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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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#66 "Descent on Crete"

By: SPI

Year: 1978

Type: Magazine

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics #051 - #100 - Magazine Only!

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#8 "Games & Reality, Afrika Korps"

By: SPI

Year: 1973

Type: Magazine

Product Line: Moves Magazine #01 - #50



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1812 - The Campaign of Napoleon in Russia

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIET-Z    Year: 1972

Type: Ziplock

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

1918

By: SPI

Type: Ziplock

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

1918 (Flat White Box)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPINE-FWB    Year: 1972

Type: Flat Tray

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

Across Suez

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI264P11    Year: 1980

Type: Ziplock

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

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Air War

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIAI-A    Year: 1977

Type: Flat Tray

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

Air War

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIAI-B    Year: 1977

Type: Ziplock

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

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Air War

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1740    Year: 1977

Type: Boxed Game

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

American Civil War, The

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIAW-Z    Year: 1974

Type: Ziplock

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

American Revolution, The

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIAR-Z    Year: 1972

Type: Ziplock

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

Ardennes Offensive, The (Flat White Box)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIAN-FWB    Year: 1973

Type: Flat Tray

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

Ardennes Offensive, The (Plastic Flat Tray)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIAN-PFT    Year: 1973

Type: Flat Tray

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

Armageddon (Flat White Box)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIAG-FWB    Year: 1972

Type: Flat Tray

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

Austerlitz

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIAZ-Z    Year: 1973

Type: Ziplock

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

Austerlitz (Flat White Box)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIAZ-FWB    Year: 1973

Type: Flat Tray

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

Bastogne & Anzio Beachhead

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIBS-Z    Year: 1970

Type: Ziplock

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