This is a log of Epica battles either I have played, or which have been played at my place here in Fowlperil. Statistics might come some day.
As I have a very good gaming table (200x120cm in cool basement) and lots of miniatures of many armies, it is okay to come to play with me without any own figures or rule knowledge. Just contact me.
The very first games of Epica I played with Tommi. We played two training scenarios on a small table (100x80) - I think I won the first one and the other one (Korps Grinda returns) was a draw.
I played with Pare. We had 1000 point armies (Space Marines and Orks) which I had chosen. There was still some rules we played wrong and the very first game is always hard. My Orks crushed the Space Marines.
As the Ropecon with its Epic Tournament was closing in, I had to start playing real games. This one was against Asko who had played many many games of Epica and his "Karjalan Legioona", an ATML army with 2 Reavers, 2 Warhounds and a list of light support troops. I had a plain Ork army. Both were 3000 points and Asko basically crushed me with rule oddities and unexpected things. Very useful battle.
More training to Ropecon. This time it was my Speed Freak army test against Hena's Scions of Iron, an experimental Space Marine armored list. Now I had hold of most basic Epica oddities and tactics and it was much closer than the previous battle. You can read the full illustrated report from Tactical Wargames.
A second gaming day with Tommi. I hade made a 2000 point Space Marine and Ork armies and limited the table to 180x120cm. Tommi chose the Space Marines but then had some bad drawbacks with Terminators and Devastators which both were practically wiped by Stompa Mob. In 3 turns, Orks had a clear victory.
Now it was time for the Epic tournament in Ropecon. As I was prepared to play Orks, I played Orks. My battle report can be read from the Sotavasara.net, but it is in Finnish. Tournament results are available from Hena's page which also includes some army lists, including mine. It is also listed here.
I played two games with Mika. He had never played any miniature war games, so it was very introductionary. He used Space Marines, I had Imperial Guard. In the first battle he had +50% more troops in points and won easily. In the second one we had even number of points and it was closer and I eventually won.
Now that I have enough of greenskins for a while, it was time to test Eldar which I have been painting and modifying lately. I played it against a Tau army of Asko. What to say about the battle? It started with Tau army rushing to Eldar meat grinder - and passing through it unharmed! The first turn was things like 11 out of 12 Tau armor saves succeeding, several failed activations for the Eldar and so on. For the next two turns, Eldar tried to save what was left to save but that was quite hopeless.
My second battle with Eldar. This time I used Iayenden craftworld list with 2 Spirit Hosts, some Storm Serpents, Windriders and a Warlock Titan. I played against Tommi who had a Steel Legion Imperial Guard army made by me - a very good generic army, I wouldnät know what to change from it afterwards.
This time it was IG who rolled bad, not Eldar. Although it was nothing compared to previous battle, the first turn was still a disaster for Imperial Guard. After the Warlock wiped the Imperial Guard Leman Russ BTS, the last two turns were desperate struggle to stop Eldar from winning.