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Scenario Four: Battle in Balin’s Tomb

October 2005·pp. 28–31

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The larger tomb adds doorway reinforcements and a Cave Troll to the trapdoor battle. Sean distracts Boromir and Gimli while concentrating on the weaker companions; Legolas falls to archery despite Blinding Light and the remaining heroes are progressively surrounded. Boromir gets one final opportunity to kill the Troll and salvage a draw but causes no wounds. Sean wins the game and series, while Andy recognizes that sending Gimli after an isolated archer wasted his best fighters’ time.

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