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Keeping SPI Alive in ’25! -- Welcome, SPI Gamers!
Update 4/7/25 -- 100 days and counting!!
It is Happening! The "SPI's Alive in 2025!" Convention!
July 16-20 in Lancaster, Penn!
The deal has been inked!
Historicon offered me space for a National SPI Wargame Convention!
YES! YOUR chance to play face to face with other SPI
enthusiasts! The program will feature structured matches, open
gaming, and ... monsters!
This is YOUR formal
invitation! Reserve your spot now!
- sign up here!
SPI Fest Entry Form
With the signups coming in, I can confirm almost ALL the QUADS are a go!
(The Quad schedule below is not set in stone, but a working draft to set table space.)
For the Monsters so far:
Terrible Swift Sword - CONFIRMED!
Drive on Stalingrad - CONFIRMED!
WAR IN EUROPE - CONFIRMED!
Above is my initial design for potential games. A quad fest will be offered all week, with match-ups and rounds that allow you to pursue one of the quad sets, or to jump ship to others if you choose!
I will also have the single map full sized games, with structured matches for great series like:
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Great Battles of the American Civil War - CONFIRMED! |
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PRESTAGS - CONFIRMED! |
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Battles for the Ardennes - CONFIRMED! |
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Victory in the West |
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Central Front |
And many multiplayer games, like:
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War of the Ring - CONFIRMED! |
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Napoleon's Last Battles - CONFIRMED! |
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Invasion America - CONFIRMED! |
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Universe - CONFIRMED! |
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Russian Civil War - on the bubble! |
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Sniper! |
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Empires of the Middle Ages |
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Conquistador |
Which games? I don’t know – YOU TELL ME! SPI Fest Entry Form
Above - a draft of a single day in the planning stages. Blue areas will change by day or session.
NOTE: And a quarter to a third of the space will be open for open gaming from SPI’s deep library of games. You want to play a game? Bring it with you, set it up, and see if you can find an opponent!
Why an SPI Convention?
My goals:
| To celebrate this unique experience that was SPI wargames. |
| To give people the chance to PLAY these games at least one more time. |
| To try to draw out as many of the founders we can still get there. |
The goal is to honor and
offer the various styles of games SPI offered – from the early single map
tactical games to the later grand strategic games.
From folios to monsters, quads to double maps.
And … since we have a 25'x50' ballroom - separate from the Historicon gaming area - that means it is also a place where monsters dwell!
Terrible Swift Sword?
Wellington’s Victory?
War in Europe?
Your (non-binding) entry tells me which games to offer! AND - reserves YOUR SPOT in the matches or at the monster table! SPI Fest Entry Form
Making Plans
Like all battles, things can change. The ballroom layout could be completely different. But the plan is:
- A quarter to a third of the space will be available for Open Gaming. (you bring it, you find an opponent, you play!)
- A quarter to a third of the space for Organized Gaming - game fests for Quads and some one map games. (Structured start times. You sign in, I pair you with an opponent, you play. Repeat the process each round. )
- HALF the space for Monsters. (You sign up, you play.) But I strongly suggest you sign up in advance. I assume people will tag in and out of these games, to play other games - but no guarantee. Most monsters will be in progress all week.
WHICH monsters, or which games? It depends on signups! Those are the games I want to put on! SPI Fest Entry Form
About the event
This is a dedicated SPI convention within the larger Historicon convention. www.historicon.org Registration for the convention will be with Historico for the Con tickets. Their entry fees are very reasonable. I suggest you buy a membership to reduce the costs but increase your later opportunities. However, the Con registration does not open until May 20th. Part of that is I have to tell them which games I am offering!
But if you want to save a space for YOU at one of my tables for the quads, the monsters, or the multiplayer games - sign up with me now! SPI Fest Entry Form
Location - Lancaster, PA
Lancaster, PA is within easy range of three major cities and their airports: Philly (PHL) is next door (75 miles), Baltimore (BWI) very close (90 miles) and Newark NJ (EWR) an easy drive (150). NYC is less than 150 miles, which gives you JFK Airport (175 miles) as a choice.
