- The Gamers
:"This is an article about a wargaming company. For the 2006 film, see . For the 2002 film, see
The Gamers (film) ."The Gamers was a
wargaming company founded and run by Dean Essig in Homer,Illinois . 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 is held each September in Homer, IL. This company was bought out byMulti-Man Publishing in2001 who continues to publish new materials for the original Gamers series and plans to release new ones 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 - The "Regimental Sub-System series" 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.
* The "Modern TCS" series has been discontinued.External links
* [http://www.gamersarchive.net/theGamers/archive/ The Gamers Archive] Rules, errata, etc. for all of The Gamers games
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