Week 5: Hobby Homes

Hobby Homes

Hello, Everyone!

     This Week, I wanted to have a few models painted as concepts for the finished product. However, when I pulled out my collection of model paints, I realized I was lacking some of the paint I needed. So, for this week, I decided to take a trip to the hobby stores I frequent, and tell you all a little about them. 

Zeeks Comics and Games


    Anyone who knows me has probably seen me sporting my infamous Zeeks hat. Zeeks is my go-to Game Store, and I have been going here since my Freshman year of college. Zeeks is located in the Cherry Tree shopping center in Washington Illinois, next to the Kroger. Zeeks has a lively community with different games taking place every day of the week. Zeeks has a great selection of Comics, Games, Models, and Paints for many different hobby needs. 



Just For Fun


    I discovered Just For Fun last year, and I recommend it highly to anyone in Peoria wanting to get into Tabletop Games. Located on the corner of Sterling and W. Forest Hill Ave., Just For Fun has a massive selection of both Wargaming and Roleplaying Games. The selection of paints is a little limited, but the wide variety of games more than makes up for it. 




    I highly recommend that even if you aren't into tabletop games, you check out these stores. They are locally owned and have friendly communities. I purchased everything I need for getting some test models ready by next week, so check back then to see my progress with the models

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  1. Beth FlowersFebruary 21, 2024 at 6:52 PM

    I've never been to either of these places, but I have been to Cabbages and Kings, which has a used board game sale either annually or twice annually. My family got Terraforming Mars and one of the expansions for it at the used board game sale. I also recently learned from a family friend that they also rent board games, and we had a great discussion about how many times you'd have to play a game before it became worthwhile to buy it instead of renting it. I don't know if they have a lot of stuff for wargaming and such though, I'm mostly related to board game people.

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    1. Matthew BullerdickFebruary 21, 2024 at 7:03 PM

      I haven't heard of Cabbages and Kings before, I'll have to check it out sometime. Renting board games is a great option for people who don't play games too regularly, I'm not sure why stores I go too don't offer that.

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  2. Mike TracyFebruary 21, 2024 at 7:39 PM

    ooohhh niche game store. My brother showed me this one store sorta near Chicago called Disc Replay, It was a small store that had a bunch of retro cds, movies and games. They had games for pretty much every console generation so that was neat to see. They also had a pair of the DK Bongos for the GameCube, so you know I had to get those as soon as I saw it. I also remember seeing at the store a physical copy of Klonoa 2, and I really should've picked that up when I saw it, Klonoa is such a good series.

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