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For almost three decades, one series of games has been dedicated to a detailed study of the Second World War in the European and Mediterranean Theaters of Operations. This award-winning series, called Europa, covers this great struggle from the civil war in Spain to the final victory of the United Nations. The game series was introduced with the release of Drang Nach Osten, designed and produced by Frank Chadwick and Rich Banner. They formed a company called Game Designers' Workshop. From that first design in 1974 came the games that covered the rest of the European, Mediterranean, and African theaters. Drang Nach Osten was immediately accepted by military history enthusiasts and gamers. Each subsequent title built on that acceptance and created a cadre of people who play and participate in the series to this day. In 1985 a company was formed to support this game series. John Astell, the principle designer of the series, and Winston Hamilton, a developer and designer of WWII games, formed Game Research/Design, a company committed to the enhancement of Europa. They produced a set of accessories dedicated to the games. They also began a newsletter that became the magazine, Europa. In 1989 GDW transferred the copyrights and trademark of Europa to GR/D. Since then the company has brought out the Collector's Edition series of Europa games, and begun two new series based on the Europa system: Glory: Pacific Theater 1937-45â„¢ and The Great War: World War I On All Frontsâ„¢. Upon Winston Hamilton's death in March, 2001, GR/D was purchased and became a part of Mill Creek Ventures, Inc. as GRD Games. In June 2004, GRD Games' assets and specific obligations were offered to Historical Military Services. HMS had worked with GRD Games for a number of years and brings additional resources to continue the series and commitment to Grand Europa.

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#1 "Red Desert"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Newsletter (GRD)

#1-4 "Second Front, Scorched Earth" (Reprint of Issues #1-4)

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

#2 "Turkish Entry into the Russian Campaign"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Newsletter (GRD)

#3 "Facts Behind Counters, Scorched Earth Without the North"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Newsletter (GRD)

#5 "Home Front, Scorched Earth"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

#5 "Home Front, Scorched Earth" (Special Edition Reprint)

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

#5 "Scorched Earth Errata, German Security Units on the Eastern Front"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine - Official Photocopied Reprints

#6 "Guns of June, Die Luftwaffe, Russian Reserves"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine - Official Photocopied Reprints

#6 "Hitler Coils for War, Guns of June"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

#7 "Russian Tactical Doctrine, The Kalmuck Cavalry Corps"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.00

#7 "The Kalmuck Cavalry Troops, Rails Through the Russias"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine - Official Photocopied Reprints

#8 "The Italian 1st - Superga"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.00

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#9 "War Plans and the 1941 Kremlin Wargame, The Spanish Civil War"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.00

#10 "Soviet Guards Part 1, Facts Behind the Counters"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.00

#10 "Soviet Guards Part 1, Facts Behind the Counters"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine - Official Photocopied Reprints

MSRP $6.00

#11 "The 2nd Australian Imperial Force, The Yugoslav Royal Air Force"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.00

#12 "Soviet Guards Part 2, Spanish Army at the End of the Monarchy"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine - Official Photocopied Reprints

MSRP $6.00

#12 "Soviet Guards Part 2, Spanish Army at the End of the Monarchy"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.00

#13 "Europa Battle Scenario #1 - Kasserine Crisis"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.00

#14 "Urals, War in the Desert Optional Rules"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.00

#15 "Europa Battle Scenario #2 - Enter Rommel"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.00

#16 "Narvik, Western Desert"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.00

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#17 "Europa Naval Module - Supermarina"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

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#18 "Plan Y - Italy Invades Yugoslavia"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.50

#19 "Poland - First to Fight"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

#20 "Supermarina II, Czech '38"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

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#21 "Leningrad - 1941"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.50

#22 "Boot Camp Rules, Second Front Air-Combat System"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.50

#23 "Operation Gorza - Stalin Strikes First"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

#24 "The Great Western War"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

#25 "Defense in Depth - First to Fight Scenario"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $4.50

#27 "Fortress Holland, Revolt in Iraq"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

#28 "El Alamein - Europa Demonstration Battle #1"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $5.00

#29 "Operation Saar - The French Strike First!"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

#30 "Operation - Weserubung - Storm Over Norway"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $5.00

#31 "Operation Crusader Scenario, A Winter War Designer Notes"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine - Official Photocopied Reprints

MSRP $6.00

#31 "Operation Crusader, A Winter War"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $5.00

#32 "The Battle for Kiev 1943 - Scenario & Designer Notes"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine - Official Photocopied Reprints

MSRP $6.00

#32 "The Battle for Kiev, 1943"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $5.00

#33 "Invasion of Syria - Operation Exporter June-July 1941"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $6.00

#33 "The Invasion of Syria Scenario, 1st British Armored Division"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine - Official Photocopied Reprints

MSRP $6.00

#34 "Lunge to Stalingrad Scenario, German Railroad Artillery"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine - Official Photocopied Reprints

MSRP $6.00

#34 "Lunge to Stalingrad"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $6.00

#35 "Sudden Storm, More Italian First Divisions"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

#36 "Desert Cauldron, Groza II"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $6.00

#37 "Cunningham's Pond & Kasserine Crisis II Scenarios"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine - Official Photocopied Reprints

MSRP $6.00

#37 "Kasserine Crisis II, Cunningham's Pond"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $6.00

#38/39 "AWW Advanced Naval Rules, Second Front Designer Notes, Europa Magazine Index"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine - Official Photocopied Reprints

#38/39 "Second Front, Europa Index for Issues #1-39"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $12.00

#40 "Airdrop on Crete, Balkan Front"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $6.00

#41 "Arctic Thunderbolt"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $7.00

#42 "For Whom The Bell Tolls Countersheet Pullout, American Air Unit Ratings"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $7.00

#45 "Liberation, The Battle for Rome"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $7.00

#46 "The War In Finland, Siege of Belgrade, New Toys for the winter Worderland"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine - Official Photocopied Reprints

MSRP $6.00

#47 "Europa at Sea, For Whom the Bell Tolls Errata Sheet"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $7.00

#48 "Operation Husky Scenario, Second Front Errata Supplement"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $7.00

#49 "War At Sea, Their Finest Hour, Adding Soviet Destroyers to Fire in the East"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $7.00

#50 "War in the Air, Raid on Ploesti, Operation Tidal Wave"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $7.00

#51 "The Battle for Kiev 1943 Scenario, An Attritional CRT, The Ju 87D & 87G"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $7.00

#52 "The Long Left Flank Scenario, Operation Jubilee, The Hawker Typhoon & Tempest"

By: Game Research Design (GRD)

Product Line: Europa Magazine

MSRP $7.00