The Grenadier
The Grenadier # 01 - Cover
The Grenadier dealt exclusively with Game Designers Workshop products but always maintained a strong focus on the growing Europa series.
The Grenadier
ETO (1985-1990)
ETO was unarguably the most influential and most circulated amongst a plethora of inofficial Europa newsletters. First published by Bill Stone in 1985 it lasted a full five years before being taken over by Arthur Goodwin.
TEM (1987-2004)
From 1987 until 2004 TEM supported the Europa, Glory, and Great War series of games with game play reports, historical background articles, detailed orders of battle, game add ons, etc.
The Europa Magazine
LOC (2007-2008)
Luiz Cláudio S. Duarte created this submission-based Europa quarterly in 2006 to pick up where Europa left. LOC was published as PDFs only and lasted for 6 quarterly issues. Its publication ended in December, 2008, due to lack of submissions.
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The Europa Newsletter #1 - Page One
The Europa Newsletter, 1976-77
During 1976-1977, GDW published four issues of a flier called The Europa Newsletter. The fifth issue became a full-fledged magazine called The Grenadier, and expanded its coverage to GDW’s other, non-Europa offerings as well.
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Nuts and Bolts, Vol 1
Nuts&Bolts, 1983-88
In 1982 a couple of students at South Dakota State University founded a gaming club called SDSU gamers to play Europa games. In February 1983, the first edition of Nuts and Bolts was published, with Gary Stagliano as editor. In 1988, Winston Hamilton convinced the staff to merge with Winstons own "The Europa Newsletter", which subsequently took the name of The Europa Magazine (TEM).
[Nuts&Bolts Index]
Combined Arms, Issue #1
Combined Arms, 1993-95
The "Newsletter for the Europa Enthusiast" began publication in November 1993. Flavio Carrillo was the editor and primary contributor. The newsletter averaged 16 pages in length. Features included Politics and Grand Europa, CRT analysis, supply, Grand Strategy, British armor, German infantry from First to Fight through the Second Front, Russian production, Soviet artillery, Grossdeutschland, a scenario for Russia and Japan at war in 1937, and extensive suggestions to updating Fire in the East.