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December 31, 2002-Jan 1, 2003

Happy New Year!

    MagWeb.com wishes you a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year as we look forward to 2003.

December 30, 2002

MagWeb.com Monthly and Year-End Tally

    MagWeb.com ends the month of December with 22 issues or equivalents, 2 book reviews, 8 news items, 1 One-Drous Chapter, and 1 other article.

    Year to Date 2002 total: 293 issues, 82 news items, 75 book reviews, 20 parts of WWII Operation Cartwheel, a downloadable MP3 file, 9-part article on Tank Development, 1 WWII Memoir, 21-part results of the MagWeb.com poll, 3 One-Drous book chapters, 21-part Borodino 2002 Conference Report, and 79 other articles.

    In case you keep "per month averages", that's 24.4 issues, 6.8 news items, 6.3 book reviews, and a heckuva lot of other articles, conference coverage, and other goodies to keep you up to date on the world of military history. All of this is packed into a 40,000-article archive!

December 29, 2002

Price Increase and Renewal Discount as of January 1, 2003

    After six years of holding the line on pricing while continuously building up the archive, MagWeb.com is raising prices on January 1, 2003 for most membership rates. However, renewals will get an automatic 10% discount as long as you keep your membership current. As promised back in 1996, Charter Members retain their original charter rate as long as they maintain their memberships.

December 28, 2002

CounterAttack Back Issue

    CounterAttack no. 2 (May 1988) offers up extensive coverage of Robert E. Lee's invasions of the Union in 1862 and 1863 and the Mediterranean War 1940-1943.

December 27, 2002

News Duo

December 25, 2002

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

    From us here at MagWeb.com we wish all of our members and their families a cheerful holiday season and a happy and healthy new year.

December 23, 2002

Courier Back Issue

    Courier vol. 8 no. 6 (1989) offers up more Horse and Musket information with articles on: Uniforms of the British Army (1754-68), Royal American Regiment of Foot, The Second Battle of Quebec 1760, Battle of Blenheim 1704, Touring the Continent (Napoleonic museums), Military Science on the Game Table, Tactica, Defense of Plessbach WWII scenario, Incident at Broken Knee Creek scenario, Rules for the US-Mexican War 1846-1848, Losing Control in Solo Wargaming, and the usual massive mix of news, product reviews, and more.

December 22, 2002

Strategist x 4

December 21, 2002

Warlore:

    Romulus Hillsborough author of a couple books, contributes an article about the 19th Century samurai Katsu Kaishu, founder of Japan's modern navy, to the MagWeb.com Warlore section.

December 20, 2002

Europa WWII

    Europa 18 (March April 1991) supports the Europa system with articles on: Italian Third "Julia" Alpine Division, Europa Counter Symbols, Tunisian Thunder: Operational Plan for Kasserine Crisis, Europa On Line, Planning the 1941 Invasion of the USSR, Plan Y: Italian Invasion of Yugoslavia 1939, Grand Europa Charts, Rules Court, letters, news, and more.

December 19, 2002

News Trio

December 18, 2002

Saga Back Issue

    Saga Vol. VI No. 3 (July 1992) takes us back 10 years, but the history is as fresh as ever with articles on: Italo-Normans 1041-1088 A.D.; Roman Sites in Germany; Romans, Slavs, and Avars; Military History of Acre; Northeast Woods Indians 600-1050AD; Lusianan Cypriote 1197-1510; Spartacus of Thrace (movie and game); Beginners Guide to Tactics Under WRG 7th; and various news, book reviews, and more.

December 17, 2002

Operations 43

    Operations 43 (Summer 2002) is the magazine from MMP and The Gamers, to offer historical background, scenarios, and news relating to their products. Articles in this issue include: Legion des Volontaires Francais: WWII Vichy French Unit in German service, Napoleonic Organizational Structures, Austrian Columns in Aspern-Essling, Subunits in Wargames, OCS Sicily As A History Lesson, Battle of Belgium: A Drive on Paris Scenario, Sicily Invasion Plans, HomerCon 2001 report, news, errata, and more.

