Epic (tabletop game)

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 hundreds of soldiers, dozens of tanks, and giant war machines. 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 in 2003, and relaunched again as Legions Imperialis in 2018.

In the Warhammer Fantasy universe, Warmaster fills much the same "large scale battle" role as Epic does in Warhammer 40,000, though the two systems do not share rules, and Epic is intended for slightly smaller 6 mm miniatures.