Paladins Game Castle / Paladin Gaming
A World of Games and a Place to Play Them
Bakersfield, CA
661-201-2150

Paladin's Game Castle or Paladin Gaming or known to most as just "Paladin" started on April 1st, 2003 in Bakersfield CA
Paladin Started as a dream to bring to the Bakersfield area something that was really needed. A full line game store with a place to play. Bakersfield has a population of over 350,000 people just in the city limits and at the time Paladin opened there were only 1 1/2 other shops in the entire area.

Original partners were Curtis Lusk, Shaen Lusk and Jeremy Miller. The store opened amidst the boom of Heroclix and was very successful, providing a much needed service.

Within a couple of years Shaen decided to move on to other interests. Within the next year Curtis decided to move into and focus on the single card and single miniature sales online. Jeremy took over operation of the physical store location in what had been renamed to Paladin Games & Hobbies.

The online sales of single cards, miniatures and other non-sealed game product, went out the roof and became quite successful. Other lines of products were added over the next couple of years expanding into trading cards, sports cards, supplies and other collectable items.

In addition Paladin Gaming branched into tournament sponsorships and became a games and hobby supporter and promoter in the local area with our Team Paladin connection, and our future plans to sponsor some type of annual games day here in Bakersfield. (Still in planning)

Recent developments have seen the closing of the physical store Paladin Games and Hobbies. Jeremy decided to take his business online and into other lucrative product areas.
Other stores in the area also decided to cut back gaming, especially allowing players game space within their stores or began to focus on specific product lines rather than a wider range of games.

Curtis saw this as an opportunity. A large base of players with no place to play and a narrowed choice of games to purchase and no competition to speak of within 2 to 3 hours in any direction, he and Cindy decided to open a new physical  store location to once again serve the gamers in Bakersfield!

As our business continues to expand, we have many other plans in the works to further the quality and quantity of hobby games in our area.