December 16, 2002

U-Boat Straggler

    KTB 142 (Sep-Oct 1999) brings submarine history to the fore with articles on: Oblt. Otto Giese, Capture of the U-570, WWII German Radio Network Operations in South America, U-Boat and Submarine Factoids, IJN Submarine Tenders - Jingei Class, Finnish Submarine, U-Boats of World War I, USS Nautilus (SS 168) Profile and History, U-168 Profile and History, German Phonic Alphabet (Buchstabiertafel) for Inland, 1999 Patrol in Germany: U-Boat Tour Report, Fritz Frauenheim, and lots of Sharkhunter news, bulletins, and much more.

December 14, 2002

Art of War 31

    Art of War 31 (Autumn 2002) reappears after a two-year hiatus. Inside are articles on The Waterloo Medal, Treason and Rumors Thereof in L'Armee Du Nord, 1777 The Year of the Hangman, War Without Mercy 1942 Scenario, Pancho Villa Dead or Alive! Scenarios, Chariot Lords Scenarios, Napoleon at Leipzig With Aide De Camp II: Replay and Improvements, Real Weapons...At Last (news), and other Clash of Arms information.

December 13, 2002

After Action Review

    After Action Review (November 2002) reappears after a few month hiatus with article son Panzeris back in US, Origins 2003 info, Borodino 2002 recap, and GM Awards at Fall In 2002.

December 12, 2002

German Secret Weapons of WWII

December 11, 2002

Sharkhunters WWII Submarine History

    KTB 164 (Nov-Dec 2002) and KTB 163 (July-August 2002) tackle the world of U-boats and other submarines with articles on: U-189, U-190, U-191, and U-192 profiles and histories; WWII Italian Navy; US Senate Hearings on Gas/Oil Companies; Spy for Germany (Chapters 12 (I) and (II)); interview with Kapitän zur See (a.D.) Kurt Diggins and Vize Admiral Horst von Schroeter; profile of Admiral Ernest J. King; Memories of the U-Boat War; WWII Italian Navy; Dr. Walter, U-358, and French Workers; Ritterkreuztrager: Knights Cross Medals; US Blimps vs. German Subs; German Freighter Antilla; Captain Siegfried Koitschka; USS Sturgeon (SS 187) and USS Sargo (SS 188); WWII Germany and Soviet Union Cooperate; Engines for US Submarines; lots of Sharkhunter news, bulletins, and much more.

December 10, 2002

Command Post Newsletter Back Issue

    Command Post Newsletter 6 (Fall 1991) supplements the Command Decision Rules with lots of OOB information. Note that the OOBs are slugged to one OOB infantry = 1 platoon and 1 OOB vehicle = 5 vehicles. Articles on: French Army 1939-1940, German Alpine Corps 1915-1918, The Siberian Rifle Division 1941, United States 90mm AA Battalions 1943-1945, Introduction to Bathtub Europa: Reduced Armies for Game Play, WWI, WWII, and Modern Miniature Figures, and more.

December 9, 2002

The Messenger Current Issue

    The Messenger (November 2002) from HMGS/PSW offers a pictorial tour of Aberdeen Proving Grounds' tank destroyers/self-propelled guns, Iraqi Incursion Scenario, Napoleonic 12 Pounder Cannnon, The Great Debate: Recruiting New Blood, chapter business, and more.

December 8, 2002

Cry Havoc Current Issue

    Cry Havoc 40 (November 2002) is the military history special interest publication of MENSA. Articles include: The Lure and Lore of Model Ships, G.I. Joe Has Returned (Collectible), Typhoon Cobra, and several reviews.

