This is the season when everyone's thoughts turn to gifts and playthings. Whether you are shopping for an old or a young child, you will probably add some playthings onto your gift list. As you go about your shopping, evaluate your purchases according to the properties of interest, durability, and budget. You can maximize the [...]
Last weekend, Nov. 13, commanders from all over the galaxy brought their armies to Petaluma to test themselves in battle. What follows is the battle report as delivered by tournament leader Will Hearell: At the conclusion of our 1500pt 40K tournament three armies stood tall with more pride than any others. The terrifying Ork dredd [...]
November is National Model Railroad Month. It makes sense doesn't it? The days are darker and colder, the holidays are coming, and you start to think about that train around the tree or maybe about what you might do to keep busy during the longer nights. If your thoughts are turning to model trains, then [...]
Saturday, Oct. 16, HobbyTown USA of Petaluma hosted the local show for thw 2010 Fall National Model Contest. We had entries for tanks, planes, ships, cars, science fiction, and dioramas. The same day we hosted the monthly Model Building Day and a seminar on how to model water and waves for a ship diorama. [...]
On Sunday, October 10, a group of people came to Petaluma to pit their collection of pocket monsters against those of other players. The game is Pokemon (a contraction of pocket monsters) and the event was a Battle Roads tournament where players compete to earn points which will take them on higher level tournaments and [...]
HobbyTown USA is hosting the annual Fall National Model Contest on Saturday, October 16. At the same time we will also be hosting our regular monthly model build day and a seminar on how to model water effects for ship dioramas. This is a perfect opportunity for you to show off the models that you [...]
Magic the Gathering is an incredibly popular game and was the first of its kind when it was introduced back in 1993. Last weekend HobbyTown USA hosted a prerelease tournament for the latest update of the game, Scars of Mirrodin. Over 30 Magic players arrived before 10am to sign up and prepare for [...]
The Redwood Empire Model Railroad show last weekend was a great success. Many clubs were there showing their impressive layouts to appreciative families. There were vendors at the show too, selling difficult to find items and good bargains but the real measure of a good train show is the layouts. Possibly the most impressive was [...]
The Redwood Empire Model Railroad show happens this weekend at the Santa Rosa Fairgrounds along side the Home and Garden Show. The show opens at noon on Friday and runs until 6:00pm on Sunday. You can get directions and show details at http://sonomacountyhomeshows.com/RedWoodEmpireTrains.htm. If you have an interest in model railroading, or just want to [...]