Epic Card Game
{{Short description|Strategy card game}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Infobox card game
| title = Epic Card Game
| subtitle =
| image_link = File:Epic card game back.png
| image_caption = Card back of Epic Card Game
| designer = Robert Dougherty
| publisher = Wise Wizard Games
| playing_time = 20 minutes
| website = {{URL|EpicCardGame.com}}
}}
Epic Card Game is a strategy card game created by Wise Wizard Games.{{cite web |url=http://www.epiccardgame.com/ |title=Epic Card Game {{!}} The future of strategy card games |publisher=Wise Wizard Games |accessdate=February 28, 2016}} It was released in 2015 after a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.{{cite web |url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1172937197/epic-card-game/description |title=Epic Card Game by Robert Dougherty |publisher=Kickstarter |accessdate=February 28, 2016}}
Epic can be played with two or more players who act as gods in conflict, playing champions who fight against the other players. Unlike collectible card games, each set of Epic contains every card.{{cite web |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175621/epic-card-game |title=Epic Card Game |website=BoardGameGeek |accessdate=February 28, 2016}} The game can be played as a drafting or sealed deck card game, and preconstructed decks can also be used to play.
In early 2017, another Kickstarter campaign was successfully funded for a digital video game version of Epic.{{cite web |url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1172937197/epic-digital-card-game |title=Epic Digital Card Game by Robert Dougherty |publisher=Kickstarter |accessdate=February 13, 2017 }} As of February 2020, the app is available for free.{{cite web |url=https://www.epiccardgame.com/free-epic-digital-app-launches-february-18th/ |title=FREE Epic Digital App Launches February 18th |author=Victoria Mann |date=January 27, 2020 |access-date=June 27, 2021}}
Gameplay
File:Epic Card Game digital.png
Players begin with 30 health. If this health goes to zero, the player is eliminated. On each player's turn, each player has one "gold" point. Some cards cost one gold to play; others cost zero. At most one gold value card may be played by each player each turn. Cards played may be events or champions. Events have an immediate effect and are discarded after use; champions stay in play until either "broken" (sent to the discard pile), "banished" (placed on the bottom of that player's face-down deck), or "returned to its owner's hand". Players have many possible actions, depending on the combination of cards they play: do damage to the health of the other player(s) or their champion card(s) in play, break or banish a champion in play, create "token" champions, cause a player to draw more cards, or bring back cards from a discard pile.{{cite web |url=http://www.epiccardgame.com/rules/ |title=Epic Card Game Rules |accessdate=March 3, 2016 |website=EpicCardGame.com |publisher=Wise Wizard Games}}
The game continues until a player wins by either eliminating all their opponents or having no cards left when they need to draw.
Expansions
Tyrants, the first expansion to Epic, was released in March 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.miniaturemarket.com/wwg307-rr.html |title=Epic Card Game: Tyrants - Raxxa's Revenge Pack (Preorder) |publisher=Miniature Market |accessdate=February 28, 2016 }} Each of four packs includes 12 new cards.{{cite web |url=http://www.epiccardgame.com/epic-tyrants-expansion-coming-to-stores-march-22nd/ |title=Epic Tyrants Expansion Coming to Stores March 22nd! |author=Debbie Moynihan | date=February 27, 2016 |accessdate=February 28, 2016}} The second expansion, Epic Uprising, was released in December 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.coolstuffinc.com/p/232085 |title=Epic Card Game: Uprising 4 Pack Bundle |website=CoolStuffInc.com |accessdate=December 5, 2016 }} Epic Pantheon was released in 2018.{{cite web |url=http://www.epiccardgame.com/epic-pantheon-gareth-vs-lashnok-and-angeline-vs-scara/ |title=Epic Pantheon: Gareth vs Lashnok and Angeline vs Scara |author=Adam Bowman |date=March 29, 2018 |accessdate=July 3, 2018}}
Tournaments
The 2016 World Championship of Epic was held in November in Massachusetts. The top prize was $25,000, and a total of $100,000 prizes were awarded.{{cite web |url=http://www.epiccardgame.com/worlds/ |title=Worlds {{!}} Epic Card Game |publisher=White Wizard Games |accessdate=March 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320155144/http://www.epiccardgame.com/worlds/ |archive-date=2016-03-20}} The champion was John Tatian.{{cite web |url=http://www.epiccardgame.com/epic-world-championships-retrospective/ |title=Epic World Championships Retrospective |author=Nathan Davis |date=December 12, 2016 |website=epiccardgame.com |accessdate=February 13, 2017}}
The 2017 World Championship of Epic was held in November in Massachusetts. The top prize was $15,000, and a total of $50,000 prizes were awarded.{{cite web |url=http://www.epiccardgame.com/epic-championship-series/ |title=Epic Championship Series |publisher=Wise Wizard Games |accessdate=November 27, 2017}} The champion was John Tatian again.{{cite web |url=https://www.epiccardgame.com/2017-epic-championship-a-quick-recap/ |title=2017 Epic Championship: A Quick Recap |author=Adam Bowman |date=December 5, 2017 |website=epiccardgame.com |accessdate=March 14, 2020}}
In 2019, Wise Wizard Games ran their first{{cite web |url=https://www.epiccardgame.com/epic-10000-championships/ |title=Epic $10,000 Championships |quote=Our first Epic 10K Championship took place at Origins Game Fair in June 2019! |access-date=March 17, 2023}} Epic 10K Championship at Origins Game Fair.{{cite web |title=Origins 2019 Epic 10K Championship |url=https://www.epiccardgame.com/origins-epic-10k-championship/ |access-date=March 17, 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.epiccardgame.com/}}
- {{bgg title|175621}}
Category:Kickstarter-funded tabletop games