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Tanelorn is firstly a club where a group of people gather to play tabletop games. The groups of people who regularly attend have given the club it's own identity and life through organising and running demonstration games at wargames shows, tournaments, organising campaigns, writing magazine articles and many more social activities besides.

We play all sorts of tabletop games such as those from Games Workshop including Warhammer Fantasy Battle, 40K and Ancients, Warmaster, Necromunda, Mordheim but also Privateer Press' Hordes and Warmachine and Battlefront's Flames of War.

We meet every Sunday in Wanstead between 6pm and 10pm.

If you would like to find out more about the club then email us or follow the ABOUT THE CLUB link, where you will find details on the people, where and when we meet and how to go about getting in contact with us.

If you feel up to it, come along to the club and have a look at what we do.  

CLUB NEWS!

Tanelorn Newsletter. Third quarter (autumn) 2011. - Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:39 am

Tanelorn Newsletter. Autumn 2011

Welcome, one and all to the third newsletter of 2011. With Autumn upon us, leaves are falling from the trees, the nights are getting longer and there is plenty happening at the club to sate all your gaming needs.

Shattered Grounds 2011.

The last of the shattered grounds leagues for this year have now been run. All told, four leagues took place, with eight lucky winners taking home the spoils of war in their cool league coins.

The final wall of heroes looks like this, congratulations to all our victors:

Season one:
League winner – Nick Roberts
Secondary winner – Nigel Docherty

Season two:
League winner – Aaron B
Secondary winner – Chris W

Season three:
League winner – John S
Secondary winner – Ed S

Season four:
League winner – Phil G
Secondary winner – Rich F

There are still a few league patches floating about, so if anyone is missing any of the sections from season two and three, please get in touch with your friendly local press ganger and request the parts you need.

There are plans afoot already for next year. Keep your eyes peeled for what will hopefully be another successful (if less packed) league season.

Tanelorn on the road.

With the year nearly done, there have been another slew of events that Tanelorn have attended and we continue to hold our own in all aspects of competitive play, from winning events, to painting to sportsmanship.

The event calendar is getting packed for Warmachine and Hordes these days; so next year should bring more glory.

Some of the highlights of the year so far include:

Warmachine Wrath Event:

Event winner: Ed S
Best painted: Gold – Nick R, Silver – Conrad G, Bronze – Chris W.
Scenery piece winner: Gold – Tim.

Quick fun and dirty II
Winner: Aaron B
Best Painted: Jon W

Hardcore Round 6:
2nd Kev B
3rd Nick R
4th Chris W
5th Rob

Most VPs – Kev B
Best Painted – Jon W

ETC
5th place Team Super
40th and wooden spoon Team Rag Tag and Bobtail

There are still plenty of events upcoming before the end of the year, so hopefully some more names will be added to the wall of heroes.

We’re off to button moon…

Observant forumites may have noticed a little extra added to the club site. Each event that attracts at least three Tanelorn players puts the prestigious club wooden spoon up for grabs. As an added mark of glory, the current holder will now be bestowed the honour of having their club avatar replaced with Mrs Spoon, sexiest of all childhood puppets, to mark them out as the current bearer of the sacred golden spoon of Tanelorn. It truly is an honour to wear that badge…

New members.

We’ve had a good influx of new members this year, so welcome all of you to Tanelorn, hopefully the endless moaning and dominance of one game system hasn’t put you off too much.

If anyone is looking to champion 40K and make it take its rightful place alongside Warmachine at the club, please get in touch with the committee with any ideas and what you need to support the game as we will be happy to help restore the game to being as well supported as Privateer.

If anyone is looking to play 40K on a regular basis, please post on the forums and get some noise going about the game. 6th ed is on its way so maybe its time we all started dusting off our forces.

Sad goodbyes.

The club had the sad news that Barry Pittman would no longer be regular attending the club, and was stepping down from his role as club secretary. This has been a big blow to the club as Barry is a top bloke, who has done a huge amount for the club and the gaming community here in East London.

He will be sadly missed and hopefully will still be joining us for the odd PP event. Good luck in the future Barry and thank you for everything you have done for the club.

