mm miniature used in Warhammer 40,000.

The first release in 1988 was Adeptus Titanicus. dealing with large bipedal war machines. This was followed by Space Marines which added infantry and vehicles rules. The rules were comprehensively updated and the game reissued under the "Epic" name.