Re: Epic 40K

David Brewer wrote:
> 
> A good while ago Brendan Pratt wrote:
> > Mark A. Siefert wrote:
> > >
> > >	      I BOUGHT THE NEW EPIC 40K!!!!
> > >
> >	  I don't know how to say this, but, so did I (sob!) - shortly
after
> > which I discovered that it is and adaption of WRGs' Ancients rules -
not
> > exact, but very close....
> 
> In what way is Epic 40K (which I have not seen) adapted from WRG
> ancients?
> 
> I assume you mean DBA/DBM/DBR rather than umpteenth edition. Jervis
> Johnson passed some comment about how everyone in wargaming should
> all be duely inspired by these rules about... 2 years (?) ago. It
> made my laugh my socks off at the time, since I think WHFB is such
> a rotten game in comparison. Is all now revealed?
> 
> --
> David Brewer
Actaully No;
	the system of fire combat is based closely on the WRG Ancients
rules
wherein units add fire factors, cross-refence a table and then roll
dice.
 Ancients uses a set of "standardisation dice" that generally only
produce results around a median - but occaisionally produce wildly good
or bad results.
 E40K just uses a non-linear chart to accumulate fire-factors and then
assigns dice "to hit" from there.

Brendan