Collective Effort Gaming
Collective Effort Gaming is a trading card shop in Alpena, Michigan. They carry sports cards, Pokémon TCG, and other trading card games.
A local home for collectors.
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 ever come back!