Epic Card Game

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Epic Card Game
Epic card game back.png
Card back of Epic Card Game
Designer Robert Dougherty
PublisherWise Wizard Games
Playing time20 minutes
Website epiccardgame.com

Epic Card Game is a strategy card game created by Wise Wizard Games. [1] It was released in 2015 after a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. [2]

Contents

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. [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]

In early 2017, another Kickstarter campaign was successfully funded for a digital video game version of Epic. [4] As of February 2020, the app is available for free. [5]

Gameplay

Example of gameplay, from the digital app for the game. Epic Card Game digital.png
Example of gameplay, from the digital app for the game.

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. [6]

The game continues until a player wins by either eliminating all their opponents or having no cards left when they need to draw. [6]

Expansions

Tyrants, the first expansion to Epic, was released in March 2016. [7] Each of four packs includes 12 new cards. [8] The second expansion, Epic Uprising, was released in December 2016. [9] Epic Pantheon was released in 2018. [10]

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. [11] The champion was John Tatian. [12]

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. [13] The champion was John Tatian again. [14]

In 2019, Wise Wizard Games ran their first [15] Epic 10K Championship at Origins Game Fair. [16]

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  7. ↑ "Epic Card Game: Tyrants - Raxxa's Revenge Pack (Preorder)". Miniature Market. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ Debbie Moynihan (February 27, 2016). "Epic Tyrants Expansion Coming to Stores March 22nd!" . Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Epic Card Game: Uprising 4 Pack Bundle". CoolStuffInc.com. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  10. ↑ Adam Bowman (March 29, 2018). "Epic Pantheon: Gareth vs Lashnok and Angeline vs Scara" . Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Worlds | Epic Card Game". White Wizard Games. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  12. ↑ Nathan Davis (December 12, 2016). "Epic World Championships Retrospective". epiccardgame.com. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Epic Championship Series". Wise Wizard Games. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  14. ↑ Adam Bowman (December 5, 2017). "2017 Epic Championship: A Quick Recap". epiccardgame.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Epic $10,000 Championships" . Retrieved March 17, 2023. Our first Epic 10K Championship took place at Origins Game Fair in June 2019!
  16. ↑ "Origins 2019 Epic 10K Championship" . Retrieved March 17, 2023.
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