We have also had to say goodbye to Aaron B, who has decided that beer, women and the odd bit of studying is better than hanging around dodgy old men in East London rolling dice. No idea why he thought that…

Good luck in your studies mate, and hopefully we will see you back on the tourney scene and back at the club in the not too distant future.

Coming soon:

As mentioned, the year is not over yet and there are still a few events coming up in the last few days of 2011.

Kev and the some of the boys are up at the Golden Troll this weekend hoping to secure the UK Hardcore Title for this year. Good luck to all of them, results will be posted soon.

There are two more small events being at the club before the end of the year.

Longest Night, a Halloween themed Warmachine and Hordes event is taking place on the November extended day. With special patches and two awesome themed medals up for grabs, you swag addicts had better get cracking on your costumes, treats and tents if you want to take out the top prize.

Also, the 11th of December will see the club play host for another one day freeplay event to celebrate the launch of Hordes: Domination. There will be faction prizes, scenery prizes and painting prizes up for grabs so make sure you sign up for another fun day of casual play with added prizes.

John S is returning to the fore with another two-day special campaign, this time based around the Hordes factions. Places are pretty much sold out, but there have been a few drops so if you are interested then get in touch ASAP. All the details for this and all the other events can be found on the Tanelorn forums.

Wrapping up.

So, that’s pretty much it for this edition of the news. If you have any questions or things to add for next time, get in touch with Club secretary Jon, dancingmonkey on the forums or at jon.webb1983@orange.net

Thanks for reading and happy gaming.

Tanelorn News (Second Quarter) - Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:35 pm

We who are about to play, salute you!
Tanelorn were present at Salute 2011 with our Warmachine participation table pitting one heavy jack from four factions (Cygnar, Khador, Mercenaries and Retribution) against four Helljacks protecting a nefarious Cryxian mine. It was first come, first served as the first heavy to reach the mine claimed victory. Great fun was had by all, including both young and old players, with the Cygnar and Khador 'jacks having a better run of it. Suffice to say Cryx lost every game! Better luck next time deadbeats!

English invasion across the Welsh border!
Early May saw a migration of English Hordes and Warmachine across the border to chance their luck at the Welsh Open held at Firestorm Games, Cardiff. Tanelorn club members were present in double figures and therefore it was no surprise that they gave good account of themselves, most notably Chris Wood who came third which understandably earned him Best Retribution player, Nick Roberts who won best painted army with his beautiful Khador and Jon Webb who won best painted miniature with his superbly painted Black Ogrun. Special mention must go to Richard Fitzmaurice who despite challenging other club members to the wooden spoon ended up coming fourth and Best Trollblood player to boot!

Most importantly, everybody agreed that they had a great time with prizes being given out left, right and centre! A big thank you to Martin and his team including all those nice Press Gangers as well as Rob at Firestorm Games. If you're looking for a competitive and friendly event to break into the rapidly expanding Hordes and Warmachine tournament scene then this is the one for you as it certainly looks set to become a permanant feature of the Tanelorn calendar.

If it ain't broke then don't fix it!
The hugely succesful Shattered Grounds League continued into its second season, the Thunderpeak Cliffs. Aaron Bayhon came from behind (Ooher missus! That one's for you Webby! ) to win this seaon and the accompanying coin whilst Chris Wood claimed the other coin for his excellent Retribution sniper team in the unit painting competition. Our buccaneering Press Ganger, Jon Webb, continues to tinker with this exciting format to make it even more player friendly so if you feel you want to get involved, drop him a line.

Masters Maestros!
Tanelorn was also well represented at the Masters with Aaron Boyhan, Andrew Galea and the irrepressible John Snape winning Best Faction in Cryx, Cygnar and Skorne respectively. Moreover Ed Smith claimed third place whilst Aaron claimed second after forfeiting first place in what can only be described as sportsmanship of the highest order. Aaron Skywalker, Conrad Kenobi has taught you well!

Grapes of Wrath!
With the release of Wrath as this newsletter goes to press excitement brews amongst Warmachine players with everybody hoping that their faction's new releases will either change their tabletop success or sustain it. As Battle Engines and the Unbound rules broaden the theatre of war will our beloved game be changed forever? Only time will tell. Whatever the case, now is the time to play like you've got a pair!

