The following is a list of the 100 most-read articles of 1998 in MagWeb (www.magweb.com). Special thanks to Yun Abernathy, VP Operations, for the painstaking file merging, filename compilation, and then conversion of the list. An electronic version of this file is available at http://www.magweb.com/sample/98mw100.htm

Note that some articles received the same number of reads, and thus received the same rating. For example, the two articles rated #15 received the exact same number of reads. The article after these is thus rated as 17th, and so on.

Ranking Magazine Issue Article

1 Courier 73 Infantry Squares in the Napoleonic Wars Section 1
2 Saga 62 Descriptions of Armies for Medieval Warfare Part I
3 After Action Review Bonus Santa Anna Skirmish Rules Warfare in Mexico 1820 - 1870
4 Wargame Design Bonus 1806: Complete Rules (Napoleon Jena-Auerstadt Campaign boardgame)
5 Courier 73 With MacDuff to the Frontier
6 Seven Years War Asso. Journal v10n2 Introduction to Battle of Gross Jagersdorf August 30, 1757
7 Courier 73 Roman Republican Army
8 Battlefields v1n6 Quatre Bras 1815
9 Clash of Empires 3 Italian Gettysburg: Battle of the Volturno, 1-2 October 1860
10 Lone Warrior 112 Maps: Back to the Basics
11 Micromark Army Lists ww2 American Armoured Division: 1944-1945, Europe
12 Battlefields 13 Marathon, 490 BC Analysis
13 Courier 73 Airborne Assault on Eban Emael
14 The Frontline v1n1 Basing Wargame Figures
15 Knights Round Table Bonus Day of Battle
15 Saga 63 Descriptions of Armies for Medieval Warfare Part II
17 Penny Whistle 34 Fighting Assessment Don Featherstone's system for rating armies
18 After Action Review 5 Wargaming One Woman's Perspective
18 Age of Napoleon 24 Battles for Urfahr-Linz 1809
20 Lone Warrior 122 Form Square!
21 Battlefields v1n6 Review: Spearhead WWII miniatures
22 Courier 73 Index of Courier Issues #67-70
23 Battlefields v1n6 Sandershausen 1758
24 Piquet Dispatch v1n2 Thoughts on Umbilicus Urbis
25 MWAN 91 Code Napoleon
26 First Empire 16 Murat's Last Charge: The Battle of Tolentino (May 1815)
27 Dragoman v2n2 Battle of Heliopolis March 20, 1800
27 Taisho v1n1 Battle of Hitodori Bridge 17 November 1585
29 Battle-Wire v2n2 Battle Report 1944
29 Veteran Campaigner bonus Battle of Ghazlani (Gulf War): February 27th, 1991
31 Age of Napoleon 23 Cavalry vs. Infantry Squares Part 1
32 Age of Napoleon 23 Battle of Schwarze Lackenau May 13, 1809
32 Courier 73 Infantry Squares in the Napoleonic Wars Section 2
34 Courier 73 For God Wealth and Honor Dark Ages and Medievel Warfare
35 Napoleon 10 Carabiniers: 1679-1791 Elite French Heavy Cavalry
36 First Empire 39 Wargaming Brigade
37 First Empire 41 On the Campaign Trail
38 Piquet Dispatch v1n1 Initial Impressions
39 MWAN 91 L'Ordre Mixte: A Napoleonic Variant for Fire & Fury
40 Battle-Wire v2n1 Jagdpanther
40 Battle-Wire v2n1 Sarge Says: Harold Coyne talks tactics.
42 Conflict 3 Weserubung The German Invasion of Norway, 1940
42 Courier v1n3 Painting a Wargame Army Part III
44 Age of Empires 13 French Campaigns in Dahomey 1890 Part 1
45 Seven Years War Asso. Journal v10n2 Battle of Kay July 23, 1759
