Our Sponsors

Geekway to the West would like to thank 2012's sponsors for their contributions and generosity. Without their contributions, this year's Geekway would not be possible! Please visit, buy from, work with and thank our sponsors - what better way to let them know we appreciate their contributions than letting them know how much you enjoy the Geekway to the West!

	Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Publishing was founded in 1995 by Christian T. Petersen. In the time that has passed since their first game, Twilight Imperium, was published, Fantasy Flight Games has grown to be one of the biggest names in the hobby games industry. We have become a leader in terms of quality and components, with highly detailed plastic miniatures and beautiful artwork on rulebooks, cards, and game boards.
	Miniature Market Miniature Market is an online gaming superstore based in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2004 they have striven to provide the best prices and service possible. They have a 20,000 foot warehouse and retail location just minutes away from Westport Plaza. Miniature Market carries thousands of board games as well as miniatures, role-playing games, and gaming supplies. Visit them on the web at http://miniaturemarket.com or stop in to their store in person to see their huge selection of Ding and Dent board game titles!
	Game Nite Game Nite is a game store located in the St. Louis, MO area specializing in family strategy board games, collectible card & miniature games and jigsaw puzzles. Game Nite is our on-site retail sponsor!
	The Fantasy Shop From it's humble beginnings in 1981 in Old Town Saint Charles, The Fantasy Shop has always strived to bring the very best in customer service, variety, and quality of products to the gamers and comic fans in the Saint Louis Metro area. In the late 80's we added our second store and we have never looked back. Growing to reach 3 states and 9 stores at one point we have settled back down to our core 4 stores in the metro area we continue to strive for those same goals that we started with so many years ago.
	Mayfair Games The Mayfair Games® brand encompasses a wide array of great board games, card games, dice games, and party games. These are fun and usually educational games full of intrigue and interaction. All offer great replay value. Besides being the world’s leading train game manufacturer, Mayfair publishes games about everything from collecting rare specimens in the Amazon to building city states in ancient Mesopotamia to creating trade routes in renaissance Italy! Manage a gang during the Roaring Twenties or try farming in arid Mexico!
	Indie Boards and Cards Indie Boards & Cards started in 2009 with a goal of being an untraditional game publisher focused on my own self publishing efforts and as a collective for other self publishers to sell and market their games. In the past year this goal has evolved to the point that Indie Boards and Cards is a now a full fledged publisher focsed on bringing high quality, fun to play games to markets around the world. I still aim to help others that are interested in self publishing their games, but the demands of even a small game publishing business run as a hobby are too much to fully support producing games in low volume, hand-made quantities.
	Wizards of the Coast Wizards of the Coast, Inc. produces and publishes of Magic: the Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, and a series of D&D themed board games. Wizards of the Coast, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Renton, Washington. Since 1999, Wizards of the Coast, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc.
	Tasty Minstrel Games TMG's Mission is: "To heal the world by providing games that strengthen family unity, communication, and love". Feel free to follow @tastyminstrel on twitter or become a fan on Facebook.
	Stronghold Games It’s simple. We produce only the highest-quality board games in the industry. No corners will ever be cut in the production of our games. No game will ever be produced that we do not believe is great in its mechanics, category, or theme. And while Stronghold Games is a business, games are our love and our life. We are game publishers, game developers, game designers, but first and foremost, we are GAMERS… just like you. Stronghold Games… The Fortress of Great Games!
	Sirlin Games We create premium, desinger games. Years of care go into these game designs to make sure they strike the right balance of depth and elegance and to make sure the characters are balanced against each other. Each game features 10 characters with different gameplay, so find the character that suits your personal style.
	Rio Grande Games Rio Grande Games is dedicated to bringing gamers the best in family entertainment. They offer the best family strategy games available! They publish a large variety of their own games, but also import many multi-lingual games (in English, French, and, occasionally, other languages), primarily from Ravensburger and Queen in Germany, but also some other games they feel could have a place in your homes.
	Wattsalpoag Games Wattsalpoag offers a variety of games for any level of gamer.
	Days of Wonder Days of Wonder publishes top-quality, family-oriented board games that are easy to learn and fun to play. Our name is derived from the "sense of wonder" we all experienced as children when we first fell in love with playing games. Founded in 2002, Days of Wonder has a global presence, with offices in the US and Europe, and distribution in 25 countries. In 2004, Days of Wonder became the youngest publisher ever to win Germany's prestigious Spiel des Jahres, the world's most coveted game prize, with the launch of its best-selling Ticket to Ride board game series.
	Diamond K Games Providing fun and creative thinking opportunities, Diamond K Games is focused on games that require strategic planning and the ability to make logical choices based on changing information. The raising of an eyebrow is a goal of our products. Follow us (@DiamondKGames) on twitter.
	North Star Games Games with Personality. North Star Games brings friends and families together with fun, innovative party and family games.
	Greater Than Games Greater Than Games, LLC, aka >G, is all about making the games that we have always wanted to play. We love playing games, and we love our ridiculous process of game creation. The most important thing to us is making the sorts of games we want to play available to everyone.
	AEG - Alderac Entertainment Group Alderac Entertainment Group, or AEG, is a publisher of role-playing game and collectible card game products. AEG was formed in 1993 and is based in the city of Ontario, California. Prior to getting into their current markets, AEG was involved in hobby gaming magazines, with their first product the magazine Shadis (winner of the 1994, 1995, and 1996 Origins Awards for Best Professional Gaming Magazine).
	Gozer Games Gozer Games was founded with the belief that games should be funny as well as fun. We have some great games for you to enjoy, as well as some other products. Please explore, and buy our games. You won’t be disappointed.
	Steve Jackson Games Steve Jackson Games publishes roleplaying and card games, including GURPS, In Nomine, Dino Hunt, Knightmare Chess, Car Wars, Toon, and others.
	Mayday Games Mayday Games was developed by industry professionals with top-notch graphic design, production, game play, retail and distribution skill sets. We are the future of gaming! We take your gaming to the next level! We take your suggestions and bring them to reality!