In the past,
I have flown into Harrisburg, PA - which has non-stop flights to 17 US
cities. It is less than 40 miles away.
As to drive time, along with the cities above, it is around 5 hours
drive to Boston and Cleveland. Buffalo and Detroit are around an hour
further. NYC is less than 3 hours, and Norfolk and Virginia Beach less than
4 hours.
Bottom Line
The opportunity is here.
But the key question is –
will you show up?
If not, why not? This might well be a once in a lifetime opportunity.
SPI Fest Entry Form
See you in July? I hope so! Bring the games you want to play!
This website exists to provide enjoyment and support for players of any of the original SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.) series of war and strategy games! Here you will find copies of the Errata, new scenarios, articles profiling the games, and discussions of play - plus invitations to join the SPI Opponent Finder, and ongoing tournaments!
< -- See menu on Left for quick access Menus. | To the right are the new pages added recently. -->
Below are added links with explanations
There's a WEALTH of information about SPI games on this site.
I continue to add new resources all the time. (Go to
THIS LINK to see a list of additions before this month)
| Errata |
Looking for official errata SPI printed for various
games? |
| List |
For a complete list of all SPI games from the 1969-1982 era. |
|
Wish you had additional scenarios SPI published for
the game? |
|
| Profiles |
Need access to articles and notes on the game? |
| Variants |
Published variants for SPI games |
| Extras | Extras and other things of interest.
(Just check it, ok?) |
| Ads |
Old SPI advertisements were text-heavy reviews of their games! I have many of these delightful in depth mini-articles on tap here! |
| Formats |
Tracking the formats for SPI games! Lots of data
here, including lists of which games appeared in boxes and flat
packs! |
| S&T Supplements |
The S&T Supplements! Yes, a number of these hard to find 'fines from the early SPI days are here in PDF! |
| Game Design Newsletter |
The Game Design Newsletter -- "GAME DESIGN is
published bimonthly as a magazine and forum for persons interested
in designing simulation games |
| SPI BUS & SPIRIT Newsletters |
The short lived SPIBUS Newsletter -- not many linked, but interesting to see SPI's hopes and plans. |
| Phoenix Magazines |
Listings and downloads of The Phoenix, the British SIMPUBs issues. |
| Catalogs |
Would you like to see an old SPI catalog? |
| Redmond Simonsen |
RAS's Thoughts on Wargame Design
link |
| Replays | Pages of full
color replays of many SPI games! Great way to learn about the
game and how to play it! (Don't see your favorite? Send me the pictures and your notes!) |
| Learning Terrible Swift Sword / GBACW! | Learning TSS / GBACW version 1 - a series of slides on PDF and on VIDEO! |
| TSS/GBACW Free Downloads | Lots of free items for Terrible Swift Sword and other Great Battles of the American Civil War games known as GBACW! |
| TSS/GBACW Stories and Discussions | Stories from the Designers, Developers, and Playtesters of TSS/GBACW |
| TSS/GBACW Tactics Discussions | Some multi-person discussions of the rules for Terrible Swift Sword and Great Battles of the American Civil War |
| Victory Point Excel Sheets | Monmouth, Cedar Mountain, Pea Ridge, and more! Tracks VPs and calculates current victory standing, BCE levels, etc. |
| Videos for SPI Games |
Introductions and overviews to many classics SPI games on this list. Think of it as a curated list of videos worth watching to learn about these great games. (New ones added all the time.) |
I am trying to get to a set of pages for every SPI game - like these:
Terrible Swift Sword | Wellington's Victory |
I would enjoy discussions of the games, with tactics you've tried and results you achieved.
Here is an example of that with SPI's Terrible Swift Sword / GBACW series:
I also have an opponent's wanted, all SPI games.
