News
Pictures from the Thanksgiving train show can be viewed here.
Upcoming Meeting Dates:
January 20, 2007 Arden-Dimick 1.30pm to 4.00pm
February 24, 2007 Arden-Dimick 1.30pm to 4.00pm
Novemeber 30, 2006
Cal State Railroad Museum Train Show
We had our first train show! SacBB member Paul Haak has posted some pictures.
April 17, 2006
More Meeting Dates
April 29th 2006 Arden Dimick Community Library 9:30am -12:30pm
May 20th 2006 Arden Dimick Community Library 9:30am - 12:30pm
June 17th 2006 Arden Dimick Community Library 9:30am -12:30pm
July 15th 2006 Arden Dimick Community Library 9:30am - 12:30pm
August 12th 2006 Arden Dimick Community Library 9:30am - 12:30pm
October 18, 2005
Future Meeting Dates
November 12, 2005 Arden-Dimick Community Library 1.00pm to 5.00pm
December 10, 2005 Arden-Dimick Community Library 1.00pm to 5.00pm
January 28, 2006 Arden-Dimick Community Library 1.00pm to 5.00pm
February 25, 2006 Arden-Dimick Community Library 1.00pm to 5.00pm
May 16, 2005
June meeting info
Our June meeting will be held Saturday, June 11, 2005, 11AM-3PM, at the Del Paso Heights Neighborhood Library, located at 920 Grand Ave. (cross of Rio Linda).
We will be having a building contest again; our theme will be "Summer Fun".
May 16, 2005
May meeting pcitures
Pictures from our May 2005 meeting:
From Rick Steinberg
Stephen Bishop's creations
May 1, 2005
May meeting info
Our May meeting will be at the Colonial Heights Library on Saturday, May 14, from 11AM-3PM. The theme for the building contest for this month is Mother's Day.
April 10, 2005
About Brikwars
Since there was some confusion about Brikwars at our last meeting, here are some guidelines:
Overall rules can be found in the Brikwars Rulebook. Chapters 0,1, and 2 are especially important.
We can also play with the ultra-simple QuikWars rules. These are recommended for first-time players.
Armies need to be pretty small or else each turn takes forever. We would like each person to bring an army with 10 troopers and two vehicles. Your vehicles may have the necessary people to drive and operate weapons. You should also bring terrain (buildings, forts, etc.). Armies must be minfigs only!
If you have an army, please make a table with the "health" of each of your
people and vehicles. The rules above describe how to use 6-sided dice to
establish the health of each trooper. If you bring a piece of paper
listing all of your troops and vehicles, with their health, only the
attacking person needs to roll dice to see how much damage is done, and it
is much easier to keep track of what is going on.
Hopefully enough people will come prepared with some knowledge of the
rules and reasonable armies so we can have a nice game at the next
meeting. Since the meetings are short, it is important to come ready to
play!
April 10, 2005
April 9 Meeting Recap
We held our April meeting at the South Natomas Library. We had another large turnout, which overwhelmed our ability to Brikwars! We had about 10 entries in the vignette contest. Pictures from the meeting can be found at Roy Gal's BrickShelf Gallery and Rick Steinberg's Brickshelf Gallery.
March 16, 2005
Building Contest for April Meeting: Vignettes
We will have a building contest for the April Sacramento Brick
Builders meeting. The theme will be "vignettes". Vignettes are small
scenes (from real life, movies, books, or just your imagination) built on
just a 6x6, 6x8 or 8x8 baseplate. To give you some ideas of what these
look like, check out these sites:
Lugnet Vignette Newsgroup
Vignette FAQ
Links to galleries
Also, some emails being sent to members are bouncing. If you haven't received notice of this contest in an email, please email me with your correct address.
March 9, 2005
April and May meetings scheduled
We've scheduled dates and locations for our next two meetings:
Saturday, April 9 12:30-5
South Natomas Public Library
2901 Truxel Road (block and a half to the north of W. El Camino Avenue)
Saturday, May 14 11-3
Colonial Heights Public Library
4799 Stockton Blvd
March 8, 2005
March meeting wrapup
We held our March meeting on Saturday the 5th. After the Sac Bee article, many new people showed up, and over 20 new members joined the club! Pictures from the meeting can be found at Roy Gal's BrickShelf Gallery and Stephen Bishop's BrickShelf Gallery. A meeting writeup is to follow...
February 20, 2005
March meeting info
Our March meeting is scheduled for
Saturday, March 5th, from 11AM-3PM. It will be held at the at the Arden-Dimmick Library. We will be
having a themed building contest. The contest theme for this
meeting will be "spring". Anything you can think of that's associated
with the season of spring is fair game. We'll have prizes for a
12-and-under category, and an over-12 category. All members (including
new members signing up at the meeting) will be eligible for prizes and
to vote.
February 3, 2005
Article on our club in the Sacramento Bee!
An article on our club, including photos, appeared in today's (Feb. 3) Sacramento Bee. It is also available online.
January 20, 2005
Pictures from January meeting online; March meeting & SacBee article scheduled
The gallery and description of our January 2005 meeting are now up. The article on our club is currently scheduled to appear in the Thursday, Feb. 3 Sac Bee. Finally, our next meeting will be Saturday, March 5th, from 11-3 at the Arden-Dimmick Library.
January 11, 2005
January meeting scheduled, Sacramento Bee article to appear!
Our January meeting will be held on January 29th, from 11AM-3PM, at the Arden-Dimmick Library. Please bring lots of creations, we may have a visit from a reporter! An article on Lego Mindstorms in schools is slated to appear on Jan. 20th in the SacBee and we may be mentioned.
Also, please bring creations you would like displayed in the small display case at the library. Our display will be there for the month of February, so you can save a trip by bringing your favorite MOCs, and I'll gather them all for use.