45 Heliograph 105 German Colonial Uniform Guide
47 Gauntlet 10 Terrain Boy Better Looking Tabletops
48 Seven Years War Asso. Journal v10n2 Wargaming Figures and Accessories
48 American Revolution Journal v1n2 Battle of Stono Ferry June 20, 1779
58 MWAN 93 Pinning Down History in Napoleon's Battles
51 Battlefields v1n5 Battle of Cannae 216BC
51 Saga 62 The Seleucid Army A Historical Guide Part 6
53 Battlefields v1n4 Shenandoah Valley Campaign (ACW)
53 The Zouave v11n4 Battle of Belmont 1861
55 Saga 64 Battle of Ashdown 771AD
56 After Action Review 5 Screening Criteria Women in the Wargamer's World
56 Clash of Empires 3 Review: Rank and File 15mm Miniatures
56 Piquet Dispatch v1n2 Card Deck Creation
59 Gauntlet 9 Zen and the Art of Scenario Design
59 MWAN 94 Map Making Ideas
61 First Empire 41 Battle of Wavre 1815
61 Seven Years War Asso. Journal v9n4 Battle of Maxen Nov. 20, 1759
61 Courier 73 Infantry Squares in the Napoleonic Wars Section 3
61 Lone Warrior 121 King Arthur
65 After Action Review 2 Sioux Wars 1 Introduction:
65 Colonial Conquest 1 Battle of Rorke's Drift 1879
65 Gauntlet 9 Otto in an Austrian Lake? Otto von Flaschmann 1915 Austrian Navy
65 Lone Warrior 123 Realistic Wargames with Tanks
69 Age of Empires 13 Battle of Loigny 2 December 1870
69 Dragoman v2n1 So You Want to Buy an Ottoman Army Part IV:
69 Gauntlet 10 This Sunne of York
69 Lone Warrior 121 6mm on the Cheap Matchstick armies
69 Saga 64 The Athenian Trireme and Greek Naval Warfare
74 First Empire 41 Review: Piquet
74 Heliograph 96 Editorial
74 20th C. Journal 27 Foreign Vehicles In German Service WWII adaptations.
77 Dragoman v2n2 Wargaming Heliopolis March 20, 1800
78 Courier v1n1 Painting a Wargame Army Part I
79 After Action Review 2 Chechnya Lessons
79 Lone Warrior 120 More Solo Campaign Rules
79 20th C. Journal 25 Panzerkorps Grossdeutchland Part 2 TO&E 1940 and 1944.
82 First Empire 7 The Russo-German Legion
82 Lone Warrior 122 Commanding Celtic Armies
84 Piquet Dispatch v1n1 Painting Miniatures
84 Piquet Dispatch v1n2 The Spirit of the Rules
86 Age of Napoleon 24 Cavalry vs. Infantry Squares Part 2
86 Micromark Army Lists ww2 American Infantry Division: 1944-1945, Europe
86 Piquet Dispatch v1n2 Piquet Web Site
86 The Rebel Yell 10 Napoleonic Battle for the Village of Turovn
96 Veteran Campaigner bonus Catastrophic Kill: Rules for Tabletop Ghazlani Battle
91 After Action Review 1 Game Review: Descent Historical Boardgame
91 Gauntlet 9 5 Rounds Rapid Personal firepower in the 20th century
91 MWAN 90 Fife & Drum 18th Century
91 MWAN 91 Draft Copy: ACW Game Campaign Rules
91 Napoleon 11 Napoleonic Product Survey
91 PW Review 95dec Let's Kill all the Mathematicians
97 Battlefields v1n4 Busaco 1810
97 PW Review 98jan Two 7 Years War Battles
98 American Revolution Journal v1n1 Battle of Brandywine Accounts
98 Battlefields v1n3 Isneauville Junction, 1940
98 Battlefields v1n3 Marathon, 490 BC Deployment
98 Saga 64 Researching A Maurikian Byzantine Army
98 20th C. Journal 27 Amateurs Study Tactics, Professionals Study Logistics

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