Epic is the collective term for a series of tabletop wargames produced by Games Workshop, set in the Warhammer 40,000 and Horus Heresy universes. Gameplay is centred around large-scale battles involving hundreds of soldiers and dozens of tanks, and as such, employs comparatively small 6mm scale miniatures (often referred to as Epic-scale). Since its initial release in 1988 as Adeptus Titanicus, the series has gone through a number of incarnations with varying names.
史诗是游戏工作室制作的一系列桌面战争游戏的统称，背景设定在战锤40000和荷鲁斯叛乱宇宙中。游戏以涉及数百名士兵和数十辆坦克的大规模战斗为中心，因此采用了相对较小的6mm微缩模型（通常称为史诗级）。自1988年以泰坦修会的名字首次公开以来，该系列经历了许多不同名字的化身。
Epic 40,000 Logo 史诗40k标志
General Information 基本信息
Epic battles consist of hundreds of soldiers and dozens of tanks arrayed across a long battlefield. To make this possible the scale of Epic miniatures is around 6mm, compared to the 28mm for Warhammer 40,000.
史诗战斗由数百名士兵和数十辆坦克在广阔的战场上排列而成。为了实现这一点，史诗微缩模型的尺寸约为6mm，而战锤40000的尺寸为28mm。
Leman Russ Vanquisher in Epic's 6mm scale vs. Warhammer 40,000's 28mm scale 黎曼鲁斯征服者在史诗的6毫米尺度上与战锤40000的28毫米尺度相比
As the game is based on 6mm scale, the physical size of armies is much smaller. This reduces the cost of purchasing forces dramatically compared to other games. It also allows much larger vehicles and creatures to be fielded, including Titans and Bio-Titans, as well as using many aircraft at once. Aeronautica Imperialis concentrates heavily on aircraft at the same 6mm as Epic, allowing physical interchanging of models between the game systems.
由于游戏基于6mm的规模，军队的物理规模要小得多。与其他游戏相比，这大大降低了购买力的成本。它还允许部署更大的载具和生物，包括泰坦和生物泰坦，以及同时使用许多飞机。帝国海航非常专注于与史诗相同的6mm的飞机，允许在游戏系统之间进行物理模型交换。
While the scale of Epic makes it excellent for fielding large ground forces, it is still too large to field Battlefleet Gothic forces. As the 4th Edition rulebook states: "Even a small Lunar class Cruiser would be over 5 meters long if we made an Epic scale model of it."
虽然史诗的规模使其非常适合部署大型地面部队，但它仍然太大，无法部署哥特舰队部队。正如第四版规则书所述：“如果我们制作一个史诗规模的模型，即使是一艘小型月级巡洋舰也会超过5米长。”
Models for the various incarnations of Epic have been produced by both Citadel Miniatures and Forge World.
城堡微缩模型和铸造世界都制作了史诗各种化身的模型。
History 历史
1988-2006: Epic 史诗
Adeptus Titanicus (1988) 泰坦修会
Adeptus Titanicus was the first Epic-scale game released by Games Workshop. The game expanded the narrative of the Horus Heresy and centred on combat between Imperial Titans and Chaos Titans. The box set came with six plastic Warlord Titans, which were soon joined by the smaller Reaver and Warhound Titans in metal, as well as upgrade options.
泰坦修会是游戏工作室发布的第一款史诗规模游戏。游戏扩展了荷鲁斯叛乱的叙事，并以帝国泰坦和混沌泰坦之间的战斗为中心。该套装包含六架塑料军阀泰坦，很快又加入了较小的金属收割者和战犬泰坦，以及升级选项。
Adeptus Titanicus 泰坦修会
Space Marine (1st Edition) (1989) 星际战士(第一版)
Epic rules for Space Marine infantry and vehicles followed in White Dwarf 109, followed by Space Marine (1st Edition), a boxed game containing a balanced force of 320 Space Marines, 16 Land Raiders, and 32 Rhinos, cards, counters, and banners – and some card buildings with plastic roofs. Xenos miniatures soon began to appear in the pages of White Dwarf, with plastic boxed sets containing Eldar Guardians and Grav-tanks, and Ork Boyz and Battlewagons – plus metal models in support, including the first appearance of the Phantom Titan, as well as Wraithlords, War Walkers, and Jetbikes.
在《白矮人第109期》中，星际战士步兵和载具遵循了史诗规则，随后是星际战士（第一版），这是一款盒装游戏，包含320名星际战士、16辆兰德掠袭者和32辆犀牛、卡片、计数器和旗帜，以及一些带有塑料屋顶的卡片建筑。异型微缩模型很快开始出现在《白矮人》的页面上，塑料盒子里装着灵族守卫者和反重力坦克，还有欧克小子和战斗大卡，还有金属模型作为支持，包括幻影泰坦的首次出现，以及幽冥领主、战争行者和悬浮摩托。
Space Marine (1989) 星际战士
Space Marine (2nd Edition) (1991) 星际战士(第二版)
Space Marine (2nd Edition) moved away from the Horus Heresy, with a box that contained Orks, Eldar, Space Marines, and a Titan for good measure. These rules lasted a long time, growing to encompass a wide variety of troops and vehicles for Eldar, Orks, Space Marines, Squats, Chaos, Imperial Guard, and Tyranids over a series of boxed expansions. Every faction received plastic troops, which were supplemented by metal reinforcements – including Titan-sized behemoths.
