So this is where the second idea came in. So over the years people who’ve used the rules with their epic figures have commented that using Hellfire, their space marines behave like the ones in the novels that create the background text, rather than they do under the rules. With Hellfire, our 6mm troops in powered armour, especially if they’re elite, are pretty difficult to kill. This is particularly worth trying if you and your gaming friends or group already play Epic Armageddon, as you'll already have suitable models, and you can just try them out with a different set of rules.There were a couple of ideas behind this scenario. Also, you can try getting friends into NetEpic.
If you're looking for an opponent, just try asking here, or on the Tactical Command site. They might be a bit more spread out than the Epic Armageddon community, but there are a number of NetEpic players. You are at an advantage, however, if you did play Space Marine or Titan Legions and still have your models from that period.Ĭan Rectangular and Square Bases Be Used? Just take a look around the boards or open a topic to ask for suggestions if you need advice. There are also numerous companies who make suitable proxy figures. GW has long since stopped making the models used for NetEpic, but you can still find many of them on e-bay. The game can be played at smaller points values, for example, to help lower the number of models/formations needed.
In general, most armies require more models to field than would be the case for Epic Armageddon, but this does not mean that you have to make masses of purchases. The rules are easier to pick up if you have played Space Marine or Titan Legions, but they are not difficult to learn if you haven't. Changes were made to iron out and improve some of the balance issues, or problems with the rules from the Titan Legions days. They are very similar in lots of ways, but also include significant differences. How Different Are The Rules Compared to Space Marine/Titan Legions? NetEpic Gold's rules and army lists can be downloaded via the following link: Development does, however, continue on an updated version of the rules called NetEpic Platinum.
Net Epic Gold is the current set of rules, and apart from minor tweaks for small issues of balance or rules/stat errors, it is frozen. These rules went through various iterations, before finally reaching the finalised version called Net Epic Gold. Some of these players got together to work on an updated set of rules for Titan Legions. Space Marine comprised three versions (SM1, SM2, and Titan Legions), and was, for much of the SM2 and Titan Legions period, GW's third core game, but this changed when it was replaced by Epic40K.Įpic40K took Epic in a direction which many of its players did not wish to follow. NetEpic is a fan based set of rules updating GW's popular specialist game Space Marine.
This topic serves to explain the history, and answer some commonly asked questions about one of these branches of rules, NetEpic, so if you're interested to know more about this game, please keep reading. One of the biggest sources of confusion regarding Epic is the myriad of rules which exist for the game. Welcome to the NetEpic and Space Marine section of the Specalist Arms Forum.