December 7, 2002

MicroMark Modern Army Lists and TO&Es

December 6, 2002

News Trio

December 5, 2002

Welcome 106th Magazine! Junior General Report

    Junior General Report 1 (December 2002) is the 106th publication to appear on MagWeb.com, and is geared to schoolteachers wishing to use historical miniatures simulations in the classroom. Written by the always creative Matt Fritz, a schoolteacher and advisor to an after-school history club, you'll find not only advice on introducing military history in the classroom, but also quick, easy, and fast play rule sets to use with students.

    The debut issue, available exclusively on MagWeb.com, offers articles on: Historical Miniatures in the Classroom, Simulations 101: Basics for Beginners, and How to Keep Paint on Plastic Figures. Fast play rules (with historical background) for: Battle of Isandlwana (1879 AD), Battle of Hastings (1066 AD), Battle of Hattin (1187 AD), Battle of Agincourt (1415 AD), Battle of Liegnitz (1241 AD), and Medieval Castle Siege. Also, the whimsical Fiendish Plot of Fu Manchu, "steampunk" Le Grande Cirque des Pyramides, and Mon Petite Chou (The Four Musketeers) are also within. Plenty of photographs accompany the articles.

    Junior General Report joins the growing list of small, laser-targeted newsletters covering aspects of military history and related topics. Written by experts, these appear alongside the other magazines within MagWeb.com and offer members superb insight in a specific topic or area. Welcome, Matt Fritz!

December 4, 2002

MicroMark WWII Army Lists and TO&Es

December 3, 2002

HMGS Mid-South Dispatch

    HMGS Mid-South Dispatch (November 2002) is the directory issue for its members. MagWeb.com does not include the membership lists, so it is a thin issue otherwise, but it includes contact information for the entire southeastern US.

December 2, 2002

MicroMark Napoleonic Army Lists and TO&Es

December 1, 2002

ECW Book Review

November 30, 2002

2003 Pricing Change

    After six years of maintaining the same annual $59.95 rate and swallowing our own increased costs, and with feedback from the poll, MagWeb.com is raising its rates starting Jan. 1, 2003. The new rates are:

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    You'll notice that the 1 week and 1 month rate remain basically unchanged (OK, we raised them a nickel), but that the 3 and 6 months rates were raised $5 and $10. With close to 40,000 articles from 105 magazines in the archive and posting 24-25 issues per month plus bonus items, we believe MagWeb.com offers incredible value, but we've said that all along.

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    For our Charter Members, your rate remains the same. When you signed up in 1996, we made a promise that no matter what our rates did, you'd keep the same low 1996 "charter" rate as long as you continued your membership. We keep our promises at MagWeb.com.

    For everyone else, when you renew your membership, you get a 10% discount off the new rates. So, if your annual membership expires in 2003, you'll pay $75 - 10% (that's $7.50) = $67.50 for the year. And if you're one of those folks who takes out shorter memberships (we have a few even though we point out the savings for buying a 1-year membership), we'll give you a 10% discount for renewing, too.

    You have to renew before your membership expires to get the discount, although we will make an exception if you are active military sent to a warzone like Afghanistan or Iraq (it's happened before). It's an incentive for you to keep renewing. New members pay the full price (hint...join MagWeb.com before Dec 31, 2002 for the current $59.95 per year rate, because our computer programming clicks over the new pricing at midnight).

    The discount is our way of keeping one eye on our bottom line so we can keep operating while keeping the other eye on our loyal members who deserve our thanks for their support.

      --Russ Lockwood, CEO

November 30, 2002

Monthly MagWeb.com Roundup

    MagWeb.com ends the month of November with 21 issues, 9-part article on Tank Development, a Warlore article on Sakamoto Ryoma, 21 book reviews, 1 figure review, 4 news items, and the 21-part results of the MagWeb.com poll. MagWeb.com also attended the Fall-In show, revamped its print advertising, and saw its CEO Russ Lockwood catch a break in his left hand.

    Year to Date 2002 total: 271 issues, 74 news items, 73 book reviews, 20 parts of WWII Operation Cartwheel, a downloadable MP3 file, 9-part article on Tank Development, 1 WWII Memoir, 21-part results of the MagWeb.com poll, 2 One-Drous book chapters, 21-part Borodino 2002 Conference Report, and 78 other articles.