Opponents Wanted (Sign Up Sheet) | Map of Opponents | 2022 SPI Napoleon Quads Fest! But there is much more to be done! However, this is my Christmas present to all of you. Explore the site, and let me know what you think.
And good gaming!
----Russ
By the way - I'd appreciate any feedback you'd like to offer. Click here
And - if you find links that don't work - or you are looking for something from SPI you can't find -- please send me a note -- here!
4/7/025
NEW Folio Covers added!UPDATED - there are NOW 47 of these! James
Eisert
has gifted us all with some beautiful
folio/capsule covers for some of the SPI and S&T games! His goal "so people
can condense those games and store them easier if they wish." 47 of them!
Check them out here!
LINK
3/11/2025 - NEW!
Arnhem notes and play tips from
UK SPI Special thanks to Martin Spetz for this great find!
Link
3/7/2025 - PRESTAGS Campaign Rules Andrew Cozzi has created a simple but exciting method to create a campaign game for PRESTAGS! - Link
2/28/2025 - PRESTAGS Mix and Match Brian Heddington provides a great article to smooth the way to create clashes between any of the armies in PRESTAGS! - Link
1/15/2025 - NEW!UK SPI Catalog from the Summer of 1978! Special thanks to Simon Todhunter for this great find! Link
1/4/2025 - The Return of the Moves Footnotes! Dave Tofsted offers a tactical rules change variant for PGG! - Link
9/24/24 - SPI Games that were out of print by
6/30/1980 Link
SPI GameList with SPI IDs
A work in progress - have a few more to go but a listing of SPI games with
their SPI ID- both the letter ID, and the later Number ID.
(Number ID came in when the company changed from Flatpacks to Boxes.)
Link
6/19/24 - Added - a beautiful cleaned up scan of the
Barbarossa map! Wade Wilson again has done an incredible job
cleaning this up. Thank you Wade!
Link
In honor of Wade's work, I have added the de-roadmapped
rules, and separated
the counters and the VP chart out as well. Check the
Extras Menu.
6/18/2024 - a 1.4 VASSAL version of the original
Terrible Swift Sword 1st edition. (Original missing the 17th Maine from
III Corps.) All credit remains with Al Hay, who willed so many of these SPI
Vassal modules, and Allen Dickenson, who added to this one and is keeping it
alive.
LINK
6/11/24 - Since I did not find a VASSAL module for
Dreadnought online, I have added one here. It is a work in progress. Link
6/4/24 - Added - scan of SimPubs version of the Creature that Ate Sheboygan Rulebook Link
5/30/2024 JFD and RAS illuminate their approach to Game
Design looking back on their 1972 games. Game Design: Where Do We Go
From Here? by James Dunnigan.
Link
Physical System Design in Conflict Simulations by Redmond
Simonsen Link
5/16/24 - Draft of a profile of Operation Grenade
by Nathan Mueller- including my 'important rules to play the game' on pages
2 and 8! Link
5/12/24 - Added - scan of Original Dawn of the Dead
Rulebook
Link
(Guys - if I am missing something in the Extras files - ASK! I
might not have it - but it is more likely I have not bothered to add it.
Just alert me and I'll see what I can do!)
4/2/2024 Added the original scenarios for
Armageddon - so they are separated and easier to use.
Link
Also have 26 additional scenarios for Armageddon, provided by Steven B. Guy
and Kim Meints.
Link
2/16/24 - Andrew Cozzi contributes a great After Action
Report on a Musket & Pike scenario from the first round of the M&P VASSAL
tournament!
LINK
2/13/24 - See the excitement you are missing - read my latest weekly update for the Musket & Pike VASSAL tourney - and see my hair raising finish to my first round battle! LINK
1/22/24 -- Take a trip back to 1973 and visit the offices
of SPI with John Positano in "Tales of the Old Guard!" --
LINK
1/1/24 - Bob Wolski has de-roadmapped the rules for The Ardennes
Offensive! Yea!!!
