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. Nuts & Bolts averaged 8 pages per issue while production delays and summer holidays led to several double issues of 16 or more pages. Content was focused on Europa games exclusively, answering DNO questions. Merita-Merkur, Case White, Narvik, Fire in the East, Winter War, Western Desert, Near East, strategy, player aid charts are all part of the newsletter.
After an unsuccessful attempt of Bill Stone to merge Nuts and Bolts with ETO, Winston Hamilton convinced the staff in 1988 to merge with Winstons own "The Euopa Newsletter", which subsequently took the name of The Europa Magazine (TEM).
Nuts and Bolts, Vol 1
Nuts&Bolts #1, February 1983
- Partisan! Complete Rules for Partisan Warfare, by Gus Tagland (Drang nach Osten/Unentschieden)
- DNO Question and Answers: City Siege Rules, by Fred Helferich (Drang nach Osten/Unentschieden)
- Play Aids: DNO mini-maps 3 and 4, by Gary Stagliano (Drang nach Osten/Unentschieden)
Nuts and Bolts Vol 2, Cover page
Nuts&Bolts #2, June 1983
- The Regia Aeronautica in Marita Merkur
- Europa News, by Gary Stagliano
- DNO Question and Answers, by Fred Helferich (Drang nach Osten)
- Marita-Merkur: Italian Strategic Planning Variant, by Bill Peterson
- Europa Map 6A
Nuts and Bolts Vol 3, Cover page
Nuts&Bolts #3, September 1983
- Design Question: Railroad Movement, by Leif-Arne Furevik
- Britain: The Middle East, Sep I 39 to Dec I 40, by John Astell (The Near East, Western Desert)
- Fire in the East: Players Information, by John Astell and the GDW design staff
- Contact Europa: The Europa Tapes. The Origins Seminar with John Astell, Part I
Nuts&Bolts #4, December 1983
- Contact Europa: The Europa Tapes. The Origins Seminar with John Astell, Part II
- Refinements and Obersvations on Marita Merkur, by James E. Vandine
- Fire in the East Playtest. One Player's View, by Steve Miller
- Scenarioplex: OOB Experiments with Marita Merkur, by James E. Vandine
- Airbasing Chart for Marita Merkur, by Gary Stagliano
- Western Desert Errata and Additions
Nuts&Bolts #5, February 1984
- Panzer Regiment Hermann Göring, by John Astell
- Did I Say That?, by John M. Astell
- Another look at the Fire in the East Playtest, by Winston Hamilton
- Errata Corner: Marita-Merkur, Narvik, Case White, The Near East
- Drive on Beirut. A Western Desert Scenario by Gary Stagliano
- Draft Europa Material: The Regia Aeronautica, Sep I 39 to Dec II 41, by the GDW staff
Nuts and Bolts Vol 6-7 Cover page
Nuts&Bolts #6/7, September 1984
- Errata Corner: Marita-Merkur, Narvik, Case White, The Near East
- Western Desert Errata, December 7th, 1983
- Unofficial: Western Desert - German Armour Replacements /RECCAM, by Karl Gaarsoe
- Two Dice Bombing Table
- Historical OB and Placement in Marita-Merkur, by Michael K. Parker
Nuts&Bolts #8, December 1984
- Fire in the East: Quick Reference Sheet
- Fire in the East Errata and Notes, July 10th, 1984
Nuts&Bolts #9
- A case for Case White, by Gary Stagliano
- Narvik Players Aid
- Case White Table of Contents
- Fire in the East Rail Capacity Game Charts
- Fire in the East Off Map RR Movement Chart
Nuts&Bolts #10/11, 1985
- Vichy France OB, by John Astell
- The Bulgarian Army in WW II, by Michael Parker
- Europa Diary: Case White, by Terry Foskett
- Operation Orders, by Tom Johnson
- Ticks & Treats: Fire in the East
- Europa Diary: Western Desert/The Near East, by Terry Foskett
- Marita-Merkur Errata
Nuts and Bolts Vol 12, Cover page
Nuts&Bolts #12
- Victory in Russia or How to Think to Win, by Tom Johnson (Fire in the East)
- Tripolitania: Who's Where, by John Astell
- Fire in the East Comments and Questions, by John Astell et. al
- An interview with Frank Chadwick, part I, by Winston Hamilton
Nuts and Bolts Vol 13-14, Cover page
Nuts&Bolts #13/14
- An interview with Frank Chadwick, part II, by Winston Hamilton
- Europa Stacking Chart
- Fall Rot - Operation Red: The Battle for France, a Fall of France scenario by Michael Parker
- Fall Merkur revisited, by Gary Stagliano (Marita-Merkur)
- Fire in the East: Rules Updates, by John Astell et al.
- Tripolitania: Who's in Charge? by Tom Johnson
- Soviet replacement and Reinforcement Display Chart (Fire in the East)
Nuts&Bolts #15/16
- An interview with Frank Chadwick, part III, by Winston Hamilton
- Danish Army in WW II, by Michael Parker
- Torch Errata 2, January 2nd, 1986
- Mare Nostrum: The Southern Front, by Tom Johnson (Marita-Merkur, War in the Desert)
Nuts and Bolts Vol 17, Cover page
Nuts&Bolts #17
- Unofficial: War in the Desert, by Karl Gaarsoe
- Fire in the East and Scorched Earth: Rules Additions, by John Astell
- Case White Revisited
Nuts&Bolts #18
- Unofficial: Fire in the East House Rules by Victor Hauser
- Operation Anton - The Invasion of Vichy France, by Michael K. Parker
- Invasion Creta: The Italians in the Aegean, April-May 1941, by Michael K. Parker
- First Annual Reader Survey
Nuts&Bolts #19/20
- Notes of a Wargame Widow, by Ann Wingert
- AEC, ATEC? O'Heck! by Tom Johnson
- Panzers East: Adding more Panzers to Scorched Earth, by John M. Astell
- Spain and Portugal: A Commentary, by Jim Arnold
- Scorched Earth Demo at Origins, by Marc Mod
- Readers Survey
- Europa Seminar with John Astell at Origins 87 (Part I)
Nuts&Bolts #21/22
- Scorched Earth Demo: SE at Milwaukee Wisconsin
- Europa Seminar with John Astell at Origins 87 (Part II)
- Austrian Army of 1938, by Michael Parker
- Revised PBM Charts, by Gary Stagliano
- The Czech Army of 1938, by Michael Parker