November 28-29, 2002

Happy Thanksgiving

    MagWeb.com wishes you a pleasant Thanksgiving holiday.

November 27, 2002

Frontline for 20th-21st Centuries

    Frontline Vol. 3 no. 1 (2002) comes in with the current issued filled with articles, including: Afghanistan 2002: US and British Uniforms and Equipment, Chinook Down Afghanistan, Italian Paratroopers on the Eastern Front, Pillbox Information Source, British Armour 1940, SDKFZ 234 Puma, Bocage, French Aircraft in WWII: Collecting 20mm Models, 30 Years War Flags, East German 1980s Strategy, Painting SS Camoflage Pattern, Italian Bersaglieri Regiment 1918, and lots of WWII, Cold War, and Modern wargaming. Plus, web sites, reviewws, and more.

November 26, 2002

Wallyrama

    PW Review (March, April, and June 1987), now gone, still comes back to haunt us with the sharpened wit of Wally Simon. Articles cover a variety of wargame systems and wargame ideas, including the initial testings of Fire and Fury, a Paddy Griffith game on Arms Dealers, Trireme, 7 Years War, Play By Mail Renaissance Game, American Civil War, Medieval, and more.

November 25, 2002

Napoleonic Fever

    First Empire 67 (November - December 2002) begins its next 10 years of publishing with an issue containing articles on: Battle of Stockach: 25 March 1799, Action at Borkowo: 24 December 1806, Napoleon's Cavalry Commanders, A Belle Alliance: The Battle About Books About the Battle, Another Bitter Feud: The Relationship Between Lannes and Bessieres, Recreating History on the Tabletop, Napoleonic News Desk, and more.

November 24, 2002

Solo Fervor

    Lone Warrior 140 (October - December 2002) tackles the solo life with articles on health, kites in warfare, Scouting and Grand Tactical Manoeuvre for C17th Campaigns, WWII Burma, Spanish Fury: Battle or Pistolado! (rules), Retinue (ancient/medieval rules), Decimo campaign rules part 2, Warhammer ECW Rules reviewed, Science Fiction Steamships, Military Axioms: Humor, letters, reviews, and much more.

November 23, 2002

Muskrat L

November 22, 2002

MWAN Back Issues

    MWAN 118 (July - August 2002) and 119 (September - October 2002) catch us up on Hal Thinglum's doings, not to mention almost 400 pages of MWAN. Articles include: TO&E for 1812 Americans and Canadians, American Civil War Music, Napoleon Bonaparte: The Black Powder Hitler?, Suvorov's Italian and Swiss Campaigns 1799 (Uniform guide), and Wargame rules for Seven Years War, Horse and Musket, American Revolution, Boxer Rebellion, Banana Wars 1901-1934, Greek War of Independence, and WWII. Also, scenarios for Boxer Rebellion, WWII Rear Area Raid Winter 1942, Siege of Athens 1820, Assault on the Gifu! December 1942 - January 22, 1943 (Guadacanal), 1809 Napoleonic Campaign, and ECW Campaign. Lots and lots of product reviews and news, Host of Islam army list, Biblical army list, Internet Information, Packing Figures for Shipment Suggestions, Wargaming Clubs of the World, Larry Leadhead interview with artists, Wargame design philosophies, terrain ideas, Simple Bomber and Fighter Stands, Fielding a Prussian Army for the Waterloo Campaign, and much, much, more.

November 21, 2002

MagWeb.com Catches a Break?

    Russ Lockwood caught a break last week, a finger bone break that is, and got to sample the wonderful world of medical paperwork. While playing basketball, the little pinky got caught in a crush. It was less a snap than a subdued pop, some pain, and that pit of the stomach realization that this was no ordinary jammed finger. The lucky part was that it was a clean break, so no surgery was needed. The sad part is that for the next three weeks, the hand's in a half cast with time off for good behaviour when showering. Then, another X-ray and we go from there. For the fashion conscious among you, this season's colors are black, blue, and a deep purple with yellow tinting.

