Europa: Nuts & Bolts

Magazine Summaries

by Rick Gayler


Europa: Nuts & Bolts was an Europa fanzine published from 1983 through 1987 by Gary Stagliano. The following catalogs the contents of the available back issues of Europa Nuts & Bolts which can be obtained from GRD:

Issue #2 (8 pages): Showcased Marita-Merkur with articles on the Regia Aeronautica and a strategic planning variant.

Issue #3 (8 pages): Featured an order of battle for the British in the Middle East, player information on Fire in the East and part one of the 1983 ORIGINS seminar with John Astell.

Issue #4 (8 pages): Featured the conclusion of the 1983 ORIGINS seminar with John Astell, plus three articles on Marita-Merkur and a report on the Fire in the East playtest.

Issue #6 (8 pages): Was a condensed version of the older double issue #6f7 (there is now no issue #7). Featured was a twodice Bombing Table, historical deployment for Marita- Merkur from Michael Parker, Europa Mini-map 2A and unofficial rules for Western Desert.

Issue #9 (8 pages): Included the long-awaited "Case for Case White," a players' aid for Narvik and an off-map rail capacity chart for Fire in the East.

Issue #10/11 (16 pages): Featured a Vichy French order of battle by John Astell, an article on the Bulgarian Army, Europa diaries for Case White, Western Desert and the Near East, operations orders as applied to Europa, MeritaMerkur errata and Tricks and Treats for Fire in the East.

Issue #12 (10 pages): Featured "Victory in Russia," "Tripolitania: Who's Where," "Fire in the East. Comments and Questions," more Tricks and Treats, and part one of Winston Hamilton's interview of Frank Chadwick.

Issue #13/14 (20 pages): Continued with part two of an interview with Frank Chadwick. Two scenarios were featured: "Fall Rot" for Fall of France and "Fall Merkur Revisited" for Marita-Merkur. A variant rule for the release of the Italian Tripolitania garrison in Western Desert was presented along with several Fire in the East rules updates. Three player aids rounded out the issue.

Issue #15/16 (16 pages): Concluded the interview of Frank Chadwick. "The Danish Army in WWII" by Michael Parker, Torch errata ' and rules to link War in the Desert with Marita-Merkur from Tom Johnson complete the issue.

Issue #17 (10 pages): Featured "Case White Revisited" by Stuart Lee, reader feedback, UK Home Antiaircraft, and more Scorched Earth material.

Issue #18 (10 pages): Contained Victor Hauser's house rules for Fire in the East, and "Invasione Creta" and "Operation Anton," two Europa scenarios by Michael Parker.

Issue #19/20 (20 pages): Featured part one of the ORIGINS 1987 Europa Seminar with John Astell, comments on the convention Scorched Earth demo-game, "Spain and Portugal. a Commentary," "AEC, ATEC, O'Heck!", "Notes of a Wargamer's Widow," "Panzers East" and the results of a reader survey.

Issue #21/22 (20 pages): Contained "The Czech Army of 1938," a scenario from Michael Parker along with addition OB information from Mr. Parker on the Austrian Army of 1938. Also featured was part two of the Europa seminar, and revised PBM charts.


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