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See note on publication states.

ST. VITH

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
11/78	Danny Parker	John Butterfield	F?

Part of ARDENNES Quad.

SAIPAN

DATE	DESIGNER	STATES
11/75	Kip Allen	F

Part of ISLAND WAR Quad.

SAURON

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
11/77	Rob Mosca	Rich Berg & Tony Beavers	F, C

Part of Middle Earth Trilogy. "C" edition labelled "Fantasy Capsule #2".
Hypothetical attempt to force the gate of Mordor.

SCRIMMAGE

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
3/73	Jim Dunnigan	Irad Hardy & Tom Walczyk	M, WBxNT?, WBx BBx

S&T 37. Football game in which an entire game equals one down. A notorious turkey.

SEARCH & DESTROY

DATE	DESIGN & Development	STATES
12/74	John Young	BBx

Vietnam infantry tactics; a remake of GRUNT.

SEDAN

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
11/78	Danny Parker	John Butterfield	F?

Part of ARDENNES Quad.

SEELÖWE

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
3/74	John Young	Irad Hardy & Tom Walczyk	BBx

Hypothetical Nazi invasion of Britain.

SERBIA/GALICIA

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
9/78	Jay Nelson, Brad Hessel, Charles Holmes	Jay Nelson, Tom Hamilton & Richard Macksound	F

Part of GREAT WAR IN THE EAST Quad. Austria-Hungary in 1914. A split-map game showing the Serbian and Galician fronts.

SEVASTOPOL

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
7/78	Rob Mosca	Dave Werden	Z

Part of The Art of Siege. The Allied siege in the Crimean War.

SHILOH

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
4/75	Kip Allen	Irad Hardy, John Young & Kip Allen	F

Part of BLUE & GREY Quad.

SICILY

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
11/81	Dick Rustin	Greg Costikyan	M

S&T 89. Operation Husky and the race for Messina. Part of the VICTORY IN THE WEST series.

SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE, THE

see CONSTANTINOPLE, THE SIEGE OF

SINAI

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
12/73	Jim Dunnigan	Hank Zucker	BBx, MABx, ABx

The Arab-Israeli Wars of 1967 and 1973, designed while the latter was occurring!

SIXTH FLEET

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
1/75	Jim Dunnigan	Frank Davis	M, BBx

S&T 48. Modern naval combat in the Mediterranean using a NAPOLEON AT WATERLOO-derived system (?!!).

SNIPER

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
7/73	Jim Dunnigan	Hank Zucker, John Young, Ed Curran, Bob Felice, Bill Sullivan, Angel Gomez & Hal Vaughn	WBx, BBx, MABx

Man-to-man in a city.

SOLDIERS

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
6/72	Dave Isby	Lenny Glynn	E, WBxNT, WBx, BBx

WWI tactics.

SOLOMONS CAMPAIGN

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
7/73	Jim Dunnigan	Irad Hardy & Tom Walczyk	BBx

Innovative WWII naval game.

SORCERER

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
10/75	Redmond Simonsen	Tom Walczyk	BBx, MABx, ABx

The first fantasy game.

SOUTH AFRICA

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
5/77	Irad Hardy	Frank Davis	M, BBx

S&T 62. Internal revolution in South Africa.

SPARTAN

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
2/75	John Young	Tom Walczyk	BBx

Part of PRESTAGS package. Pre-Roman tactics.

SPI BASEBALL

DATE	DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT	STATES
4/80	Rich Berg	1ABx

SPIES!

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
5/81	John Prados & Lenny Glynn	Brad Hessel & Redmond Simonsen	ABx

Multi-player "mass market" game of pre-WWII espionage.

SPI FOOTBALL

DATE	DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT	STATES
5/80	Rich Berg	1ABx

Based on the 1957 season, for some reason explicable only to Berg.

SPITFIRE

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
3/73	Jim Dunnigan	Kevin Zucker & M. Elizabeth Clifford	WBxNT, WBx, BBx

WWII air combat game.

STALINGRAD, BATTLE FOR

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
2/80	John Hill	John Butterfield	ABx

The battle for the city itself.

STALINGRAD, THE BATTLE OF

DATE	DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT	STATES
2/72	Jim Dunnigan	E, WBxNT, WBx

Name was changed to TURNING POINT in 7/73 when it went to BBx format, because Avalon-Hill claimed it owned the word "Stalingrad".

STALINGRAD 3 (Test Series Game 15)

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
7/70	Fred Schachter	unknown	EUC

Tongue-in-cheek variant which played well.

STARGATE

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
3/79	John Butterfield	John Butterfield, Greg Costikyan, Phil Kosnett & Dave Werden	C

Space Capsule #2.

STARFORCE: ALPHA CENTAURI

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
8/74	Redmond Simonsen	John Young with Tom Walczyk	BBx, MABx, ABx

Part of STARFORCE Trilogy. The second professionally published science fiction game (after STELLAR CONQUEST).

STARFORCE TRILOGY

DATE	STATES
5/77	BBx, 4ABx

Created by Redmond Simonsen. Includes STARFORCE, OUTREACH and STAR SOLDIER. A three-game package including the games set in Simonsen's STARFORCE universe.

STAR SOLDIER

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
1/77	Tom Walczyk	Brad Hessel	BBx, ABx

Part of STARFORCE Trilogy. Tactical man-to-man combat in the future.

STAR TRADER

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
1/82	Nick Karp	John Butterfield & Nick Karp	M

Interstellar trade game. Completed and typeset at SPI, published by TSR after the takeover.
Ares 12.

STONEWALL

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
3/78	Mark Herman	Tom Walczyk	M, BBx, ABx

S&T 67. TSS-system game of the Battle of Kernstown.

STRATEGOS

DATE	DESIGNER	STATES
?/?	unknown	stapled booklet with cardstock cover

Reprint by Poultron Press of a set of 1880s miniatures rules.

STRATEGY I

DATE	DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT	STATES
1971	John Young, Jim Dunnigan, Redmond Simonsen & Stephen Patrick	E, WBxNT, WBx, BBx

A compilation of numerous game systems and mechanics, combined in various different ways to produce strategic games dealing with subjects from the ancient period to the modern. Abstracted.

STRIKE FORCE 1

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
1975	Redmond Simonsen & Jim Dunnigan	Omar DeWitt, Kevin Zucker & Redmond Simonsen	E

An ultra-simple introductory game, given away free. Modern infantry tactics.

SUEZ TO GOLAN

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
3/79	Mark Herman	Tom Walczyk & Stephen Donaldson	ABx

Part of MECH WAR 2 two-game package. Modern armor tactics in the Middle East.

SUPERCHARGE

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
7/76	Greg Costikyan	Frank Davis	F

Part of NORTH AFRICA Quad. The battles of Alam Halfa and Alamein.

SWORDS & SORCERY

DATE	DESIGNER	DEVELOPER	STATES
6/78	Greg Costikyan	Eric Goldberg	ABx (blue), ABx (red)*

*Published originally in a blue box with a Tim Kirk illustration; later in a red box with a John Butterfield illustration. The games inside the box are identical, however.
Tongue-in-cheek fantasy game with army combat and character-quest versions.

SWORD & THE STARS, THE

DATE	DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT	STATES
4/81	Eric Smith	1ABx

Strategic game of interstellar empire-building based on the EMPIRES OF THE MIDDLE AGES system.

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