Spi Wargame
Spi War Games
Spi War Games for Sale, we feature discounted Spi War Games up to 75% off retail on our site. Articles, variants. SPI Re-formatted Rules. The Ultimate Wargame - Avalon Hill Hilarious article from AH in 1977.
Since I just completed a set of Geeklists on Avalon Hill wargames, I thought I should also give a nod to AH's main rival for a decade or two-SPI. There was no end of debate, during the 1970s, over which company had the best philosophy or produced the best games. SPI advocated 'WARgames' (i.e., simulation first, game second), while AH advocated 'warGAMES' (i.e., games first, simulation second).
Spi Wargame Rules
But both companies came out with many fine games that we wargamers enjoyed. Anyhow, here's a chronological (per BGG dates) list of SPI wargames. (I skipped listing individual games released as part of quad games-or tried to. And I skipped a few that didn't look like wargames to me. If you see anything important missing, let me know, and I'll add it.) Thumb your favorites, and share your thoughts and experiences on these games or the company that produced them. Top ten (per # of thumbs) as of 25 MAR 10: (had to list eleven, due to ties in number of thumbs).
A young Jim Dunnigan insisted that this game be published with the unedited version of the title you see here. For those too young to remember, it was a slogan that had caught on among college-campus protesters and revolutionary groups out to stop the war in Vietnam and change the world. The slogan made it into the lyrics of a Jefferson Airplane song. I always wanted to see this game-and -as my sympathies were aligned with the revolutionaries back in those days (though the old me would be shocked to see the new me today).