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Sample Armies: The Tower of Ecthelion

August 2006·p. 37

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Mark Latham chooses Boromir and Beregond to give the Tower Guard both a strong narrative identity and considerable practical staying power. Spearmen, swordsmen and a banner hold important areas, while the archers advance in support and the Knights threaten a flank. Boromir is kept free to intervene where the line needs help, making his exceptional Might a flexible reserve instead of trapping the army’s strongest hero in a routine assignment.

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