November 20, 2002

PW Review Back Issue

    PW Review (January 2002) follows the sharp-eyed, and equally sharp-tongued, Wally as he continues his quest for truth, justice, and anatomically-correct rules writing. Articles cover a wide range of commercially-available rule sets, home grown ideas, and internet-available fan sets, all covering a wide range of historical periods.

November 19, 2002

Courier Back Issue

    Courier vol. 8 no. 5 (1989) offers up extensive Horse and Musket information with articles on: Action at La Belle Famille and Pontiac's Rebellion. Other articles include: Command Decision's Barbarossa 25: WWII Campaign Notes, Control Rules for Skirmish Wargames, The Sword and the Name (lists), New Approach to Ancient Wargaming, Lykian Infantryman Conversion, Confessions of an Ancients Wargamer, and the usual massive mix of news, product reviews, and more.

November 18, 2002

Norman Foot Figures

November 17, 2002

Book Reviews x21

November 16, 2002

MagWeb.com 2002 Poll Results

November 15, 2002

Medieval and Ancient History

    Saga 88 (September-October 2002) offers a split between medieval and ancient military history with articles on: The Rise and Decline of the Medieval Anglo-Irish Colony: 1169-1400, Battle of Lewes 1264, German Tribes, Mything Links: Ancient Sources and Reality, Ancient Warfare and Medieval Warfare Rules comparisons and amendments, The Roman-Judaeo War 66-74AD (review), Crusader Miniatures 28mm Norman Foot (review), Redoubt 28mm English Civil War Figures (review), Skraelings: 7-12th centuries, and more.

November 14, 2002

OSG News

    OSG News (November 2002) catches us up on OSG's Napoleonic efforts, including Sun of Austerlitz and 1813 Quad. Also, a tantalizing map about Spanish roads.

November 13, 2002

Pakistan At War

    Pakistan At War 4: (October 2002) brings another historical event, this time of the bravery of Rashid Minhas (Nishan e-Haider) of the Pakistan Air Force on that fateful day in 1971.

November 12, 2002

Time Portal Passages Fall 2002

    Time Portal Passages Fall 2002 yields another treasure trove of pure research. Topics this issue are: Military History of Burma 200-1600AD including Ethnic Groups and City-States, Chronology of Military Conflicts, Military Tactics and Organization, Dynasties, Burmese-Siam Wars 1412-1599, and more; and another chapter in Our Place in the Sun about the American Indians: this time, the Native Nations of the Texas-Southern Plains Region 1600s-1800s.

November 11, 2002

Veteran's Day

    Remember all veterans this day.

November 11, 2002

Warlore: Sakamoto Ryoma

    Romulus Hillsborough author of a couple books, contributes an article about the 19th Century samurai Sakamoto Ryoma, to the MagWeb.com Warlore section.

November 10, 2002

News Quartet

November 8-9, 2002

Fall-In Convention

    MagWeb.com will be attending HMGS Fall-In (Lancaster Host Conference Center, Rte 30, just east of Lancaster PA) on Nov. 8-9. Please stop by our booth in the dealer area and say hello.

November 7, 2002

Courier 85

    Courier 85 (2002) is now posted on MagWeb.com. This mixture of war and wargaming includes articles on: Imperial Russian Navy: 1792-1815, Snippets from History, Civil Disorder Wargame: Rules for Civil Disturbance, Treatment of Wounded on the Wargame Battlefield, Infantry and Armor for 28mm WW II Combat: Part I - Infantry, Vietnam Conversions for Battleground Rules, Marching into Zululand: Wargaming Campaign Structure, Guerrilla Warfare and the Wargamer, Variable Length Bound Napoleonic Rules Design, lots of product reviews, new releases, and more.