LINK
Link to M&P Vassal module with scenarios in place:
LINK
Link to B&G modules with setups in place:
LINK
12/11/23 Added an interview with artist Timothy Truman (GrimJack, Scout, and a WHOLE lot more) talking about his first professional job - at SPI in 1980-81! You'll recognize the art from Ares magazine - some of their BEST covers - and you will get to see the people we know at SPI, too! LINK
12/8/23 Wade Wilson is at it again! He has given us a pristine copy of the WWI map. Enjoy, and Thanks Wade! JPG LINK PNG LINK
12/8/23 Richard Mottram has uploaded numerous counterset images -- all added in the Extras menu! Many thanks, Richard!
12/5/23 And Philip Sabin has
updated his Napoleon at Waterloo Variant rules. These have been popular! See
more under the Variant menu! Or just download here!
LINK
And he invites you to see a video of the game here
LINK
12/2/23 Floated the idea of a Musket & Pike VASSAL tournament
and it looks like it has enough players to be a go! Interested? Sign up
here! LINK
12/5/23 A quick review or the TSS1 rules, with lots of
pictures and links. LINK
11/12/23 I have added the Hetzer Sniper Rules. Special thanks
to John R.S. Kovacs!
LINK
11/9/23 James F. Epperson has struck again! Three scenarios for
Empires of the Middle Ages now available!
LINK
11/4/23 Don't overlook all the Panzergruppe Guderian articles
in the Profiles section!
10/30/23 James F. Epperson, whose original work for MOVES included articles on TSS and Stonewall, has contributed a TSS scenario for our use! This is a "What If" scenario, happening the day BEFORE the traditional Gettysburg, with extra cavalry that COULD have been there. Enjoy! LINK
10/29/23 Joseph Godbout has gifted us with an excellent review and partial
replay of the original Kursk! There is a lot to unpack in this
article, so let's get started!
LINK
10/14/23 I am honored to bring you a GREAT new article by Eric Goldberg!
Here is his look at what might be the top SPI games of the mid 1970s.
LINK
10/14/23 Tabletop Games has certainly come a long way. This sheet shows some 225 SPI games are now available in this popular online format. (The list shows 212 - but some some of the quad games are not listed separately.) LINK
9/3/23 We are starting September with a bang - Joseph Godbout has gifted us with an excellent play by play of Year of the Rat - a game we never see enough of here! LINK
8/27/23 Bruce Redenour has contributed a replay of the SPI Classic, The
Ardennes Offensive. I added a rules review, and and put it all together
here! LINK
8/18/23 Wade Wilson is at it again! This time, he has a beautifully cleaned
the map for Battles of Bull Run !
JPG Link
PDF Link
8/9/23 Many of us tried playing MechWar 77 with the
October War rules. In this case, though, someone thoughtfully
integrated the October War rules into the MechWar 77 rule book. The result
is amazing. Find it here! MechWar 78 rules at this
link.
8/8/23 Ross Menzies offers 3 simple house rules for Conquistador!
Link
8/8/23 Joseph Godbout gives us a detailed look at 1812, including
some nice color pics for what might be SPI's first 4 color map?
Link
7/30/23 I have added the Second Edition Armada rules to the site, as well as
the Errata pages for Armada 1st edition.
Link to 2nd Ed
Rules
Link to 1st Ed Errata
7/29/23 Wade Wilson is at it again! He has a beautifully cleaned map for
Lost Battles, an early lost gem from the SPI House of Wonders!
Original PDF Link 5
Meg JPG Link 3
Meg JPG Link
7/26/23 Wonder what makes a good set of rules? Hear from everyone in this
round table discussion with the best and the brightest of SPI's golden era.
LINK
6/15/23 Check out Philip Sabin's deceptively simple rules tweaks to Napoleon
at Waterloo!
