Collective Effort Gaming — Local services in Alpena Township

While visiting from out of town, I talked two co-workers into getting into M:tG. We searched for shops and were pleasantly surprised to find this little game shop nearby.

They had decks, single cards, dice and all sorts of other tabletop games and we were warmly greeted by the owner. We told him what we were looking for and he was able to recommend decks for us, he even let our newest player rummage through his commons/I commons box to grab whatever he liked and when asked about cost said, “don’t worry about it!” He took good care of us and it felt nice to run into an enthusiastic supporter of the local gaming community, especially while on a work trip.

Our time in Alpena was limited and we never had a chance to come back to the shop and play with the locals, but you can bet I’ll keep this place in mind if/when I...

This is my favorite kind of nerd store. It’s a little hole in the wall in the back corner of an old strip center, the kind of place that doesn’t cost much to rent. A typical nerd store, if you will. They’ve got everything I’m looking for: RPGs, Warhammer, MTG, board games, miniatures, dice, and all the essentials that nerds like me love! I met these guys at ThunderCon and bought some top notch dice from them. They were friendly and welcoming. I got the same vibe when I went into the shop a few days later. If you’re on the sunrise side of the Lower Peninsula and you’re looking for an awesome den of nerdiness then Collective Effort Games is for...

Drove in from out of town to buy a game. I try to support this place and buy a game at least every month. Door wide open, employees on the floor, hours online said they were open, and yet I got kicked out because they were building a shelf. Since everything was open, it probably would have been best to just sell me a game. I'll just go back to...