November 6, 2002

Wargamer's Newsletter Trio

    Wargamer's Newsletter 95 (February 1970), 141 (December 1973) and 143 (February 1974) takes us back 30 years to see what was hot and not in military history and wargaming. Articles include: Vietnam 1969 memoir, Napoleon's War Maxims, French Military Information 1900-05: Marching and Visibility, Austrian Grenadier Regiments 1807, Marshal Saxe Military Theories, Julien's Speech 357AD, Renaissance Turkish Infantry, Aid to Map Campaigning, New Look at Morale and Casualties, U.S.Army History and General S.I.A. Marshall, French Revolutionary War, Bibliographies for Wargamers, T.V. and the Crimean War, What Makes a Wargamer Tick?, Triangle Campaign System, Flexible Napoleonic Artillery Effect, New ACW Musketry Firing Method, Map Moving, book reviews, and much more. The earliest Wargamer's Newsletter yet on MagWeb.com. Special thanks to Pat Condray for allowing MagWeb.com to borrow the issues.

November 5, 2002

NHMGS Citadel

    NHMGS Citadel (Fall 2002) bring us up to date on the organization's events. Also, 15mm city ruin terrain tips, Scots-English tabletop battle 1307, Dragonflight 2002 and Museum of Flight reviews, Larry Leadhead Cartoons, On-going events, The Double-Blind Bind, and more.

November 4, 2002

HMGS Mid-South Dispatch

    HMGS Mid-South Dispatch (October 2002) bring us up to date on the organization's events. Also, lessons from a sergeant in Afghanistan, brass monkeys, statistical analysis in Wargame Design, short history of HMGS, humor, and more.

November 1, 2002

Tank Development

October 31, 2002

Happy Halloween: Monthly MagWeb.com Roundup

    MagWeb.com ends the month of October with 28 issues, 2 book reviews, 21-part Borodino 2002 Conference Report, and 3 news items. MagWeb.com also attended two shows and visited Wally's Basement II.

    Year to Date 2002 total: 250 issues, 70 news items, 52 book reviews, 20 parts of WWII Operation Cartwheel, a downloadable MP3 file, 1 WWII Memoir, 2 One-Drous book chapters, 21-part Borodino 2002 Conference Report, and 76 other articles.

October 25, 2002

Cry Havoc: Current Issue

    Cry Havoc 39 (August 2002) offers up a pair of comprehensive articles: Halsey's Typhoons: A look at the three typhoons that hit the fleets under Adm. Halsey's command during WWII, and Will the Real Vasco de Gama Please Stand Up: an examination of his first voyage to India. Also included in the issue is: New Call for Fire Procedure for the Army of One (humor), member news, and more.

October 23, 2002

Pair of BattleTechnology

    BattleTechnology 6 and 7 (September and December 1988) takes us into the far future with more sci-fi tales built around the BattleTech universe. A pair of back issues offer up stats on weapons, scenarios, character bios, and more. The key theme running through both is the outbreak of war.

October 21, 2002

Pair of Book Reviews

October 19, 2002

At Crusades Convention

    MagWeb.com will be at the 11th annual Crusades convention at the Ramada Inn in Stratford, CT (Exit 30 off I-95 at 225 Lordship Blvd, New Haven, CT 203-375-8866). If you are in the area, stop by the booth.

October 18, 2002

20th Century Naval Weapons and Warfare

    Naval SITREP 22 (April 2002) covers 20th Century naval warfare, predominently modern, but with some WWI and WWII as well. Articles include: Kursk: Russian Sub Salvage, U.S. Navy Changes the Rules: Cooperative Engagement Capability, US Navy DD(X) Stealth Destroyer Design, Joint Strike Fighter Selected: JSF/F-35, Thermobaric Warheads, "Afghani Tornado," Soviet Aircraft Carrier Varyag to China, Alerts: Military News 2002, Battle of Valparaiso: February 17, 1916 Scenario, 21st UJ-Flotille: German WW II ASW Operations in the Mediterranean, WWII Battle of Cape Spada, book reviews, product news, Harpoon stats for British Mosquito (all variants), various jets, and ships, and more.

