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Strategy & Tactics Book I, S&T, SPI, Reprints Issues # 1 thru # 6, Fine Bonus!

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Strategy & Tactics Book I, S&T, SPI, Reprints Issues # 1 thru # 6, Fine Bonus!Strategy & Tactics Book I is in high grade excellent condition with interior pages in new condition with only trivial flaws. The covers (see enlargeable pictures) are in high grade excellent condition as the front cover has slight flaws such as minor amount of creasing at the right edge, mild aging, and tiny amounts of creasing at the corners. All pages are firmly attached and the staples still shine. A rare S&T issue in wonderful shape!! *** To help

Strategy & Tactics Book I is in high grade excellent condition with interior pages in new condition with only trivial flaws. The covers (see enlargeable pictures) are in high grade excellent condition as the front cover has slight flaws such as minor amount of creasing at the right edge, mild aging, and tiny amounts of creasing at the corners. All pages are firmly attached and the staples still shine. A rare S&T issue in wonderful shape!! *** To help you stroll down memory lane with S&T Book I, the bonus (to be emailed) includes James (the SPI Guru Supreme) Dunnigan's book The Complete Wargames Handbook plus interviews of Sir James. Learn the art of wargaming and wargaming design from the master, himself! See the Description file for more details.

Strategy & Tactics Book I with Bonus!!!

Reprints of the first six S&T issues!  A great value!

International purchases save over $20 by using First Class Mail International!! Combine shipping on as many as two 100 page books for great savings!!! 

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Complete and in High Grade Excellent Condition!

Strategy & Tactics Book I is in high grade excellent condition with interior pages in new condition with only trivial flaws.  The covers (see enlargeable pictures) are in high grade excellent condition as the front cover has slight flaws such as minor amount of creasing at the right edge, mild aging, and tiny amounts of creasing at the corners.  All pages are firmly attached and the staples still shine.  A rare S&T issue in wonderful shape!!
     
To help you muse on the greatness of James Dunnigan, the bonus includes his book The Complete Wargames Handbook plus interviews of Sir James.  Learn the art of wargaming and wargaming design from the master himself!  Some to all of the bonus will be sent by email upon shipping your purchase.  All bonus and extras material are available for sale separately if requested.


Only 1,000 copies of S&T #1 were printed with an initial circulation of 160.  It seems that it took years to get the circulation up to 1200, but by issue #17, otherwise known as Volume 3 #1 circulation had dropped to 736.  There is no citation in Book I of its print run or even of when it was published.  With so few copies of the original issues of Strategy & Tactics published, Strategy & Tactics Book I is an excellent bargain as it contains the otherwise nearly impossible to get first 6 issues at a very low price!

An interesting story related in Book I involves the early thinking of the founders of Strategy & Tactics.  They were unhappy with the quality of articles in The General Magazine.  They reasoned that as The General Magazine had a circulation of 5,000, they should be able to sell 1,000 of the first issue and build the circulation from there.  But Avalon Hill had grossly overstated their circulation.  In reality it was under 2,000.  While are several moral and practical lessons (my favorite being how Avalon Hill spawned a competitor by overstating their popularity) to be learned here, because of this misconception a cornerstone of wargaming was started which survived Avalon Hill by two plus decades.
         
For shipping this book will be wrapped in plastic and taped between two unbent sheets of  extremely sturdy cardboard.  
  
Please note there is a $4.00 handling fee for this purchase. The fees charged do not fully compensate the labor and materials necessary to process a purchase. Purchases will ship within 5 business days.
      

See the Wargame Section for rare wargames (Avalon Hill, SPI, GMT and others), Variant Counter Sets (gamingthing designed) and over 60 unpunched Strategy & Tactics. As this is being written over half of the 40+ year run of Strategy & Tactics are in stock. Please email if looking for specific issues between 70 and 300.

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