There is a nice article over on the Warhammer Community on the history of Epic that leads into the future release of Legions Imperialis.
The miniatures might be small, but the upcoming Legions Imperialis is a huge deal. It’s the first Warhammer game of combined arms at epic scale released in two decades – and the first set at the time of the Horus Heresy for more than 30 years. And as you’ll see while we take a lot of (tiny) steps down memory lane, it’s drawing on a proud and petite pedigree.
It’s interesting to read this about the 1991 edition of Space Marine.
This edition is one of the major influences for the Legions Imperialis rules – but it’s important to note that they are not the same game.
Personally my favourite edition of Epic was the 1997 Epic 40000 set of rules. As it says in the article:
…this game was all-change 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.
I am looking forward to Legions Imperialis and I do wonder what models will be on the horizon for the new game.