St. Crispin's Irregulars

The Club

We are St. Crispin's Irregulars, the band of brothers and sisters who host Hobby Day and Hobby Night in Anaheim. We attend hobby related events all over the Southland and invite others to join us for fun and friendship. St. Crispin's Irregulars meets at the Knights of Columbus Hall to build scale models, paint, play games such as historical miniature wargames, boardgames, Role Playing Games and just about anything else you might find at your local hobby shop. Many of our Irregular members are also regular members of the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society/ Pacific Southwest, although membership in either group is not mandatory to attend our events.

Our Mission

4 Lines about Hobby Day
It doesn't matter what rules you use, as long as your friends can explain them.
It doesn't matter what scale you use, as long as your friends have an extra army.
It doesn't matter how long it takes, as long as your friends have the time.
What matters, is the friends.

In today's world where too many people have grown up in an environment where interpersonal relationships are constantly filtered through electronic devices. Manners and common courtesy are hardly commonplace and many people have trouble with the most basic interpersonal skills. At our events we slow down the pace of our ever changing world and leave the electronic devices at home. We encourge you to attend for as long as you wish. Sit down with some friends over an old fahsioned boardgame, roll some dice, mark a pad with a pencil and talk between turns. You might rediscover something you did not know you were missing.

The Name

Why St. Crispin’s Irregulars?
St. Crispin’s Day falls on 25 October each year. It is a day famous for battles that occurred on it: the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pacific theater in 1944, the Battle of Balaklava (Charge of the Light Brigade) during the Crimean War, and the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, dramatized by William Shakespeare's "Henry V" which contains the famous "Band of Brothers" speech. So the St. Crispin part of the name encompasses the arts as well as history, and the time spans of those three battles are rooted in more ancient days, but connect to our modern age. The Irregular part of the name reminds of Sherlock Holmes’s Baker Street Irregulars and that serves to symbolize the importance of youth, while also serving as a reminder that we all have lives, and games are just, games. We support hobbies and games of all types, we are family oriented and dedicated to fun, with a dash of chivalric honnor thrown in.

In 2009 St. Cripsin's Irregulars hosted three months of historical miniature games at the Muzeo in Anaheim. The OC Register's reporter, Mark Eades, made this video of our exhibit. It gives a give overview of the art, history and story telling that makes up historical miniature gaming.


This is a copy of our press release image showing the preliminary design of the game table. The Nile River is lined out with brown tape.	The entrance to the theater was decorated with sign that had our clubs name on it and some fresh flowers. We were impressed with this very classy introduction to the theater during the open day festivities.

Queen Victoria and Charles Dickens graced us with their presence and enjoyed the detailed layout of Khartoum and the surrounding desert. They may have been actors but with the Time Machine being exhibited in the Carnegie Building next door, we couldn't be sure.	Steam Man was there and was also quite impressed with Rod Galati's collection. He is a steam animated "miniature" himself and is 8' tall at 1:1 scale!

This is a copy of the announcement card for the grand opening.	Here is the steampunk side. Note that they mention WarGames on the card.