What and Why
MASTER EUROPA
The
largest war in history is the subject of the largest and most comprehensive wargame project undertaken: All of World War II in Europe, North Africa, and
the Near East at divisional level with semi-monthly turns and a scale of 16
miles per hex. Using a common game system and interlocking maps, each game
is playable separately or as a link in the full
Europa™
series of games. This award winning series of games has been played since
the 1973 release of "Drang Nach Osten" (now Fire in the East). Since then,
an expanding array of games and modules have been published, covering
Europe, North Africa, an d the Near East. From the Soviet Union's Ural
Mountains to the Rock of Gibraltar in Spain. From the Norwegion Arctic to
the Suez Canal. Europa™
puts YOU in command of the
armies, navies, and air forces that fought the battles of World War II!
What is
MASTER
EUROPA?
MASTER
EUROPA is a set of modules that provide a
complete replacement of the rules and charts that come with the
Europa™ series of
games. You MUST have the
Europa™
series in order to make use of these modules. Each module is linked to a
specified Europa™
game produced by GRD Games. Several of the modules do not have a
corresponding game (perhaps in the future they will) but are designed to
allow the player to incorporate added action into scenarios, and combine the
games into larger campaigns if desired.
Why
MASTER
EUROPA?
I began the
design work seeking to find more realistic rules (Messing with the system -
MWTS) that would maintain the ease of play in the system. As I researched
and began looking deeper to determine where things were "not quite right"
(in my view) the project just grew. My great good fortune to have operated
the Europa™
Demo Team (Task Force Johnson, then TF GRD) for quite a few years allowed me
the opportunity to discuss the system with literally hundreds of players,
from all over the world. The areas most often mentioned that 'needed'
something, and the hundreds of ideas that were proposed allowed me to try to
guide the project along what was the most "common agreement" areas of
change. However, as things moved along, the need to change things became
wider and wider to avoid conflicts with the carefully researched answers I
was developing. I finally decided that it would be better to place the some
total of the research and design work into a complete alternative rules
package. The allows the rules to flow and ensures there are no hidden faults
caused by the two systems (Rules As Written (RAW) & Master). In the final
analysis then, you the player make the choices and the decisions as to how
you play the game. I offer you this system as a tested, and thourough design
answer for your consideration and enjoyment
Thanks, and good gaming! |