Link
(And find his other wargaming links by googling 'Sabin wargames.)'
5/14/23 A new Rules Overview / Game discussion. The subject this time?
Operation Grenade! (Link)
Nathan Mueller gives a quick view of strategic and tactical choices, while I
provide a quick review of the rules to get you playing this 'perfect for
solo play' game!
4/28/23 Alan R. Arvold contributes two articles on Lost Battles! The first is a recap of changes, and needed errata, plus suggested counters! And the second is a rundown of all the counters in the game, along with the ones he proposes in the first article! Enjoy! Advanced Lost Battles Link And Counter Listing Link Brian Train shared this PDF of Arvold's Variants! Link
4/14/23 A list of publications by hobby mainstay Martin Campion - scholar, researcher, writer, and long-time chronicler of the simulation games hobby! I have also linked all the articles of his that are already on the website so you can read them. Special thanks to the late John Kula for this, and to Brian Link Link to unpublished Campion article here!
4/6-8/23 George Nap is at it again! This time it is the SPI great, Chickamauga! See it here! Link
And now, Fredericksburg! Link
A highly detailed replay of Balaclava
from The Crimean War Quad has been delivered to me from Leo
Zappa. This is a very enjoyable effort!
Link
My newest effort - a look at The Crimean War and a detailed
rules overview designed to get you playing fast is also online now.
Link
Also one for Blue & Gray. (I know, but what
the heck.)
Link
3/31/23 Wade Wilson has recently provided us
with a beautifully cleaned version of the Musket & Pike map!
Link And Rob
Hickman has a colorized version of the Grenadier map as well.
Link .
3/25/23 Bannockburn scenario cards for ROI Link and Yeoman Link. Honoring the day Robert the Bruce became King of the Scots - and the battle that marks the beginning of the end of the Feudal system. Need the ROI VASSAL module? Link
New 3/22/23
Two intriguing replays that also teach you the rules of
play. See the Agincourt scenario in Yeoman (played by Andrew Hobley,
and to explore the differences, I did the same scenario from the grandfather
of all the tactical games, Renaissance of Infantry. I
contributed additional info to teach the rules to both these great games!
Link -
ROI
Link -
Yeoman
And this link will allow you to hear Dr. Nofi talk about the design
and development of ROI!
Link
Gary N. Mengle pulled together a Zoom call with 5
SPI greats (Davis, Herman, Butterfield, Parker, and Eric Lee Smith) to
discuss the SPI days! WONDERFUL!See the video on YouTube
HERE!
New 3/18/23
PRESTAGS Scenarios!!
Mod
1
2
3
4
5
Five modules of PRESTAGS scenarios by the best in the business! Look under Scenarios and
then PRESTAGS to find them all! From Joe Miranda, Steven B. Guy, and
Kim Meints!
Musket & Pike Scenarios!!
Musket & Pike
The Gold Rush of scenarios for
this old favorite, by "the usual suspects?" MANY THANKS to Steven B. Guy,
Kim Meints, Arthur Hendrick, Lawrence P. Duffield, John Lee, and Rob Gibson.
There are 23 scenarios here. Enjoy!
New 3/16/23
New Replays!
Mike Dyer and a short sharp battle introducing you to Rifle & Saber!
Link A rules
recount that could have you playing ASAP!
And don't miss the replay of Naseby in Musket & Pike by Joseph
Bruce Redenour!
Link
And Andrew Hobley contributed this Yeoman replay!
Link
New 3/12/23
New Replays!
Clayton Martin provided a short replay of a Viking scenario featuring - no
Vikings! It is the Byzantines vs those pesky Bulgars at Balthusta, 1014.
Keep an eye out for this one. (Oh, did I go there? 'Eye' guess 'eye' did.)
PRESTAGS Quick Ref
Chart
A handy quick rules reference Chart for PRESTAGS - and should help anyone
play the earlier versions of the game using the new rules, too.
