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company founded and run by Dean Essig in

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. Their distinction was the focus on a few series, with special rules for each individual game. This made it easier to play new games within a series that was well known to the players. Homercon, a convention for The Gamers games was held each September in Homer, IL from 1990 until 2012. This company was bought out by

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in 2001 who continues to publish new materials for the original Gamers series and new games and game series designed by Dean Essig.

Games

The Gamers produce games in several different series: * CWB – The ''Civil War Brigade Series'' simulates battles at the brigade level during the American Civil War. * RSS/LoB – The ''Regimental Sub-System Series / Line of Battle'' simulates battles at the regimental level during the American Civil War. * TCS – The ''Tactical Combat Series'' simulates 20th century platoon level battles. * OCS – The ''Operational Combat Series'' simulates 20th century battles at levels ranging from battalions to divisions. * SCS – The ''Standard Combat Series'' is a general system which is easy (yet still challenging) and allows simulation of a wide range of battles. * NBS – The ''Napoleonic Brigade Series'' simulates brigade level battles during the Napoleonic Wars. * BCS – The ''Battalion Combat Series'' simulates 20th century battles at the battalion level. * The ''Modern TCS'' series has been discontinued.

References

External links

The Gamers Archive
Rules, errata, etc. for all of The Gamers games
MMP
Producers of current The Gamers products and brand owner of older games {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamers Board game publishing companies Defunct companies based in Illinois Wargame companies