Epic Card Game | Board Game | Ages 13+ | 2 to 4 Players | 20 to 40 Minutes Playing Time

Collecting Game Cards like these can be an expensive hobby, specially if you're determined to track down every available card for a vast and ever-growing plethora such as the leading brands tend to have.Epic provides a single 120 card stack, with no duplicates save the 8 'token' cards. Whilst there are expansions for Epic, you don't NEED them - they just add some extra variety. The set is divided into four alignments (essentially wild nature, evil, good and arcane), making it readily suited to two to four players. It's equally easy to use dice or some other means of random choice to simulate an opponent(s) if you wish to play singly.The cards in this set feature attractive artwork and a clear, pleasing design. The deck is divided between Champion cards - assorted creatures - and Event cards which are used to cast spells, transform lycanthropes, cause lightning storms, etc, etc, and effect the creatures and thus the course of the game.The creatures are of a wide variety including Medusa, Dinosaurs, Fairies, Demons, Angels, Dire Wolves, Minotaurs, Dragons, knights, wizards, Vampires, Unicorns, Trolls, etc, etc - along with the unwelcome and perplexing silliness of sticking King Kong in for no very legitimate reason.One thing about the creature cards perplexes me. Most games of this type tend to throw up some slightly odd combat ratings for characters in the interests of making the game "balanced", but Epic has a few real oddities. Such as the Winter Fairy. This is a Fairy - a Fairy, no less - who has exactly the same combat rating as a gargantuan subterranean worm monster that must be close to two-hundred feet long to judge by the artwork and has individual fangs bigger than a man. And this Worm that Arrakis Forgot has the same combat rating as a Fairy. The same Obviously Lethal Fairy also has an identical combat rating to the "Dark Leader", a hulking, armoured knight presumably relatively high in the hierarchy of evil.Odd that.The shockingly dangerous Winter Fairy is one of my favourite cards in the set, actually.And there are plenty of other values on some of the characters that seem totally out of proportion, one way or the other.But these are the kind of quirks that only bother people like me who spend FAR too long considering how a Fairy takes on a two-hundred foot long monster fang-worm on an equal footing.The game play basics are straightforward, and the more detailed elements are easily picked up with a little practice. Also, as with most such games, you can always bend the rules to your own preferences anyway; I usually do - it even says as much in Epic's included instruction guide.For anyone looking for an engaging fantasy card game neatly contained in one simple package, this is a good option. Especially if you like Killer Fairies and giant worms that would make Graboids turn tail.

Like Magic but cheaper and you always get all the cards no random factor so not going to get your kids hooked up in gambling on cracking packets like scratch cards. Also no mana curve and simple meta game. The artwork is comparable with mtg. TRY IT ONLINE FIRST!

I consider this game a great introduction to "Magic" type card-based games....with the added convenience that you get "all" the set inside the box...no need to go out there and buy tonnes of booster packs. To be fair there are only 4 mini add-on packs to this game but you can play without them. The artwork's great and the game mechanic, once understood, is pretty straight forward. Only reserve's the manual which comes with rather smallish fonts. However, having said that, you can always go to the game's website and download A4 sized game rules.

I’ve put 3 stars as the art work and quality of the card are great butas much as I thought this game was okay , it took me a while to learn how it plays but it still confuses me to the extreme is not easy to get to grips with and games felt longer to play than other deck builders . if your looking for a deck building game or first time starting in deck building maybe instead get acension or star realms or marvel/dc deck building games as it more user friendly or easier to play .

This is an awesome game and very good value for money. It's a shame that the expansions are so expensive and it looks as though I shall be restricted to the core game. But the saving grace of this is that the core game is sufficient without any expansions. I haven't played this yet but am looking forward to playing it soon and adding it to our usual Star Realms and Shards of Infinity............... A day later:- Now played this. Exceeded expectations. Fairly difficult to grasp (for a non-MTG player!) but excellent and well worth staying with. This will definitely get played often with my game playing friends (who aren't many as I'm now 82!).

Great game - if you like Magic but don't like spending all that money on cards then this is the game for you. The mechanics are very similar to Magic the Gathering, although there is no mana/lands in this game. It's very fun and since the cards are not sold in collectible packs but just in preset packs it's much cheaper to get a nice deck. Even just this starter deck is enough for countless hours of fun.

