Welcome to the Geek Guild of West Michigan!

BGGers from St. Joe to Grand Rapids metro area join here to find other players and communicate with each other!

Hey! We are guild 196!

How cool is that?

A definition of West Michigan according to the Wikipedia:

Da Rules.

The first rule of the Geek Guild of West Michigan - Bring cookies. The second rule of the Geek Guild of West Michigan is - DO bring cookies. Third rule of the Geek Guild of West Michigan, someone yells Stop!, goes limp, taps out, the game is over. Fourth rule, only two players to a two player game. Fifth rule, one game at a time, folks (unless you are Garry Kasparov or Andrew Looney). Sixth rule, no shirt, no shoes, no games. Seventh rule, games will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule, if this is your first night at Geek Guild of West Michigan, you have to play a game!

Web sites of interest to West Michigan Gamers:

• Grand Rapids Area Board Gamers (GRAB) BGG Wiki Page

• GRAB Game Day Web Site

• West Michigan Tabletop Gamers Site

• Grand Gamers

• West Michigan Gamers Guild (non BGG guild): This site includes information on the "Marmalade Dog" gaming convention held at WMU each year.

• Kalamazoo Area Boardgamers

• Kalamazoo Boardgamers Yahoo Group. Usually meets at WMU on Fridays during Fall/Winter (see WMGG above). During summer, at someone's home. Wargamers, look here!

• Kalamazoo Area Axis & Allies Miniatures/War at Sea group. Meets Saturdays at 11 am at Fanfare (see below). No experience or pieces needed.

• Grand Rapids War Gamers Yahoo Group

• Finish Line Board Gamers (Racing Games) Yahoo Group

• Lansing Board Game Group

• Metro Detroit Gamers Other side of the state but has some great info on MI cons

Gaming Conventions

• Marmalade Dog

• Mittencon

Ye Olde FLGS

• Titan Games - Kalamazoo

• Fanfare - Kalamazoo

• Rookie's Sportscards Plus - Lowell

• Excelsior Games & Comics, Greenville MI

• WhiteCap Comics and the Outer Limits - Grand Rapids

• The Toy Shelf - Grand Rapids (Two Locations, lots of games at both)

• Fantasy Games - South Bend, IN (not Michigan, but closer than Kalamazoo for those of us in the St. Joseph area, and a really nice store, to boot!)

• Griffon Bookstore - South Bend, IN (not Michigan, really great board and wargame selection)

• Out of the Box Games and Puzzles - Zeeland