> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kallax.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Communities

> Join or create board game communities on Kallax.io: gaming groups, clubs, cafés, stores and more.

Communities bring players together around a place or a group. A community can be a private group of friends, a local gaming club, or a board game café with a game library you can browse before you visit.

## Find communities

Open **Communities** from the main menu to browse communities on a list and a map. Filter by **Community Types** and **Location**.

Communities you are part of are also listed in the main menu for quick access.

## Community types

| Type                 | What it is                                                                |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Gaming Group**     | A private group of friends sharing their personal board games.            |
| **Local Community**  | A public group for meeting new players and organising local games.        |
| **Board Game Café**  | A public venue with a game library that sells food and drinks.            |
| **Gaming Club**      | A club for regular players, leagues and a shared calendar of game nights. |
| **Board Game Store** | A shop selling board games, often with tables to try them out on.         |
| **Library**          | A library that lends out board games or keeps a shelf to play from.       |
| **Bar**              | A bar or pub with board games on the shelf and room to play them.         |
| **Other**            | Any other place where people meet up to play board games.                 |

## Join a community

Open a community page and use the button under its name. What it says depends on the community's membership policy:

* **Follow**: anyone can follow to get updates.
* **Join**: you become a member straight away.
* **Request Membership**: a moderator must approve you. The button shows **Request Pending** until they do.

Once you are in, the button shows **Joined**.

If someone shares an invite link to a community with you, just open it.

## Inside a community

A community page has tabs. Which tabs you see depends on the community's settings and your role.

* **Overview**: the community's description, location and website.
* **Library**: the games you can play there. You get all the [Search](/guides/search) filters, so you can find a two-player game under an hour in seconds.
* **Chat**: talk with the other members.
* **Members**: who is in the community.
* **Events**: upcoming events at the community. See [Events](/guides/events).

<Tip>
  On the Search page, communities you belong to appear under **Collections**, so you can search a café's library alongside your friends' shelves.
</Tip>

## Create a community

Choose **Create** from the Communities page.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Pick a type">
    Choose the type that fits best. See the table above.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Tell us your role (places)">
    For cafés, stores, bars and other places, choose either:

    * **I love this place and would like to share it!** to add a place you enjoy to the map.
    * **I am the owner or official representative!** to manage the community yourself.

    You need a complete profile to manage a community.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add the details">
    Enter a **Name**, a short **Description**, the **Location** so it appears on the map, and an optional **Website**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a library mode">
    * **Shared**: combine the members' collections into one library. Used by gaming groups.
    * **Library**: use your own collection as the community's library. Used by places.
    * **None**: no game library.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a membership policy">
    * **Follow**: anyone can follow for updates.
    * **Members**: join requests are approved automatically.
    * **Moderated**: join requests need approval.

    Some types only allow certain policies. For example, gaming groups are always moderated, and stores, bars and libraries use Follow.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  There is a limit on how many communities you can create. Enthusiast supporters can create more.
</Note>

## Manage a community

### Members and roles

Community members have one of these roles: **Owner**, **Moderator**, **Member** or **Follower**.

In the **Members** tab, owners and moderators can:

* Share an invite link with people they want to invite.
* **Accept** or **Reject** people who asked to join.
* **Change role** or **Kick user** from a member's menu.
* Tick **Show followers** to include followers in the list (shown when the community has followers).

Moderators can only change people to Member or Follower, and can not change the role of owners or other moderators.

Gaming groups can have up to 50 members.

### Settings

Owners open the **Manage** tab to:

* Change the image, name, description, website, location and membership policy.
* Choose who can see each tab (Overview, Library, Chat, Members, Events) and which tab opens first.
* Choose who can submit events to the community.
* Make the community **Listed**, so it shows on the Communities page and in search engines, or keep it **Unlisted** (the default).