Beyond Immoren . . .
For those of you not into Privateer Press' flagship game then do not despair as the good people of Tanelorn can still cater to your tabletop wargaming needs! Our 40K community continues to grow in both quantity and quality. Look out for our 40K Summer Campiagn Day around mid-August where one day of gaming will decide the fate of an entire planet!
For those of you with a taste for the esoteric then Malifaux continues to be played at the club. Watch this space for a possible Campain Day in the latter half of the year for this excellent game as well as the resurrection of the Uncharted Seas Campaign.

Until next time . . .

Tanelorn

Tanelorn news in briefs.... ooh err missus! - Mon Apr 04, 2011 12:11 pm

This game isn't just broken, its shattered.

March saw the end of the first leg of Privateer Press' shattered grounds league play out in the club. After five weeks of hard fought battle, the dust settled, leaving Nick Roberts and his Khador standing (a mere one point) clear of his foes. Commiserations to Chris Wood who was abandoned by the dice gods in the final round of the mini tournament that ended the league.

Congratulations also to Nigel Doherty to who managed to triumph in the tourney to claim the second league coin. Long will your names reverberate through the halls of glory (or something).

The second leg of the league is fast approaching so players should be steeling themselves.
Rules can be found on the PP website (cunningly linked in the forums for those who don't know what Google is). Two coins should again be up for grabs. I am not going to tell you how the second winner will be decided, but if you look through the commendations for this season you might get an idea.

The second league will be commencing Sunday 17th April.

Eight tries and you still messed it up?

Kudos to Barry and Rich as they try to keep it up... Warhammer Fantasy8th Ed has been largely ignored by us, but they have been seen with odd things like a 6x4" table, models in ranks and the rolling of more than 3d6 at any one time.

Taking on board some of the more reasoned criticims of the game, they are trying out some ETC ammendments to get the game into some semblance of balance and seem to be enjoying themselves. With the advent of Mantic and companies like Avatars of War looking into plastic prodcution, there is hope yet that large scale battles will rise again in our play group.

Do you want to know more? (Star Ship Troopers reference there folks).

Have a chat to Barry or Rich if you are interested.

Stirrings in the breach.

It seems some of the fouler denizens of the club have been peering through the breach and have emerged blinking into the realm of Malifaux.

This small scale skirmish game sees bands of warriors drawn from five diverse factions dueling over precious soul stones and their very sanity as they play out the dark whims of the malign forces behind the curtain of this forsaken land.

Several of us are picking the game up for the first time, looking to try something a little less competative than WM/H. If you fancy trying something new out and want to get involved, check out the forums for more info on getting involved.

Also, Wyrd miniatures, creators of the game, have just posted a PDF version of their rules manual, should you want to read up on the mechanics before diving in.

I'm Board of all this.

Kudos to Conrad for heading up the work on replacing the boards for the club. So far we are half way through new play surfaces, with a mix of traditional green, along with more exotic blue, brown and sand for the various games systems we largely ignore in favour of the mighty behemoth that is PP.

If anyone is free to lend a hand in finishing this please let us know as the boards are their for your benefit.

Also, many thanks to Matt R for once again providing us with a van to get stuff between shop and venue.

Longest way up, shortest way down.

Salute 2011 is on our doorstep again ,and once more the brave chaps from the committee have been organising a participation event to take to the show to promote the club.

Show attendees will be invited to take the Warmachine "massive clanger" (name liable to be changed to a more sensible one at Nigel's behest), challenge in which their chosen jack must battle across a desolate plain to climb a mighty Cryx drilling platform, where they will seek to disrupt the evil hand rubbing, beard stroking master plans of the Nightmare Empire.

We are still needing club members to attend and help out. In exchange for a free ticket/ride to show, you will need to help run the games, chat to people visiting the stand and generally try to cover up your bad hygiene and lack of personal skills as you draw new guys to our warm (dank, sweaty) bosom.

Please do get in touch with a committee member and get involved. Your club needs you.

So that's it for the first quarter of 2011.
In the second quarter you can look forward to more Shattered Grounds, the club hitting the road for the start of the tourney season, (look out Wales, the boys are coming in force this time, (or in Nick's case, possibly in Nigel...), and the usual grumpiness, cries of broken and "interesting" takes on balanced and fluffy lists that you expect.