New 3/8/23
Adjourned Game Sheets
Lee Enderlin sent these Excel worksheets to record unit positions for the
eight GBACW Games!
New 3/7/23
New Replays!
I have added six new replays in the past few days. The list:
Battle of the Wilderness, and
Hooker &
Lee out of the Blue & Gray Quad;
Bloody Ridge, from the Island War Quad,
Sedan,
from the Battles for the Ardennes Quad, and
Outreach,
the SF Classic!
New 3/2/23
Have you noticed the new menu item, Tactics? I have recently added some nice articles, including a look at reinforcement choices in Arnhem, and other articles to follow!
New 12/18/22
Cedar Mountain Tactics If Tactics is all about how you move the units, this 11 page booklet looks at making your maneuvers on the board 'all about menace' that forces your opponent to prevent disaster! The booklet focuses on the power and proper use of Artillery and Cavalry. Don't overlook the little realized points of a cavalry charge. Quizzes review your understanding of elevation and line of sight, and the later review of calculations for fire and melee combat!
New 12/13/22
King Arthur
Replay!
Jeff Parker serves up a short, sharp replay of the final battle between
Arthur and Mordred from the Great Medieval Battles Quad!
Cedar Mountain Strategy Russ Gifford walks through the first two turns of Cedar Mountain, and discusses the development of a winning strategy for the Union!
New - 6/20/22
JFD
interview by Pat Flory
With Pat Flory's recent passing, I thought we should remember him with
this look back at his interview of Jim Dunnigan. RIP, Patrick.
New - 6/12/22
Chinese
Farm
Mark Saha provide player's aids and insights on this great little game
from the Modern Battles Quad!
New - 4/17/22
Invasion America
One page PDF Addenda for Invasion America, from 1980!
GBACW 4 to 1
Four pages of rules to use the NEW GBACW games as GBACW v1 games!!
And a three page look at separate rules to add more chrome from the new
games!
Plus a few examples to drive home the points.
SPI Videos
Added a set of videos from Hex 2 Hex featuring Pleasant Hill. Four parts but
each are about 6 to 7 minutes. Nice to hear his strategy and the results!
2/8/22
'Your
Move' Newsletter!
A 12 page newsletter with SPI articles, event notices, and a game
challenge - it is 'Your Move!'
Writer's
Guidelines for 'Your Move'
Lots of requests for these.
New - 1/23/22
Looking for
Opponents?
New information on using the SPI Opponent's Finder to reach players!
SPI Napoleon Quad Tournament / Fest!
Details and Downloads!
Great way to find new opponents!
Quick Start VASSAL
Guide!
See how to jump start using VASSAL as a way to exchange moves!
New - 1/8/22
TAC GAME #3 !!!Stephen
Oliver has gifted us all with a beautifully restored copy of TAC Game #3!!
Many, many thanks for the game and the effort to restore it! Enjoy!!
Event-Year Cards Added
the cards for Empire of the Middle Ages - thank you John Edwards. Much nicer
than my originals!
Foxbat Phantom Map Not
perfect, but you should be able to see the setups and speeds info now!
Creature Video
Added Centurion Gamers Video play through of Creature that Ate
Sheboygan. Watch this short video, and you can start playing the
game!
Replay: Golan George Nap
finishes his replay / analysis of the original Modern Battles Quad with this
replay of Golan! Can the Syrians change the outcome? Can the IDF repeat
their stunning vistory? Special thanks, George!
Replay: Yugoslavia Breaking into the Mod Battles II quad, George Nap adds this Yugo/NATO effort to eject the invading Soviets from Zagreb!
Replay: Mukden Mr. Nap
provides yet another great replay from The Modern Battles Quad. This time it
is Mukden, a hypothetical battle that occurs when the Soviets invade China!