星际战士（第二版）带着一个盒子离开了荷鲁斯叛乱，盒子里装着欧克、灵族、星际战士和一架泰坦。这些规则持续了很长时间，在一系列盒装扩展中，涵盖了灵族、欧克、星际战士、矮人、混沌、帝国卫队和泰伦的各种部队和载具。每个派系都获得了塑料部队，并辅以金属增援，包括泰坦大小的巨兽。
Space Marine (1991) 星际战士
Titan Legions (1994) 泰坦军团
Titan Legions was an expandalone big box which introduced Titans of even more ridiculous size into the Warhammer canon. This is the debut of the towering Imperator Titan and the two Ork Mega-Gargants.
泰坦军团是一个扩展的大盒，它将更荒谬的泰坦引入了战锤标准。这是高耸的帝皇泰坦和两架欧克超级加冈特的首次亮相。
Titan Legions 泰坦军团
Epic 40,000 (1997) 史诗40k
Epic 40,000 brought many changes for epic-scale. The miniatures stayed the same size, but the entire scope of the game changed around them. Armies were no longer confined to set companies or detachments, making force selection more flexible, but the trade-off meant that the complexities of different weapon types were much reduced to make the game faster. These were joined by other innovations, including the notorious blast markers which denoted suppression and morale. It made the controversial move from square infantry bases to oblongs. It was accompanied by a substantial range refresh – the old plastic troops were replaced with more intricate and detailed miniatures. The old Land Raider design (later called the Land Raider Proteus) was replaced with the Mk2B Land Raider.
史诗40000为史诗规模带来了许多变化。微缩模型的大小保持不变，但游戏的整个范围在它们周围发生了变化。军队不再局限于设定连队或分遣队，使部队选择更加灵活，但权衡意味着不同武器类型的复杂性大大降低，使游戏更快。除此之外，还有其他创新，包括著名的爆炸标记，用于表示压制和士气。它做出了从方形步兵底座到长方形步兵底座的有争议的举动。它伴随着大量的范围更新 — 旧的塑料部队被更复杂、更精细的微型模型所取代。旧的兰德掠袭者设计（后来称为兰德掠袭者普罗透斯）被Mk2B兰德掠袭者所取代。
Epic 40,000 史诗40k
Epic Armageddon (2003) 史诗世界末日
Epic: Armageddon was a product of the Specialist Games Studio. For the most part, it was a set of trial rules worked on in collaboration with the gaming community with a little additional support from the sculptors at Forge World, who released new miniatures – including for the T’au Empire and Imperial Navy – every so often.
《史诗：世界末日》是专家游戏工作室的产品。在很大程度上，这是一套与游戏社区合作制定的试验规则，并得到了铸造世界雕塑家的额外支持，他们偶尔会发布新的微缩模型，包括为钛帝国和帝国海军发布的模型。
Epic Armageddon logo 史诗世界末日标志
Aeronautica Imperialis (2006) 帝国海航
The 2006 Aeronautica Imperialis game represent aerial combat between two opposing forces in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. It was not formally part of the Epic Game system, but use a similar small-scale size.
2006年的帝国海航游戏描绘了战锤40000宇宙中两支对立部队之间的空战。它不是史诗游戏系统的正式组成部分，但使用了类似的小规模。
Aeronautica Imperialis 2006 logo 帝国海航2006标志
2018 onward: Revival 2018年以后：复兴
Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy (2018) 泰坦修会：荷鲁斯叛乱
The 2018 relaunch of Adeptus Titanicus focus on the Horus Heresy setting, in an updated 8mm scale.
2018年重新推出的泰坦修会专注于荷鲁斯叛乱设置，采用更新的8毫米比例尺。
Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy logo 泰坦修会：荷鲁斯叛乱标志
Aeronautica Imperialis (2019) 帝国海航
Aeronautica Imperialis was relaunched in a 8mm scale, in 2019.
2019年，帝国海航以8毫米的规模重新推出。
Aeronautica Imperialis 2019' logo 帝国海航2019标志
Legions Imperialis (2023) 帝国军团
In 2023 Legions Imperialis was released, a new game using the Epic scale (a quarter of the height of the 28mm range), set during the Horus Heresy, pitting armies of Space Marines and Imperial Forces against each other. Models from the relaunched Adeptus Titanicus (2018) and Aeronautica Imperialis (2019) range are usable, with adapted rules, within this new game system. Compared to the miniatures of the 1990', the scale of the models has been updated to be more consistent relative to each other, with more details and slightly increased size.
2023年，帝国军团被发布，一款使用史诗规模（28毫米范围高度的四分之一）的新游戏，设定在荷鲁斯叛乱时期，让星际战士和帝国部队相互对抗。在这个新的游戏系统中，可以使用重新推出的泰坦修会（2018）和帝国海航（2019）系列的模型，并调整规则。与20世纪90年代的微缩模型相比，模型的比例已经更新，彼此之间更加一致，细节更多，尺寸略有增加。
Legions Imperialis logo 帝国军团标志
Video Games 电子游戏
Final Liberation (game) — a turn-based strategy game for the PC in 1997 based on Epic
最终解放（游戏）— 1997年基于史诗的PC回合制战略游戏
