Specialist Games maybe not entirely dead

[40kGamer]

2nd Edition. Though I did dabble in Adeptus Titanicus. Glorious game that!

2nd Edition was a superior overall game to the first one and IMO, also marked the high water point for Epic as a game. My only quibble with second was that titans tended to be a bit too fragile... although it may have been because basic infantry and tanks could hardly scratch them in the first edition.

I never managed to get excited about this version



although to be fair, the concept of firepower and detachment level results fits well with mass 6mm scale gaming. For some reason though, the level of abstraction made the game too bland. If they had abstracted the infantry/tanks while keeping the flavor of the superheavies and titans it might have been more acceptable to the existing gaming base.

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Nice to see so many people like Epic, I agree Epic 40k was poor and made me lose interest too. I was more into Space Marine/Titan Legions. Shame there arent any Original 6mm games out there, seems like the only ones out there are all Epic Proxy games - which is pretty boring, if like me you want innovative backround and races that arent the usual cut and paste tropes.

[DWest]

I got into 40k through the "Final Liberation" PC game, so I'd definitely like to see a new version of Titanicus. Because let's be honest, even if FW ever do figure out how to make a 40-scale Warlord, you're never going to have the truly epic slugging match of god-machines, for one it won't be safe for your table or your back to reposition the beast. It'd be really cool to see them do something like out of the Mechanicum novel- 4-5 Titans of various flavors on each side, maybe some heavy card counters for infantry (because let's be honest, the only way infantry is going to slow down one of the big boys is by gumming up the ankle joints with their corpses).

[YorkNecromancer]

Those of you who still love The Epic might like these two sellers. I've picked up some stuff from Troublemaker and GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY it is nice. I've not tried Onslaught yet (on account of they're US), but it's basically a matter of time.
[url]http://www.troublemakergames.co.uk/[/url]
[url]http://www.onslaughtmini.com/[/url]

[40kGamer]

Oh snap Yorkie, you're making my wallet cry!

[Mr Mystery]

Epic 40k switched me off, but I did enjoy Epic Armageddon. Giving AT and AP firepower really worked. Some stuff would absolutely mash infantry, but not even tickle Tanks, and vice versa.

But yeah, Space Marine has a special place in my gaming heart. I particularly liked how you selected your army - Company Card, 0-1 Special, and then detachments. Glorious!