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BATTLE REPORT·WHITE DWARF 365

The High Ground

May 2010·pp. 42–61

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Nick Bayton’s Gondor and Arnor army faces Chris Peach’s Mordor in a 3,000-point debut for Battlehosts. The Swan Knights smash the enormous Gorgoroth Horde but Mordor destroys much of Gondor’s supporting force and surrounds the objective ruins. Saruman’s spellcasting repeatedly prevents decisive assaults, and the Foot Knights of Dol Amroth survive the final attack to leave Nick holding both objectives in an exceptionally close defensive victory.

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