I'm just trying to get a consensus in this section of the forum of how much Epic is played and how much is theorycrafted.

I know we all love discussing combos, lists, interactions, and other aspects of the Epic format, but do you get to play it often? Do you get to play as often as you want to? Do you find yourself in an area where people don't have an interest in Epic?

Since TLJ dropped, I've gotten three games of Epic in and have one going on tomorrow for about four games within a month and a half. I think it's safe to say that I get to play it often, but not necessarily as often as I want to (I'd rather be playing Epic every week...), and I am lucky enough to have a gaming group that will throw down a bunch of models for the Epic format if I pester them enough.

Beyond the initial answers, what can we do as fans/a community of Epic players to get more games of Epic in? What can FFG do for us?

Cheers,

Nick

2 games since tlj.

I try to get 1 a month.

As for how to get more games? Talk about it. Talk to flgs about running epic tourneys. Just generally be loud about this format that looks so much more star warsy than the 100 point games

We have an epic league that usually lasts about a year. This can amount to 5 to 13 games, depending on whether a player is eliminated or not. So about once a month, give or take.

Insufficient.

I've managed 3 games in the past year. Not happy about it, but they pretty much need a free day/afternoon into evening and I don't get many of those. If I weren't also playing in tournaments, once a month, I'd probably get more epic games in.

However, if I don't book those tournament days long in advance and buy tickets, my wife has a tendency to find other things that I have to do instead, so friendly epic games would get cancelled and this way I at least get to play some of the time.

Last year one. I need to make more of an effort to get my group to play epic format.

Not enough, not even close.

3 casual ones at the FLGS, 3 really casual ones with friends at home, and about 10 more at home where I control both sides just to practice with the various Huge ships, different escorts and the different weapons/crew/team combos. 1 of the FLGS and 3 of the at "play myself" ones were 400 or more points per side.

Getting enough people to have time AT THE SAME TIME, is the issue. I work a lot of weekends, other people have weekends off, so its tough.

When I set up the games on my kitchen table where I control both sides just to simulate things, I can play a round or two and then walk away for a day or two until I get another free hour. Since I control all ships, dials, etc, what would be a 3-4 hour game probably takes 4-6 hours of my time to finish, so I often take over a week to finish one. Still, it has helped a lot to figure out what types of ships and load outs work better in the epic format vs the 100/6.

I reckon about once every six weeks or so. Not often enough. Mostly a scheduling issue, of course. Coming up with that kind of a block of time between two to four people is tough.

And what can FFG do? Give us a Scum Corvette. Oh, i'll bully my friends into more Epic for that!

99.99999999999% of the time.

I played 100/6 about a dozen times to learn the game, and I played 100 point lists at Gen Con. But I would have quit a long time ago if XWM was nothing more.

Right now I play about twice a month. One time at 300-350 points (usually playtesting one of my mission ideas), and another time as team epic. Right now the players in team epic are new, so I am actually bringing a 100 point list to game night, but the play style is team epic.

For me, the time frame is also just what I like: we play a single game for the night, and it takes about 2-3 hours. Often the game swings a couple of times; we rarely get a 2 hour landslide.

So, if and when I complain I'm the underserved demographic, I'm not kidding. I just don't play 100/6.

I played 7 games of Epic last year, thanks in large part to attending two tournaments: one was Epic 1v1, and the other was Team Epic. I also played a practice game for Team Epic, which got me up to 7. I might have played another epic game, but I can't remember.

I've also played Epic several times in the past, including one tournament at GenCon, the CR90 campaign 2.5 times, and several games with guys at my old store when I begged and pleaded with them to try it.

I really enjoy tournament Epic play because I get to see how my squad does against a bunch of different squads. I wouldn't be opposed to trying an Epic League. I've never done one of those before.

I play Epic matches with friends of mine reasonably regularly, we've managed about 6-8 games over the last year.

I really enjoy the epic format and thankfully I have a big enough dining room table to be able to play it on. In fact my love for Epic was a reason I also picked up Armada and really enjoyed that.

I have played in 4 actual epics in 1.5 years. Plus the full c-roc campaign which is sort of like epic.

My goal is to do more after Adepticon. Though Legion will eat some of those “big afternoon with the guys”. We shall see how it goes but I’ll be happy if I get to fly each epic ship once a year minimum.

On 2/1/2018 at 3:12 PM, Gilarius said:

Insufficient.

I've managed 3 games in the past year. Not happy about it, but they pretty much need a free day/afternoon into evening and I don't get many of those. If I weren't also playing in tournaments, once a month, I'd probably get more epic games in.

However, if I don't book those tournament days long in advance and buy tickets, my wife has a tendency to find other things that I have to do instead, so friendly epic games would get cancelled and this way I at least get to play some of the time.

Indeed,

right now with storage and my new location (and current mode of transportation) X-wing in general has been hard. When I was closer to a local store if I hear of an Epic night (about once or twice a year) I always bring my collection over. Those huge ships with deadly starfighters around just sets the tone for me.

About once a month - it is just so much fun to see hordes of fighters clash and dance around one or two huge ships. The feeling to re-create your own battle of Endor is so rewarding.

To support this rules for squadron setups, e. g. an "EPT" for a swarm of 4 Tie Fighters might be a thing which could be officially provided. Similarly to Dagobah Dave's Squadron Cards if I remember correctly.

PS: coming from Warhammer 40k the fast 100 pt. dodgefights are a relief in time and effort, but more often there is the urge to scale things up and run 10 or more ships and don't worry about using all equipment slots too much and just throw them at each other ;-)

Yet another game of Epic down, had two guys that had never played Epic in our last 3 a side game.

Epics great hope they bust out some more ships.