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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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China War 3-Pack - 3 Combined Copies!

By: SPI

Year: 1979

Type: Magazine

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics #051 - #100

Cobra

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1830    Year: 1977

Type: Boxed Game

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

Complete Wargames Handbook, The w/Drive on Metz

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI14B6    Year: 1980

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics (Special Issues)

Crimean War - Balaclava

By: SPI

Year: 1978

Type: Ziplock

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

Crimean War - Inkerman

By: SPI

Year: 1978

Type: Ziplock

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

Dark Ages

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIDA-Z    Year: 1971

Type: Ziplock

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

Descent on Crete

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIDC-Z    Year: 1978

Type: Ziplock

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

Desert War

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIDW-Z    Year: 1973

Type: Ziplock

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

Empires of the Middle Ages (Japanese Edition)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI152    Year: 1980

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: War Games (Hobby Japan)

Game Design #1

By: SPI

Year: 1971

Type: Magazine

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics (Special Issues)

Game Design #2

By: SPI

Year: 1971

Type: Magazine

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics (Special Issues)

Game Design #3

By: SPI

Year: 1971

Type: Magazine

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics (Special Issues)

Game Design #4

By: SPI

Year: 1971

Type: Magazine

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics (Special Issues)

Game Design #5

By: SPI

Year: 1971

Type: Magazine

Product Line: Strategy & Tactics (Special Issues)

Global War

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIGW-Z    Year: 1975

Type: Ziplock

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

Golan (Collector's Edition)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIJGO-780    Year: 1975

Type: Boxed Game

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

Gondor - The Siege of Minas Tirith

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1806    Year: 1977

Type: Ziplock

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

Grunt

By: SPI

Year: 1971

Type: Ziplock

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

Island War - Bloody Ridge

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIXBR    Year: 1975

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Folio Series (SPI)

Folio Series

Island War - Okinawa

By: SPI

Year: 1975

Type: Ziplock

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

KampfPanzer

By: SPI

Year: 1973

Type: Ziplock

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

Korea (Test Series Edition)

By: SPI

Year: 1970

Type: Ziplock

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

Kursk (Eric Goldberg)

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI2680    Year: 1980

Type: Ziplock

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

Leipzig (Test Series Edition)

By: SPI

Stock #: TSG-7    Year: 1969

Type: Ziplock

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

Marne, The

By: SPI

Year: 1972

Type: Ziplock

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

Mighty Fortress, A

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1680    Year: 1977

Type: Boxed Game

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

Modern Battles I

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIQMB-Z    Year: 1975

Type: Ziplock

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

Modern Battles II

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIQMT-Z    Year: 1977

Type: Ziplock

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

Modern Battles II

By: SPI

Stock #: SPI1690    Year: 1977

Type: Boxed Game

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

Modern Battles II - The Battle for Jerusalem, 1967

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIXJR    Year: 1977

Type: Ziplock

Product Line: War Games - Folio Series (SPI)

Folio Series

Moves Magazine Binder

By: SPI

Type: Other

Product Line: Moves Magazine #01 - #50

Napoleon at War - The Battle of Nations

By: SPI

Stock #: SPIXBN-Z    Year: 1975

Type: Ziplock

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

Napoleon's Last Battles

By: SPI

Year: 1976

Type: Ziplock

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