The Last Charge of the Rohirrim

THE SHORT VERSION

Andrew Kenrick’s Rohan and Dwarf alliance attacks Jeremy Vetock’s Isengard force in a roughly 2,500-point War of the Ring battle using all three Field of Swords objectives. A disastrous first charge kills Éowyn, Éomer, Théoden and much of the army’s elite cavalry, leaving the Dwarves and remaining formations to recover what they can. The King’s Champion eventually kills the Cave Drake and the defenders fight back stubbornly, but Jeremy’s 17–8 victory reflects the first turn’s decisive losses. The report and later analysis show why a spectacular cavalry assault needs an answer to pikes, monsters and countercharges.

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Find this article in White Dwarf 372, pp. 16–25.

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