This is a list of gaming-related sites for Kalamazoo, Portage and the surrounding communities.

Clubs and Groups

Battletech Syndicate Local 415 - A club for all things Battletech in Southwest Michigan (with a focus on Classic Battletech).

BoardGameGeek Guild - West Michigan - Group for BGG users from St. Joseph to the Grand Rapids metro area looking to find other players and communicate with each other.

Kalamazoo Casual Game Players - A loosely-organized group of game players based in the Kalamazoo/Portage, MI area.

The Kalamazoo Go Club - A small group of Go enthusiasts that meet once a week to play games and come up with ways to get more people to play games.

The Kalamazoo Dungeons & Dragons Meetup Group - Monthly meeting of D&D enthusiasts in the Kalamazoo area.

The Prairieville Gaming League - A gaming group that meets in Prairieville, Michigan

Western Michigan Gamers Guild - Home of the web page you are viewing right now.


Conventions

Marmalade Dog - Our own gaming convention held yearly in Kalamazoo.

Kuzuri Con - Anime convention in Battle Creek with a gaming component.


Electronic Gaming

The BoxHeads - LAN party hosting group located primarily in the Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids area.

Parkview LAN - LAN party hosted at WMU's Parkview campus by the Computer Club of Western Michigan University.

Virtual World Entertainment, LLC - Home of the location based BattleTech pods. This former division of FASA is now based in Kalamazoo.


E-mail Lists

K-Zoo Games (Yahoo! Groups) - The planning list for a series of RPGA Living Greyhawk events in Kalamazoo.

Kalamazoo Board Gamers (Yahoo! Groups) - Group for board gamers of all kinds in the Kalamazoo area to contact each other.

Kalamazoo WoW:TCG Group (Yahoo! Groups) - Home of the Kalamazoo World of Warcraft Trading Card Game players which meet weekly at Fanfare.


Hobbyist Developers

The Saga of Logatroth - An original "role-playing board game" developed locally by Walter Jensen.

The Near East Campaign - Based in an unofficial D20 setting created by local Michael Dallaire. Currently looking for players in the Kalamazoo area.

Terenna (Yahoo! Groups) - A group to discuss the World of Terenna, a private campaign world played in Kalamazoo.


Live Action Role-Playing Games

Final Haven - An open source LARP which was developed, tested, and currently operates in Kalamazoo with some events in Ionia.

Sharded LARP - Dark epic fantasy LARP in the Kalamazoo area

Winter Haven LARP - Uses the same system and timeline as Final Haven with a different setting. This LARP is played in Lawton.


Professional Developers & Manufacturers

Bloated Toad Games - Creators of the board game Kingdom Quoor

DeLano Service, Inc. - One of the nation's premier turnkey card and board game printers.

Spark Games LLC - Creators of the board game Questionary.


Retailers

Fanfare Sports and Entertainment - A local hobby shop with a large selection of gaming supplies and comics.