This is Epic 40k not WH40k

[sdeix75]

from what iam readin so many people are misinterpretating this game for normal WH40k. THIS GAME IS BASED ON EPIC 40K NOT WH 40k so the sooner you realise this you can then get on and enjoy it as Epic 40k. its hard so play on normal first before playing it on challenging or harder difficulties.

this game rocks

PS if you wont WH40k play dawn of war

[JimmyC]

As i posted somewhere else, i see it more as a fusion of the 2. It really depends how you interpret the unit sizes. I see them as squads, but others could see them as regiments, divisions, etc.

How do others view it?

[Wolfen75]

Don´t get irritated by the one or another jerk who is too stupid to check reviews about the game genre he is buying.
With the effort of a few minutes of google every mature and sane person is able to check what kind of games Slitherine is publishing since many years.

I am a Warhammer 40 K Fan since more than 30 years and this game is the first hex-based game i enjoy.

It can´t play like WH40K, but it catches the fluff of it, also it gives the player a bunch of more freedom of choice than those type of game usually does.

I also like the Dawn of War games, but only a retard wouldn´t realize that those games are a complete different match.

PS: after all that pityful bullcrap that was benchmarked with "Warhammer 40 K" the last couple of months, since GW seems to give away the licence for free, this game is, quality wise, a pleasant surprise.
It needs some work but it is the best Warhammer Game that i bought since some years, even regarding its not my favorite genre.

[Slaarth]

from what iam readin so many people are misinterpretating this game for normal WH40k. THIS GAME IS BASED ON EPIC 40K NOT WH 40k so the sooner you realise this you can then get on and enjoy it as Epic 40k. its hard so play on normal first before playing it on challenging or harder difficulties.

this game rocks

PS if you wont WH40k play dawn of war

no it's not, Epic is battlions, these are squads,

But then it makes you wonder if you think it's epic and it's labelled at warhammer 40k

how'd they get it wrong?

[sdeix75]

from what iam readin so many people are misinterpretating this game for normal WH40k. THIS GAME IS BASED ON EPIC 40K NOT WH 40k so the sooner you realise this you can then get on and enjoy it as Epic 40k. its hard so play on normal first before playing it on challenging or harder difficulties.

this game rocks

PS if you wont WH40k play dawn of war

no it's not, Epic is battlions, these are squads,

But then it makes you wonder if you think it's epic and it's labelled at warhammer 40k

how'd they get it wrong?

this game plays more like final liberation then WH40k, GW will never allow a computer game to mimic the boardgame. in Epic when you bought some tanks they usually came in 3 or 5. have a look at the tanks 1 model of tanks represents 5 tanks not 1. stop trying to think the games is a recreation of WH40k because you will never get one unless it gets discontinued. you can have games like dawn of war but its not turn based, rites of war to me is more like this and final liberation which is Epic. chaos gate was more of a role playing

think of it as epic and you wont be dissapointed thats its not similar to WH40k

games got my thumbs up. its great and from what i know of the companies involved they will support it and make more off them. Hell yeah!!

[JimmyC]

...this game plays more like final liberation then WH40k, GW will never allow a computer game to mimic the boardgame. in Epic when you bought some tanks they usually came in 3 or 5. have a look at the tanks 1 model of tanks represents 5 tanks not 1...

Looking at the unit stats i agree that it does seem to be based on Epic (eg. the Leman Russ unit consisting of 5 tanks). But when i look at the infantry, that part seems more squads to me. So kind of a mix of the 2.

<Edit> - Main point though is that it is not supposed to be a direct port of either. Its just Slitherine's interpretation of the Battle for Armageddon.

[M0rbid]

Forget about tabletop games. This is video game in 40k universe Warhammer 40000: Armageddon. Why it is so difficult to understand?

[sdeix75]

i can quite remember the epic infantry lay out but i think it was 5 men to a tile. also dont forget that infantry have plenty of shots to take for instance the mega armoured nobz a unit of 25 gets 54 shots for 1 tile its like all your 5 man by 5 tiles in 1 group. the difference between the two the way i see it is that all the group or detachment is combined into 1 tile eg instead of 5 tiles you have them combined for 1. in stead of 5 tanks you have 1 tile of 5 tanks
but you are write as with all the games it is the creators interpretation and how best to make it work.

[Slaarth]

from what iam readin so many people are misinterpretating this game for normal WH40k. THIS GAME IS BASED ON EPIC 40K NOT WH 40k so the sooner you realise this you can then get on and enjoy it as Epic 40k. its hard so play on normal first before playing it on challenging or harder difficulties.

this game rocks

PS if you wont WH40k play dawn of war

no it's not, Epic is battlions, these are squads,

But then it makes you wonder if you think it's epic and it's labelled at warhammer 40k

how'd they get it wrong?

this game plays more like final liberation then WH40k, GW will never allow a computer game to mimic the boardgame. in Epic when you bought some tanks they usually came in 3 or 5. have a look at the tanks 1 model of tanks represents 5 tanks not 1. stop trying to think the games is a recreation of WH40k because you will never get one unless it gets discontinued. you can have games like dawn of war but its not turn based, rites of war to me is more like this and final liberation which is Epic. chaos gate was more of a role playing

think of it as epic and you wont be dissapointed thats its not similar to WH40k

games got my thumbs up. its great and from what i know of the companies involved they will support it and make more off them. Hell yeah!!

Did you even play Epic? a tank company has 9 tanks and 1 command tank, 1 model doesn't represent 5, 1 model was exactly that 1 model, if you think otherwise go reread the rules, i have mine out on the table so i know 100% your wrong.

As for the game itself, let me say for yet the 10th time, it has it's own merits, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? As a stand aloine game say lets called tanks tanks tanks, it's not a bad game but it wouldn't have lured me in.

the title of 40k and armaggedon did, i have found memories of salamanders i painted and played during that campaign as they had just been released and now in small proint i find out oh btw there support untis, not the army, but if you follow any type of 40k back then as this is a reprentative of the 2nd war, no allies allowed, so how exactly do space marines be commanded by a imp guard commander?

So the prol;bem we have is there saying this is set at this time but not following the rules. an many many many gamers of 40k are what u call rules lawyers. i know i use to be one till i changed.

but i will agree this kinda plays out more like Epic than anything closely related to 40k.

though though gretchin getting to melee and range attack when they get close to you is plain wrong, they don't have multiple weapons, they have blunderbuss and teeth and nails, and last i knew teeth and anils didn't get you an extra attack so that needs to be toned down.

[IainMcNeil]

Locking this too.