I have had a lot on my mind as of late. I started a new job at a growing game store in Battle Creek Michigan. One of the main things that I was hired for was to help build the war games community at the store and in the area in general. I started doing what I normally do and started talking to all the players that played regularly in the store. I wanted to gauge where the community stood at that particular moment in time. As I talked to people, I started to really think about how I would build the community. I looked at the thriving community that had built up in Lansing and tried to break down exactly what things were in place that made the community grow to the level that it was at. To build a good community you need time and patience and there are a few other key things you need to make it happen.