I'm impressed. As a long time magic player I was interested how you could simplify a "magic" style of game and still keep it interesting. Epic does it by stacking the deck with 120 unique cards most of which are bombs. Easy to learn and fun to play. What more do you want?This makes for an excellent game, a steal for just over £10.

Brilliant card game for those that don't want to be in a cycle of endless booster packs. Enough cards to have many many varied games, great art and just good fun. Downsides are some of the card rules aren't that clear but can be clarified looking them up on online, you'll also likely need to make copies of the token cards (wolves, demons etc) as you don't get anywhere near enough in the deck. You'll also need +1 counters. For health scoring there is an official score keeper app in the Google play store

Te gusta Yu-gi-oh pero ya se ha vuelto muy complicado y ya no es divertido? Este juego trae de vuelta los dias de gloria cuando todo lo que tenias era ataque, defensa, efecto, carta trampa y hechizo. Es muy divertido de jugar una y otra vez, para toda la familia, realmente una buena compra.

Fast and fun

Ho incominciato a giocare a Magic sulla Playstation dopo un pó volevo acquistare un Deck per giocare con mio cugino, ma ho visto che la scelta e quasi troppo grande e bisogna spendere abbastanza per avere due deck carini per giocare.. sapendo poi che esistono sempre carte piú forti in circolazione che costano un casino.. Rovistando in Internet ho scoperto Epic the Card Game che é stato inventato da Rob Dougherty,Ex giocatore professionale di Magic.Per questo il gioco e molto simile a Magic ed é addiritura piú divertente e veloce,siccome non si deve aspettare ad aver abbastanza Mana/Land per giocare le carte forti..Il gioco si trova normalmente a sotto i 15€ e al interno si trova tutte le carte per giocare tantissime partite divertenti.Se si vuole si trovano i expander pack a 5€ senza sorprese di trovarsi carte scarse,siccome viene scritto sul pacchetto quali carte si trovano al interno.Le carte hanno dei disegni stupendi che hanno nulla da invidiare a quelli di magic.In poche parole Epic é una validissima alternativa a Magic,per persone che vogliono divertirsi subito senza diventar matti a fare del deckbuilding e a spendere somme esagerate per un pezzetto di cartone..Fra un pó uscira anche la versione digitale del gioco per cellulari, al momento si trova in fase beta.A chi piacciono i gioci fantasy consiglio anche "Hero Realms" della stessa dittá.

Update:Ich habe grössten Respekt vor den Designern dieses Spiels. Ich spiele es immer wieder zu zweit mit meiner Freundin seit ca. 11 Monaten, mit der Tyrants Expansion seit 5 Monaten. Es macht immer noch Spass, in den 120 Karten lassen sich immer wieder Synergien und Spielstrategien entdecken. Und Da es nur 120 Karten plus ca. 48 Karten pro Expansion sind, ist das Management der Karten ganz einfach. Ein paar Magic-Spiele kamen mir geradezu langweilig vor, da die Karten dort so viel schwächer sind und das Spiel nicht so abwechslungsreich.------------------+ Hohe Spieltiefe+ Viele verschiedene Spielarten (Sealed, Draft, Constructed, 4 Pre-Constructed-Decks zum Losspielen)+ Eine kleine, ehrliche und praktische Box für die Reise (bei anderen Spielen wird viel Inhalt mit einer großen Schachtel simuliert)+ tolles Artwork+ Sehr gut für 2-Spieler geeignet+ Sehr an Magic angelehnt, aber mit wesentlichen Unterschiedeno Mir machte es aber erst so richtig Spass nachdem ich die Karten besser kannte und eine Strategie verfolgen konnte. Es ist von Vorteil wenn Freunde auch Lust haben da tiefer einzusteigen. Es ist wie beim Schach, mit einem Neulig zu spielen ist nicht dasselbe wie mit einem gleichwertigen Gegner.

