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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 7/7/2025


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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/30/2025


War reaches northern Italy, 215 BC

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"Hannibal has come over the Alps..."! Prufrock and his friend Ian P bring us an intense Punic War clash that doesn't look too promising for the Romans, when they "...win the first move and mostly freeze."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/26/2025


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"...there are few more fertile areas for educational, simulation-ai gaming." Grant Kleinhenz, in The Players' Aid, interviews designer Bob Phaneuf about his two upcoming games. See why he thinks that "...Secession 1861 will mature as a classic solitaire nail-biter."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/18/2025


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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/9/2025


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Poster: Doug Holt
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A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z '-9

Game: World War I: 1914-1918



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Publisher: SPI
Magazine: Strategy & Tactics #51
Game Type: Magazine
Designer(s): Jim Dunnigan, Joseph Miranda
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Description:


World War I: 1914–1918 was published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1975 in Strategy & Tactics magazine issue 51 and separately as a folio game. The game simulates the First World War at a strategic level. This is a two-player board wargame where one player controls the Triple Entente (aka "the Allies": Russia, England, and France) and the other player controls the Central Powers (Germany, Austro-Hungary, and Turkey).


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Pub Date
Article Description
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865
Date: 7/3/2024
Poster: Robert Holifield
Three Views of World War One ... SPI Style

Pursue & Destroy Vol II, Issue VI, Jul-Aug 1987 presents reviews by Russell Lockwood, Scott Berschig and Larry L. Bost of SPI's World War One game.
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864
Date: 2/5/2023
Poster: Pat L.
THE 20 BEST S&T MAGAZINE GAMES FROM THE “GOLDEN AGE” OF SPI

Joseph C. Beard III in his “Map and Counters” blog takes us down memory lane to see his 20 favorite games from Strategy & Tactics Magazine. The article includes links for the 15 “also rans” and interesting discussions with several commenters.
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863
Date: 12/7/2021
Poster: Mark D.
Rules differences between magazine and folio games (PDF)

Donald Johnson shares this list of rules differences between the S&T magazine rules and his SPI folio rules.
Grognard Hosted
847
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
game notes

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848
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
strategy

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849
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
errata (DG ed.)

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850
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
differences between SPI and DG editions

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851
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
article index

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852
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
erratum (for DG ed.)

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853
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
differences between SPI magazine and folio editions (Word file)

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854
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
official DG errata (RTF file)

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855
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review of DG ed.

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856
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
optional CRT

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857
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
Stumbling into War variant (zipped JPG files)

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858
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
variant for DG ed. (Word file)

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859
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
variant for DG ed.

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860
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review

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861
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
new territorial objectives variant (Word file)

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862
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review

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