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Wizards’ Duel

November 2020·pp. 118–121

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Jay Clare revisits a classic magazine mini-game to recreate Gandalf’s confrontation with Saruman in Orthanc. Secretly chosen combinations of Push and Crush attacks meet equally concealed magical defences, while priority, walls and the Palantír add tactical uncertainty to a compact two-wizard contest with its own rules and play surface.

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