TLDR: Killed my opponents with an army of life-sucking killer dragons 42/10 would buy again. This game is quite literally epic and I would recommend it to anyone. It is a great strategy game that makes you really think out your plays and will be new and different every time. I haven't played with anyone that has disliked this game yet. It is a fantastic strategy game that you should definitely pick up, especially when you consider the low price point!Ginormous Hydras, Thundering Dragons, Sneaky Mages, and Devious Necromancers. Thematically Epic hits the nail on the head for anything you could hope for in a multiplayer dueling game, but it also has incredible game play mechanics most obviously derived from games like Magic the Gathering, Yu-gi-oh, Pokemon, Force of Will, Hearthstone? etc...At its core Epic is very much so like Magic the Gathering. Epic has 4 different colors of cards that each have their own flavor and feel to them. You have: Good (yellow), Evil (red), Wild (green) and Sage (blue). You have a 30 card deck, which is composed of creatures and spells (called events in Epic). Generally you can only play creatures on your own turn (with an exception for creatures with an ability called ambush - flash in MTG), but you can play events (sorcery/instants in MTG) on either your turn or you opponent's turn. The goal of the game is to reduce your opponent's starting life total of 30 to 0 before they reduce yours to 0. Similarly to Magic the Gathering, your creatures are going to have an attack and a health stat and they can attack the other player of be used to block your opponents creatures. Every creature has unique abilities that will always keep the game fresh.Now that we have addressed the similarities, lets talk about the differences. Epic is different from Magic the Gathering and other games in the way it does resource management. All creatures and spells cost either 1 coin or 0 coins. On your turn you will receive 1 coin to spend on your cards. If you don't spend your 1 coin by the end of your turn, then you lose it. BUT at the end of your turn, you also get 1 coin which will disappear if not used by the beginning of your next turn. This is very different from most other games because you can play your most powerful cards right from the start, but you also have to keep in mind, that you might want to save them until after you have cleared through some of your opponent's kill spells. This creates a unique and interesting balance. And the fact that you always get a coin in between your turns means that your opponents and you constantly have to keep on your toes because anything can happen!Another major difference is that, while Epic can be played with 2 players it can also be played with up to 4 players using just a single box of cards. I think the game can be expanded up to 8 players with 2 decks of cards, but I think those games would take far too long to be enjoyable.There are several different ways to play Epic: you can play with the pre-constructed decks, each consisting of a single color, or you can draft (the better option :) ). The way drafting works depends on how many players you play with. With two players, you shuffle the whole deck and then flip over the top 4 cards. You then randomly determine who goes first and they become player A. Player A chooses 1 card and then player B chooses 2 cards and then player A takes the last card. Then you flip over the next 4 cards and Player B picks the first card, player A picks the next 2 cards and player B takes the last card. You repeat this process until both players have a 30 card deck. Then you start your duel. Considering the fact that the game consists of 120 cards, this means you will always have fresh new combinations of decks to try out. When drafting with more than two players, you build 3 packs of 10 cards for each player by randomly shuffling up the cards. Then you pick up the first pack and you will look at the pack, select a card and then pass it to the next player. You continue picking cards until the pack runs out of cards and then repeat the process with the remaining two packs alternating the direction you pass on the 2nd pack. Ultimately you get a lot of control over what your deck looks like and it is part of the fun of the game.The multiplayer dynamic of the game can be very fun and is made interesting by the fact that your creatures can only block once per round. So, you really have to figure out when the best time to block is.The only slight drawback to the game is that there is no provided way of keeping track of your life-total. So, you either need dice to keep track or a pen and paper. Wasn't really a problem for my friends and I since I have an abundance of D20s, but you have been warned!Ultimately, this is one of my favorite games and I would recommend it to anyone hands down and it is one of the most frequently played games between my friends and I. We are eagerly anticipating the next expansion and the diversity it would bring to the game!If you found this review helpful, then please let me know below. I am trying to figure out how to improve my reviews to aid other Amazon customers and any feedback in the form of likes, dislikes and comments would be appreciated!BONUS FOR MTG PLAYERS:Other minor but important differences between this and MTG are that this game doesn't have a stack, you have multiple attack steps, and any single creature can block a group of creatures. The lack of a stack and opportunity to respond to other players actions killed me internally for a while, but I think it is nice for players who aren't used to the complexity of MTG. Also, I like the multiple attack steps and blocking mechanics and how they are different because it opens up new kinds of strategies in the way you play the game. Some of these things may be a turn off to MTG players, but I thought they were a welcome change that added variation. That being said, all MTG players I have played this game with have loved it. Would recommend to anyone!