Replay:
Wurzburg
An EXCELLENT new play by play AAR from George Nap! This
time it is Modern Battles, and the name of the place is the Wurzburg.
New - 1/3/22
Campaign for North Africa
In Progress notes for the game that changed how we look
at wargames - Campaign for North Africa. There is some amazing insights
here, and well worth the read. Especially for those who don't think it
was playtested.
RAS on Large Games
Redmond Simonsen discusses "The Large Game Syndrome."
RAS on Game Graphics
Redmond Simonsen considers "What Have I Been Doing??"
when Tom Oleson questions his graphics qualities!
New - 12/31/21
The Next War Intro
A couple of turns of The Next War in a play by play.
Enjoy!
Operation
Typhoon
TC Bradley takes you through the first 6 turns of
Operation Typhoon!
New - 12/23/21
Normandy Rules
With special thanks to David Barkey, the rules for the
TSG game Normandy are now on the site. Special Note - these are not
complete. But I am happy to have this much!
New - 12/21/21
Leipzig Rules
With special thanks to David Barkey, the rules for the
TSG game Leipzig are now on the site!!
Wreck of the Pandora
Excellent Review / Overview of the game by Jeffery Bass!
New - 12/12/21
Special Issues
In 1977, 1979, and 1981, SPI created a special
"Introduction to Wargaming" magazine. See them under 'Special Issues' on the
menu for Advertisements
S&T Books
I - IV Link
New - 12/8/21
Barbarossa Rules
With special thanks to David Barkey, the rules for the
TSG game Barbarossa are now on the site!!
Tannenberg Rules
With special thanks to David Barkey, the rules for the
TSG game Tannenberg are now on the site!!
New - 12/4/21
Some Universe stuff added - like
errata, other things.
Hey... check it out where it wasn't at last time you
looked.
New - 11/26/21
Deployment Rules!
With special thanks to David Barkey, the rules for the
TSG game Deployment are now on the site!!
New - 11/26/21
Game Design Newsletter #5
The Last issue of the Game Design Newsletters!! Lots of great articles
including the upcoming 'Dark Ages (TAC 16) addition to the Renaissance of
Infantry and Centurion series of TAC games!
Game Design Newsletter
#4
The fourth issue of the Game Design Newsletters!!
Designer's Notes discusses the new big game, WAR IN THE EAST. And the
Reviews include a detailed look at TSG Deployment, and why it is re-imagined
into GRENADIER.
Tactical Tips
Many articles on tactical play of these great games. Some
are general, using the standard sticky ZOC games, and a number are specific
to GBACW.
- 11/17/21
The Never Quads
Brian Train looks deep into the Feedback questions and
brings us a DETAILED look at all the Quads that never were - AND what
happened going forward!
Game Design Newsletter #3
The third issue of the Game Design Newsletters!! A
new format made the scanning far nicer! Lots of great articles!
Game Design Newsletter
#2
The second of the Game Design Newsletters!! This
one needs more work - but wanted to make what I had available.
New - 11/14/21
Against Four Worlds
In Progress notes for the game that never was - what
would have been the last of the Quads!
Game Design
Newsletter #1
The first of the Game Design Newsletters!!
Great articles reviewing the Test Series Games with lots of behind the
scenes info; a nice article from Dr. Al Nofi on designing TAC 14 (Renaissance
of Infantry.) And much more!
S&T Supplement 8
The final missing copy of S&T Supplement newsletters! (All links
here.)
Below: I'm excited about these Designer / Developer Notes compilations. It was a goal when I started this web site to do ALL of these.
Compiled
Development Notes for SPI Games:
Against Four Worlds
Battle of Monmouth
Berlin 85
Central Front Series
If you
want the original versions I did for the GBACW Development Notes, here
is the link to the first page of them. Follow the links on that first
page for the rest. (GBACW
Link)
I
recently added links to new videos - there are over EIGHTY videos at SPI
Videos!
See previous Months additions here
