GDW Europa Series - still around?
Julie C. Dietz
Alas, GDW is no more. Europa is still being published in its old format.
I also believe they are now doing WW1 the same way with "Home Before the
Leaves Fall" for the 1914 West Campaign.
Jim Dietz
Jolly Roger Games
www.rr1.net/users/vashnaar/jollyroger
In article <19990103214650...@ng08.aol.com>,
Tasbu <ta...@aol.com> wrote:
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>
>What ever happened to the Europa series - a grand, very ambitious
>series of games designed to recreate the complete WWII theatre on a tactical
>level?
>
>Is it ( GDW - I think they we the guys ) still solvent?
>
>Did they ever complete their dream? And, if so, has anyone actually played the
>entire interlocking campaign?
>
>Finally, the while thing seems proordained to be computerized. Should be a
>massive
>computer game since you can crunch all that data and
> the board size and counters ( surely high in the thousands )
>are somewhat unwieldy to say the least. Any one know of such a massive
>undertaking going on - has GDW any plans on this realm?
>
>thks -
>taz
Kurt Schletter
However, GDW is no longer "alive".
A new company, GRD (Game Research Design), has taken over the Europa games.
Their web page is:
They have issued one new Europa Game (Second Front, allied invasion of
Europe) and have re-issued many games with rules improvements. They are
currently re-working Fire in the East.
They publish a magazine (The Europa Magazine) six times a year.
GRD is also working on two new series - The Great War (World War I) and
Glory (Pacific theater, World War II).
The "whole enchilada", Grand Europa, is still something to happen in the
future - after the re-issuance of the full Europa series with the new
"collectors edition" rules.
Kurt
Tasbu wrote in message <19990103214650...@ng08.aol.com>...
Tasbu
Kevin J. Maroney
>However, GDW is no longer "alive".
>
>A new company, GRD (Game Research Design), has taken over the Europa games.
>Their web page is:
Clarification: This makes it sound like GR/D is a brand-new company
which was established after GDW's demise. It isn't; the _Europa_
system moved to GR/D in 1985, and GDW continued, _Europa_-less, until
1996.
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Kevin J. Maroney | Crossover Technologies | kmar...@crossover.com
Games are my entire waking life.
Don Del Grande
>Tasbu wrote:
>>What ever happened to the Europa series - a grand, very ambitious
>>series of games designed to recreate the complete WWII theatre on a
>tactical level?
I wouldn't call it "tactical level"...
>Europa is _very_ alive!!
>However, GDW is no longer "alive".
>A new company, GRD (Game Research Design), has taken over the Europa games.
>They have issued one new Europa Game (Second Front, allied invasion of
>Europe) and have re-issued many games with rules improvements. They are
>currently re-working Fire in the East.
Did "Spain and Portugal" have a Spanish Civil War scenario? If it didn't,
then "For Whom the Bell Tolls" should be considered a "new game" as well.
I talked to the GR/D reps at Origins; they said the next three Europa
titles will be the Fire In The East remake, Lightning War (a remade
combination of Their Finest Hour and The Fall Of France), and a Scorched
Earth remake. (What does that leave, besides "The Urals"?)
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Don Del Grande, del_g...@netvista.net
Why is it every other game has a new name, but Narvik is still Narvik?
Don Harding
<del_g...@netvista.net> writes
It's just (last month) been published in the Collectors Edition format
as Storm Over Scandinavia.
The Glory and Great War Series (WWII Pacific and WWI Europe) are well
worth a look as well.
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Don Harding
d...@altrd.demon.co.uk