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SPI EDITIONS
Every format SPI ever shipped — from magazine inserts to monster boxes.
SPI operated at a scale no wargame publisher matched before or since, and it invented most of the formats that hobbyists still collect. This is a guide to the physical editions and formats that define an SPI collection.
Landmark Editions & Formats
Strategy & Tactics Magazine Games (1969–1982)
#1A complete wargame inside every issue — the model that defined SPI. Over 90 games shipped this way during the SPI era.
Folio Games (Blue Line / Red Line)
#2Compact plastic-envelope games with fold-out maps and short rulebooks. Ideal for lunch-hour play.
Flat-Tray Boxed Games
#3SPI's signature large flat boxes with plastic counter trays — the format for landmark titles like Sniper!, Air War, and DragonQuest.
Quadrigames
#4Four linked scenarios in a single box, each with its own map and counters — Napoleon's Last Battles, Blue & Gray, Modern Battles.
Monster Games
#5Multi-map, thousands-of-counters campaigns — War in Europe, War in the East, The Campaign for North Africa, and Wacht am Rhein.
Capsule Games
#6Ultra-compact designs printed inside S&T's Simulation Corner — later collected and reissued.
Decision Games Reprints
#7Decision Games currently reprints many classic SPI titles and continues to publish Strategy & Tactics magazine with a complete game in every issue.
TSR-Era Reissues (1982–1987)
#8Post-acquisition reprints under the TSR banner — often abbreviated, sometimes controversial, but part of the SPI catalog.