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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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October War

October War

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1570

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

October War

October War

By: SPI

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

Oil War

Operation Olympic (Flat White Box)

Operation Olympic (Flat White Box)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIOL-FWB

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

Outreach & Starforce Alpha Centauri Collection

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Science Fiction - Flat Trays (SPI)

Panzer Armee Afrika

Panzer Armee Afrika

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI0530

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

Panzer Armee Afrika (Flat White Box)

By: SPI

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

Panzergruppe Guderian - The Battle of Smolensk, July 1941

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1380

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

Patrol & Sniper Collection

Patrol & Sniper Collection

By: SPI

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

Pea Ridge

Pea Ridge

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI2950Z

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

Prestags - Chariot

Prestags - Chariot

By: SPI

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

Prestags - Spartan

Prestags - Spartan

By: SPI

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

Prestags - Viking

Prestags - Viking

By: SPI

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

Prestags - Yeoman

Prestags - Yeoman

By: SPI

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

Renaissance of Infantry

Renaissance of Infantry

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIRN

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

S&T Magazine Only Collection - 21 Issues

By: SPI

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics (Special Issues)

S&T Variant and Expansion Counters Collection

By: SPI

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics - Lots

Scrimmage (Flat White Box)

Scrimmage (Flat White Box)

By: SPI

Product Line: Board Games - Assorted (SPI)

Search & Destroy

Search & Destroy

By: SPI

Stock #: SPISR-Z

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

Seelowe

Siege of Constantinople, The

Siege of Constantinople, The

By: SPI

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

Simultaneous Movement Plotting Chart (50+)

By: SPI

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

Soldiers and USN Collection

Soldiers and USN Collection

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Assorted - Flat Trays (SPI)

Special Edition #3 w/Eric Goldberg's Kursk

By: Six Angles

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

remake of the SPI classic

Special Issue "Tabletop Wargaming"

Special Issue "Tabletop Wargaming"

By: SPI

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics (Special Issues)

SPI Blank 16mm Hex Map 22" x 34"

SPI Blank 16mm Hex Map 22" x 34"

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI Blank Counter Collection #1

SPI Blank Counter Collection #1

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI Blank Counter Collection #2

SPI Blank Counter Collection #2

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI Blank Counter Collection #3

SPI Blank Counter Collection #3

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI Blank Counter Collection #4

SPI Blank Counter Collection #4

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI Blank Counter Collection #5

SPI Blank Counter Collection #5

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI Catalog '72 - January-June

SPI Catalog '72 - January-June

By: SPI

Product Line: Catalogs (SPI)

SPI Counter Collection #1

SPI Counter Collection #1

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI Counter Sheet - Type A (Full Sheet, Bright Colors)

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI Counter Sheet - Type A (Full Sheet, Pastel Colors)

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI Counter Sheet - Type B (Bright Colors, Full Sheet)

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI Counter Sheet - Type B (Standard Colors, Full Sheet)

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI Flat Tray (Empty) (10)

SPI Flat Tray (Empty) (10)

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI UK Flat Tray (White, Empty)

SPI UK Flat Tray (White, Empty)

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

SPI White Box (Empty)

SPI White Box (Empty)

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Supplies - Flat Trays

Spies!

Spies!

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI3014-Z

Product Line: Board Games - Assorted (SPI)

Staff Study #1 - War in the East

Staff Study #1 - War in the East

By: SPI

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics (Special Issues)

StarSoldier

StarSoldier

By: SPI

Stock #: SPISI-Z

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

StarSoldier (UK Edition)

StarSoldier (UK Edition)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIU1530

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

Strategy & Tactics Folios (7)

Strategy & Tactics Folios (7)

By: SPI

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics (Special Issues)

Strategy II (Flat White Box)

Strategy II (Flat White Box)

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - Assorted - Flat Trays (SPI)

Super Charge - Battle of El Alamein, October 1942

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIU1360

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

Tactical Game 3 - Russia, 1944 (Test Series)

By: SPI

Product Line: War Games - World War II - Land Combat (Avalon Hill)

Tannenberg (Test Series Edition)

Tannenberg (Test Series Edition)

By: SPI

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

TaskForce

TaskForce

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI2890Z

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

Thirty Years War - Freiburg

Thirty Years War - Freiburg

By: SPI

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

Thirty Years War - Lutzen

Thirty Years War - Lutzen

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIXLZ

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

Thirty Years War - Nordlingen

Thirty Years War - Nordlingen

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIXNL-Z

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

Thirty Years War - Nordlingen

Thirty Years War - Nordlingen

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIXNL

Product Line: War Games - Folio Series (SPI)

Folio Series

Thirty Years War - Rocroi

Thirty Years War - Rocroi

By: SPI

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

Universe

Universe

By: SPI

Product Line: Role Playing Games (SPI)

Universe Gamesmaster's Screen

Universe Gamesmaster's Screen

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI3591

Product Line: Role Playing Games (SPI)

Universe Gamesmaster's Screen (Screen Only!)

By: SPI

Product Line: Role Playing Games (SPI)

Up Against the Wall, Mother****er! - Micro Edition

By: SPI

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

Up Scope!

Up Scope!

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIUP-Z

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