December 8, 2004
December meeting scheduled; February display
Our December meeting will be held Saturday, Dec. 18th, from 11-3 at the Arden-Dimmick Library. Please note the shortened meeting time and that we are back at the library on Watt Ave.
We'll have a Holiday Ornament building contest, with a small
holiday-themed set as a prize. Please keep your entries to a size suitable
for an ornament on a tree.
We are also tentatively scheduled to put a new display in the small case in the same library for the month of February.
November 6, 2004
November meeting scheduled
Our November meeting will be held on Saturday, Nov. 20th, from 11AM-3PM, at the
Colonial Heights Library
4799 Stockton Blvd.
Note that we are back at the old location due to room availability!
November 5, 2004
October meeting review
Our October meeting was a success, with a lot of building, quite a few entries in our Set 4101 building contest, the Halloween contest, a game of BrikWars, and some set sorting. Check out the pictures and meeting writeup!
October 5, 2004
October meeting scheduled
Our October meeting will be held Saturday, Oct. 30th, from 10-4 at the Arden-Dimmick Library. We will have two building contests:
1. Build with the set 4101 taken home from the previous meetings. We distributed copies of this set to paying members and have asked them to build anything using only the parts in that set.
2. Halloween building contest. Build anything halloween related with your own bricks, and bring it in. Paying members will be eligible for prizes and to vote on winners in categories for those 12 and under, and 13+. Up to two entries per contestant will be allowed.
October 1, 2004
September meeting recap
Our monthly meeting on Sept. 25th was a huge success, with many new members who saw our display in the library. Meeting pictures and details will be posted soon!
September 15, 2004
September meeting reminder!
Our next meeting will be Saturday, September 25, from 10AM-4PM at the
Arden-Dimmick Community Library
891 Watt Ave (cross of Northrup)
in Sacramento. We will be using the community room, which is accessible from inside the library, as well as the north side.
Bring your creations, QuikWars/BrikWars armies, and imagination! If you have built something from the 4101 sets given out at the last meeting, bring those creations as well.
September 4, 2004
We installed a small display at the Arden-Dimmick Library. It will be there all month, including our 9/25 meeting.
August 23, 2004
We had our August meeting on the 21st, for the first time at the Arden-Dimmick Library. A few new members showed up, some MOCs were checked out, bricks built with, and some Lego was bought & sold. Photos and a meeting description are online.
August 10, 2004
August meeting information!
Our August meeting will be Saturday, August 21, from 3PM-7PM
(note the unusual time!) at the
Arden-Dimmick Community Library
891 Watt Ave (cross of Northrup)
in Sacramento. There is a nice community room
there.
Bring your creations, QuikWars/BrikWars armies, and imagination!
Also, our September meeting will be Sept. 25th, from 10AM-4PM, at the same
location.
July 19, 2004
We held our July meeting at the Stonegate Country Club in Davis. We had about a dozen kids in attendance as well as about six AFOLs. Held outside, the meeting was a great way to enjoy a beautiful summer day! Details can be found in the meeting gallery.
July 7, 2004
Our July meeting will be held on Sunday, July 18th, from 10AM-2PM, at the rear patio of the Stonegate Country Club in Davis. The club is located at
919 Lake Blvd.
Davis, CA 95616
It is about a 20-30 minute drive from downtown Sacramento. We have access to BBQ grills, so bring some food to grill! Roy will supply briquets. There is also food available just down the block, including a taqueria, pizza, and chinese food, as well as a supermarket. We will have a building contest using club brick with a theme of "summer fun", we'll show off creations, and play some more QuikWars, so bring your armies and terrain!
Driving directions:
From I-80: Take I-80 west (from Sacto) or east (from the Bay area) to highway 113 N. Take 113 north about 3 miles to the Covell Blvd. exit. Make a left at the top of the ramp onto Covell, and go about a mile until the first blinking red stop light. Make a left at this light onto Lake Blvd. Go past two stop signs; the club will be on your left, with the driveway just after some tennis courts. You can park on the street and walk up the driveway as well.
From I-5: From Sacto, take I-5 North towards Redding. Exit at Main St. in Woodland. Make a left at the bottom of the ramp, and go west on Main St. for 2 or lights. Make a left onto the on ramp for the 113 South towards Davis. Take 113 south to CR 31. Exit at CR 31, and make a left at the top of the ramp; you'll be on Covell Blvd. Then follow the directions on Covell given above.
June 29, 2004
We had our June meeting on the 17th, which included building some terrain with the club brick, playing a very fast game of QuikWars, and checking out some older Lego items. The Colonial Heights Library is booked for all of July & August so we are looking for places to meet!
May 18, 2004
Our June meeting will be Saturday, June 19th, from 1-5PM, once again at the Colonial Heights Library.
May 17, 2004
We held our monthly meeting on May 15th at the Colonial Heights Library. Most of the time was spent setting up a BrikWars game using Markham's terrain, and playing a few rounds. It was a lot of fun, especially since almost everyone was a novice!
May 5, 2004
Our next meeting info:
Saturday, May 15 1-5PM (note the different time!)
Colonial Heights library community room
4799 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95820
We'll try to have BrikWars, and a building contest. The building contest
them is Mother's Day, so build anything creative related to this holiday!
We'll have two contests:
1. Build something at home with your own bricks, and bring it in.
2. Build with the club brick at the meeting.
We'll have prizes for those 12 and under, and those over 12 years old!
April 14, 2004
Our next meeting is Saturday, April 24th, 11-3, at the Colonial Heights library. We will be learning to play BrikWars, a Lego role-playing game. Please visit the BrikWars website and read Chapters 0-2 of the rules. And bring some minifigs to build your armies!