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!! ONE Day HANDLING FOR THE HOLIDAYS! SEND US A MESSAGE & WE WILL BE SURE TO GET IT OUT! Here is an Incredible Opportunity to Own a Real piece of Strategy Gaming History !! Poultron Press (SPI) 1969 - Barbarossa - SPI Test Series Game (EX). see pictures Poultron Press (SPI) 1969 : Barbarossa (1st Ed) pre-SPI Test Series Game #3 (EX) Poultron Press (SPI) 1969 : Barbarossa (1st Ed) pre-SPI Test Series Game #3 (EX) Description We have For Sale** (1) Own a Real Serious Piece of Wargame History Barbarossa SPI Test Series Game Poultron Press by Jim Dunnigan Propsed Game #3 1st Edition 1 of only a few existing Games James Dunnigan and collegues used to Send out these Proto-type kits for Play Testing back in the day. Comments and Changes would be collected and alterations made before SPI production of many games! The exciting War game based upon the strategic battle of Barbarossa. One of the Rarest brands you will ever see! James F. Dunnigan (born 8 August 1943) is an author, military political analyst, Defense and State Department consultant, and wargame designer currently living in New York City. He was born in Rockland County, New York. After high school, he volunteered for the military instead of waiting to be drafted. From 1961 to 1964, he worked as a repair technician for the Sergeant ballistic missile, which included a tour in Korea. Afterwards, he attended Pace University studying accounting, then transferred to Columbia University, graduating with a degree in history in 1970. While still in college, he became involved in wargaming. He designed Jutland, which Avalon Hill published in 1967, following it up with 1913 the next year, and PanzerBlitz in 1970, which eventually sold more than 300,000 copies. Meanwhile, Dunnigan had founded his own company, initially known as Poultron Press, and which soon became Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI). Dunnigan created SPI in order to save the magazine Strategy & Tactics, which was published by Chris Wagner. Dunnigan had been a contributor to the magazine since Strategy & Tactics #2 (February 1967), and when Wagner was having financial difficulties with the magazine he sold Dunningan the rights for $1. Dunnigan set up shop in a windowless basement in New York City's Lower East Side, and published his first issue from there, Strategy & Tactics #18 (September 1969); starting with that issue, every issue included a new wargame. Dunnigan also designed the game Sniper! (1973). Dunnigan later designed Dallas: The Television Role-Playing Game (1980), the first ever licensed role-playing game. In 1980, Dunnigan was forced out of SPI due to the company's worsening financial situation. Between 1966 and 1992, he designed over 100 wargames and other conflict simulations, ranging from 1969's Up Against the Wall, Mother****** about the student takeover at Columbia (which he witnessed as a bystander), to the gigantic War in Europe, to the online Hundred Years' War, which has been running since 1992. In 1979, he wrote The Complete Wargames Handbook, and in 1980 How to Make War. Dunnigan regularly lectures at military and academic institutions, such as the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group, in Newport, Rhode Island Game is 100% Complete & Excellent Contents Has Light Agewear & some stainage Counters are Cut, but corners look almost never played! Instructions are EX - NM Map is NM See Pictures Game Contents (1) Barbarossa Map (1) Complete Set of Counters (1) Instruction Sheet Set (NEAR MINT) Showcase your items with Auctiva sListing Templates!THE simple solution for eBay sellers. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's FREE CounterMerry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!Shop now and receive your items before Christmas!WOW! 15 Days until Christmas! WOW! 15 Days until Christmas (Condition: Pre-Owned)

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