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Simulations Publications, Inc., was formed in 1969 by James F. Dunnigan, as an entity to oversee the publication of Strategy & Tactics, which Dunnigan purchased from Chris Wagner for the price of one dollar. Dunnigan and SPI quickly became established as more than just a magazine, however, and began producing wargames for both separate sale as well as the revolutionary step of including them in the magazine for subscribers. SPI aggressively entered a market dominated to that point in time by The Avalon Hill Game Company and adopted many other business concepts and practices in addition to its ambitious production schedule. SPI embarked on expensive advertising campaigns, for example purchasing full-page ads in Scientific American, and producing give-away copies of wargames for subscribers and visitors to trade shows (Napoleon at Waterloo went out to subscribers to S&T, while Strike Force One was produced specifically as an introductory game). S&T quickly acquired a much larger subscriber base than The General, though it was admitted that the magazine ran at a financial loss, though it was able to claim the cost of the wargames it produced as advertising costs.

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BattleFleet Mars

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1580    Year: 1977

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Science Fiction - Boxed Games (SPI)

Blue & Gray II

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIQBT-Z    Year: 1975

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - American Civil & Revolutionary Wars - Ziplocks (SPI)

Blue & Gray II - Fredericksburg

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIXFR    Year: 1975

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Folio Series (SPI)

Folio Series

Breakout & Pursuit

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIBP    Year: 1972

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - World War II Western Front - Ziplocks (SPI)

Discounted

Cobra

By: SPI

Stock #: SPICO-Z    Year: 1977

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - World War II Western Front - Ziplocks (SPI)

Commando

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI2440    Year: 1979

Type: Box Set

Product Line: War Games - Assorted - Boxed Games (SPI)

RPG

DeathMaze

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI2800    Year: 1979

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: Board Games - Fantasy/Science Fiction (SPI)

DragonQuest (2nd Edition)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI3900    Year: 1981

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: DragonQuest (SPI)

Dreadnought

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI0920    Year: 1975

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Assorted - Boxed Games (SPI)

East is Red, The

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI0570    Year: 1974

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Post-World War II, Speculative - Boxed Games (SPI)

Firefight

By: SPI

Year: 1976

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Post-World War II - Ziplocks (SPI)

Foxbat & Phantom (Designer's Edition)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIHFX-772    Year: 1973

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Post-World War II - Boxed Games (SPI)

Gamesmaster's Screen (1st Edition)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI331P11    Year: 1980

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: DragonQuest (SPI)

Great War in the East, The

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI2090    Year: 1978

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - World War I - Boxed Games (SPI)

Invasion - America

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1130    Year: 1976

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Post-World War II, Speculative - Boxed Games (SPI)

Invasion - America (Designer's Edition)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIHIA-968    Year: 1976

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Post-World War II, Speculative - Boxed Games (SPI)

Lost Battles

By: SPI

Stock #: SPILB-Z    Year: 1971

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - World War II Eastern Front - Ziplocks (SPI)

Modern Battles I - Golan, Syrian-Israeli Combat in the '73 War

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIXGO    Year: 1975

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Folio Series (SPI)

Folio Series

Modern Battles II - The Battle for Jerusalem, 1967

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIXJR    Year: 1977

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Assorted - Ziplocks (SPI)

Moment in Conflict #5 - Army Group South - Kiev

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI2406    Year: 1979

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - World War II Eastern Front - Ziplocks (SPI)

Musket & Pike

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIMP    Year: 1972

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - 1500 to 1900 - Ziplocks (SPI)

Napoleon at War

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIQNP-Z    Year: 1975

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Napoleonic - Ziplocks (SPI)

Napoleon's Last Battles

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1400    Year: 1976

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Napoleonic - Boxed Games (SPI)

North Africa - Supercharge

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIXSC    Year: 1976

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Folio Series (SPI)

Folio Series

Objective Moscow

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIOM    Year: 1978

Type: Flat Tray

Product Line: War Games - Post-World War II, Speculative - Flat Trays (SPI)

double flat tray

Objective Moscow

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIOM-Z    Year: 1978

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Post-World War II, Speculative - Ziplocks (SPI)

Oil War (Collector's Edition)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIJOW-779    Year: 1975

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Post-World War II, Speculative - Boxed Games (SPI)

Paratroop

By: SPI

Year: 1979

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - World War II Assorted - Boxed Games (SPI)

Phalanx

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIPHX-Z    Year: 1971

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Ancients to Middle Ages - Ziplocks (SPI)

Prestags - Legion

By: SPI

Stock #: SPILO-Z    Year: 1975

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Ancients to Middle Ages - Ziplocks (SPI)

Red Sun Rising

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1840    Year: 1977

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Assorted - Boxed Games (SPI)

Discounted

Red Sun Rising

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1840-ZIP    Year: 1977

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Assorted - Ziplocks (SPI)

Search & Destroy

By: SPI

Stock #: SPISR    Year: 1975

Type: Flat Tray

Product Line: War Games - Post-World War II - Flat Trays (SPI)

Seelowe

By: SPI

Stock #: SPISE-Z    Year: 1974

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - World War II Western Front - Ziplocks (SPI)

Siege of Constantinople, The

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1870    Year: 1978

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Ancients to Middle Ages - Boxed Games (SPI)

SPI Counter Sheet - Type A (Beige)

By: SPI

Year: 1971

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI Counter Sheet - Type A (Green)

By: SPI

Year: 1971

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI Counter Sheet - Type B (Green)

By: SPI

Year: 1971

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

StarForce Trilogy

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1540    Year: 1977

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Science Fiction - Boxed Games (SPI)

StarSoldier

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1530    Year: 1977

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Science Fiction - Boxed Games (SPI)

Swords & Sorcery (Red Box Edition)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1990-R    Year: 1978

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games - Fantasy - Boxed Games (SPI)

Vol. 3, #2 w/Crete (mini-game)

By: SPI

Year: 1969

Type: Magazine

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics #01 - #50