What David said:
You can not strip the template down below a point where it does not always include a TIE_BREAKING bit of information
{title} I have n books with the same Title
{Series} (Bad Authors

can't come up with unique names

). For this, I fudge the Data IN CALIBRE by adding the creators initials in paren: Magic (AN) (I think I have 5 sets with this series name

)