MARKCO'S EPIC PAGE
INTRO
Epic 40,000 is a tabletop miniatures wargame set in Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 Universe. It takes the cultural archetypes established by Tolkien, and places them into a science fiction setting 38,000 years into our own future. Space faring Humans meet Space Orks, Space Elves (Eldar), and Chaotic Entities. Added to this mix are the Bio-engineering Tyranids, which have similarities to the generic 'alien' archetype, from sources such as 'Starship Troopers', and the 'Alien' series of movies.
In the Epic 40,000 universe most Humans live in an age of darkness and ignorance, praying to their God Emperor, while Inquisitors hunt down any who deviate from his righteousness. The Orks are babaric savages who live for nothing more than war and conquest. The Eldar are an ancient race fallen from greatness, now xenophobic and few in number. Chaos are nightmares given substance as they warp into the material universe. Tyranids are 'The Great Devourer' that assimilates all in its path.
Needless to say, all these different beings have a difficult time getting along, so it makes a good background for the wargaming :)
UPDATE - 24.04.04
As most people realise, 2004 sees Epic Armageddon released in all its glory... while I have space on this site I will keep the Epic 40k game reports and rules online. However as I am now playing Epic Armageddon rather than Epic 40k, from April 2004 updates will be almost exclusively Epic Armageddon. Also, I have removed the catalogue pages as these are now out of date.
EPIC 40K RULES SECTION
Epic Rule Amendments 1.0 is a two page Word document designed to be used with the Epic 40,000 Boxed Set or the Epic 40,000 Players Edition. The document contains the amendments and house rules used by our group here in Christchurch New Zealand. Games Workshop is currently working on a set of rules called Adeptus Titanicus 2 (ATII). Adeptus Titanicus (AT) was the first incarnation of the Epic Rules, published in 1988. We are not using the ATII rules at the present time, though if you are interested, ATII (and lots of other stuff) is available for free download from the Fanatic Website (see the links section below). Also in 2002 Games Workshop have announced that 'Epic Armageddon' (the next edition of rules for the Epic world) will be released sometime in 2003. Demo and playtest rules are available form the links section below.
New in July 2002 - I have uploaded complete Fate Card sets (Word documents) for the five Epic40k races, click the links to download:
Imperial Fate Cards (Imperial Tarot) GALLERIES
Here are some galleries of my Epic Miniatures, and those of other local Wargamers:
Titan Gallery
EPIC 40K GAME REPORTS
Here are some match reports of Epic 40K games.
Fools Rush In... A 4000 point Meeting Engagement. Orks versus Imperial. Played on April 1st 2001.
EPIC ARMAGEDDON GAME REPORTS
Here are some match reports of Epic Armageddon games.
24.04.04 Epic Armageddon - 10k Orks vs Marines, my first battle report using the new Epic Armageddon rules.
LINKS - Last updated 13.03.06
The EPICentre The hub of the epic online community, with links to the major epic sites.
Epic40k.co.uk Well established for several years now. The biggest and most active Epic Forum on the web.
Specialist Games Forum The official Games Workshop Forums for their specialist games ranges, including some forums specifically devoted to Epic Armageddon.
Epic Mailing List The original yahoo mailing list, for discussion of all forms of the Epic game system, including home-brewed rule sets. Rather quiet these days.
Felix's Epic Galleries Excellent set of galleries of Epic miniatures, including conversions and some really nice background scenery.
Mercenary Brush Galleries & Painting service - specialising in small scale miniatures. The site of the well known Paul 'Tuffskull' T.
Sven Kubein's Epic Site Many great looking minis here, including Squats, and some Tyranids that look very familiar! See here for story ;)
The Wargamers Homepage - Epic Section A wargaming group from Atlanta USA. Some impressive Epic forces can be seen here.
Chuck Smith's Epic Site Here you can find some pdf files of ready to assemble paper models of epic miniatures, quite amazing!
System17.com Knowlton's site has information about various epic rule versions, plus a heap of other stuff!
The Epic Lounge Warmaster Nice's hugely impressive Epic site! You MUST see this if you play epic.
Epic Armageddon Quick Reference Sheets
Ork Fate Cards
Eldar Fate Cards
Tyranid Fate Cards
Chaos Fate Cards
Ork Gallery
Space Marine Gallery
Eldar Gallery
Chaos Gallery
Tyranid Gallery
Battle in the Ruins A 1000 point Meeting Engagement. Orks versus Imperial. Played on April 4th 2001.
Slugfest A 2500 point Meeting Engagement. Orks versus Imperial. Played on April 28th 2001.
Imperial Assault A 2800 point Dawn Assault. Imperial versus Eldar. Played on June 23rd 2001.
Bughunting A 2500 point Meeting Engagement. Tyranid versus Orks. Played on November 18th 2001.
Ambushing the Greenskins A 4000 point Ambush. Imperials Attacking Orks. Played on November 24th 2001.
Line of Fire A 3000 point Meeting Engagement. Tyranids versus Imperials. Played on December 10th 2001.
Melee A 3000 point Ambush. Tyranids attacking Eldar. Played on December 16th 2001.
Rebellion A 2000 point Blitzkreig scenario. Imperial Guard attacking Chaos. Played on December 19th 2001.
Aerial Assault A 6000 point Meeting Engagement scenario. Imperials versus Eldar. Played on July 20th 2002.
Dawn Assault A 6000 point Dawn Assault scenario. Eldar attacking Orks and Chaos. Played on September 18th 2002.
25.03.05 Epic Armageddon - 5k Orks vs Marines.
26.03.05 Epic Armageddon - 7.5k Orks vs Marines.
20.11.05 Epic Armageddon - 10k Orks vs Marines. Using the 'Breakout' scenario.
Epic products are available through mail order from Games Workshop UK. Ongoing development of Epic, including rules and miniatures, is carried out by the 'Fanatic' department (now also known as 'Specialist Games') of Games Workshop . The links below will take you to their respective web sites, which can also be reached through each other.