See you next time.

Club 25pt Tooth and Claw / Mangled Metal event 30th Jan - Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:49 am

The clubs 8 player, 3 game event went off swimmingly.

Congratulations to Ed for winning the event with Cryx.

Well done mate.

Winning list was eDenny, Death Jack, Nightmare, Leviathan.

2nd was Rich (Trolls) Grim, Earthborn, Mulg, Mualer.

3rd was Andy (Magnus) pMagnus, Nomad, Mule, Mangler, Talon, Vanguard.

4th was Jon (Cryx) pGaspy, Canker, Deathripper, Ripjaw, Slayer, Reaper, Stalker.

5th was Phil (Legion) eLylyth, Ravagore, Ravagore, Nephalim Bolt-thrower, Shredder, Shredder.

6th was Nigel (Cryx) Morty, Reaper, Reaper, Seether, Slayer.

7th was Jay (Cygnar) Kraye, Hunter, Hunter, Cyclone, Stormclad.

Spooner was Matt (Circle) Mohsar, Megalith, Feral, Wold Wyrd, Wold Watcher.

Happy New Year for 2011 - Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:52 pm

Exactly what it says on the tin!

Lets hope 2011 is a good one for the club in terms of gaming and people.

On Jan 8/9 5 of us from Tanelorn went up to Maelstrom's Double Penetration tournament - a doubles event. It was a great event and lots of fun had by all.

Final positions saw John Snape (and John Dale who has visited Tanelorn once), in 1st position using pDenny and Rasheth.

In 3rd place were Tanelorn boys Des Brennan and Aaron Boyhan and in a respectable 8th place were Nick Roberts and Conrad EJ Gonsalves.

Gratz to all - 26 pairs took part so a very good result all around.

Oxford and FQD - Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:10 pm

Various Tanelorn boys were out to play at the Oxford 1 Day event held on the 9th October with Ed Smith coming a very nice 2nd. Nick Roberts picked up best painted (again) and Conrad some how got Best Circle player (??) and Tim "smiler" Lawrence got Best Menoth player.

On the 10th October, others Tanelorn peeps went to FQD held in Kidderminster. FQD the brain child of Tim Martin and Jamie Perkins (the name coming from Jon Webb). 1st place Kevin Bryant (omg what happened there - the hat of power worked) with Aaron Boyhan coming a cool 3rd place.

So well done to all! Photos from both events can be found in the Tanelorn Photo Gallery here.

Genesis 2010 Results - Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:36 pm

And we have a winner from the Genesis Event held at the Tanelorn Wargames Club venue by our resident East London Press Ganger, Mr Jon "The Hat" Webb, namely one Mr Phil Manwaring with his lovely Trolls.

The event was easy going and well run with 16 players attending. The club held a charity auction where we raised £60 for the charity The Maytree Organisation in memory of the PG who sadly died this year. Results are as follows:-

Best painted: Nick Roberts.
Most Sporting: Conrad/Ed/Annie/Chris. Chris Wood won the dice off.

1: Phil M. Trolls. CPs 12. TPs 4. Best in Faction. Genesis Coin winner!
2: John Snape. Skorne. CPs 14. TPs 3. Best in Faction. Genesis Coin winner!
3: Martyn J. Circle. CPs 13. TPs 3. Best in Faction. Genesis Coin winner!
4: Patrick V. Legion. CPs 12. TPs 3. Best in Faction. Genesis Coin winner!
5: Bruno B. Trolls. CPs 12. TPs 2.
6: Ed S. Legion. CPs 10. TPs 2.
7: Sam S. Legion. CPs 8. TPs 2.
8: Nick R. Circle. CPs 7. TPs 2.
9: Aaron B. Skorne. CPs 6. TPs 2.
10: Phil G. Legion. CPs 5. TPs 2.
11: Conrad G. Circle. CPs 7 TPs 1.
12: Andres O. Skorne. CPs 7. TPs 1.
13: Annie L M/ Kev B. Legion. CPs 6. TPs 1.
14: Barry P. Legion. CPs 5. TPs 1.
15: Chris W. Minions. CPs 10. TPs 0. Best in Faction. Genesis Coin winner!
16: Jay. Skorne. CPs 4. TPs 0.