Epic Card Game
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| Designer | Robert Dougherty |
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| Publisher | White Wizard Games |
| Playing time | 20 minutes |
| Website | epiccardgame |
Epic Card Game is a strategy card game created by White Wizard Games, the creators of Star Realms.[1] It was released in 2015 after a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.[2]
Epic can be played with two or more players who act as gods in conflict, playing champions who fight against the other players. Unlike other collectible card games, each set of Epic contains every card.[3] The game can be played as a drafting or sealed deck card game,[1] and preconstructed decks can also be used to play.[3]
Tyrants, the first expansion to Epic, is set to be released in March 2016.[4] Each of four packs will include 12 new cards.[5]
Gameplay
Players begin with 30 health. If this health goes to zero, the player has eliminated all of their opponents, or a player goes to draw a card but has none left, the game ends. One 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 play on each player's turn. Cards played may be events or champions. The events 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 hand. Players have many possible actions, depending on the combination of cards they play. These cards may do damage to the health of the other player(s) or their champion card(s) in play, cause a player to draw more cards, or bring back cards from a discard pile.[6]
Game continues until one of the end conditions mentioned above is reached.[6]
Tournaments
The 2016 World Championship of Epic will be held in November in Massachusetts. The top prize will be $25,000, and a total of $100,000 prizes will be awarded.[7]
References
- ^ a b "Epic Card Game | The future of strategy card games". White Wizard Games. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ "Epic Card Game by Robert Dougherty". Kickstarter. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ a b "Epic Card Game". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ "Epic Card Game: Tyrants - Raxxa's Revenge Pack (Preorder)". Miniature Market. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ Debbie Moynihan (February 27, 2016). "Epic Tyrants Expansion Coming to Stores March 22nd!". Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ a b "Epic Card Game Rules". EpicCardGame.com. White Wizard Games. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Worlds | Epic Card Game". White Wizard Games. Retrieved March 20, 2016.