October 17, 2002

Pair of BattleTechnology

October 15, 2002

Borodino 2002 Napoleonic Conference Report

    MagWeb.com co-sponsored the Speaker's Seminars at the Napoleonic Conference. Here, in 21-part glory, is a recap of the entire Conference from Russ Lockwood, including lectures and complete with 46 photos!

October 14, 2002

ECW: King or Parliament

    King or Parliament 3 (August 2002) offers up information about the English Civil War with articles on: Battles of Marston Moor, Cropedy Bridge, Naseby, and Edgehill; bios of Ireland: The Marquis of Ormonde, Robert Devereux (The Great Cuckold), and Black Tom: Head of the Roundheads; Hidden Personality: Charles I the Real King; and the results of the KorP Interactive Poll regarding the beheading of Charles I...and a new poll regarding Cromwell.

October 11, 2002

Featherstone's Wargamer's Newsletter x 3

    Wargamer's Newsletter 162 (September 1975), 163 (October 1975) and 165 (December 1975) takes us back over a quarter century into the history of wargaming. What was hot -- and not -- back in 1975. Articles include: Irish Regiments of 18th Century Spain, British Anti-Terrorist Exercise 1975, Toronto Museums and Forts, Grenadiers at the Coronation of James II, Mekong Delta Campaigning, Napoleon's War Maxims, British Royal Marines Museum, Battle of Kalach Bridge: 22 November 1942, Thoughts on the Roman Army, Poitiers Military Venues, D-Day Commando Game, Assessing the Effects of Musketry, plus several columns devoted to new products, magazines, and books. Special thanks goes out to Terry Gore, editor of Saga and owner of Saga Publishing, for allowing MagWeb.com to borrow these priceless issues.

October 10, 2002

HMGS Mid-South Dispatch

    HMGS Mid-South Dispatch (September 2002) bring us up to date on the organization's events. Also, medical updates on on Pat Condray and Don Featherstone, a look at the Vietnam generation, Tet Offensive story about NVA Col. Bui Tin, tabletop battle reports, upcoming conventions, and more.

October 9, 2002

PW Review Six Pack

October 8, 2002

Pair of Heralds

October 7, 2002

Xtra craP: Back to Normal

    MagWeb.com , which suffered a hard drive crash on the production PC, is now back to "normal" operation with a new PC system and upgraded software. The move to Windows XP ("Xtra craP") is done, albeit Xtremely Painful. Microsoft should prohibited, by law and various agents drawn from third-world dictatorships, from releasing any more Windows versions, with any more "features" or interface changes, until every piece of software from every company is completely bug-free. I already have Word bugs upon power-up and several "seen once but who knows what happened" system conflicts.

    And it has taken days to track down check boxes and other toggles to turn off screen flotsam and jetsam. If Gates ever had to use his own software to do anything else other than turn out more Xtra craPpy software, he'd have fired his entire programming team and replaced them with the proverbial 1,000 chimpanzees banging away on typewriters.

    And to spread some additional fertilizer words, the Caere programmers owe me 1/2 a day. I just upgraded to Caere OmniPage 12 to painfully discover that the third-rate programming morons change the "Save As" function on the fly from "save all pages" of a scanned issue to "save current page." You guessed it. I lost an entire issue except for the last page. Not only did it take time to re-scan, but also to figure out why/how. I've been able to duplicate the situation, and so avoid a repeat. I also heap scorn, abuse, and a multitude of curse words upon the stupid bastard(s) who implemented this "feature."

    The original production PC has been retrofitted with a new hard drive and will serve in a back-up capacity. The back-up production PC, still running under Windows 95 by the way, continues to run.

October 5, 2002

Barrage VII Convention

    MagWeb.com will be at the HAWKS' Barrage VII convention just north of Baltimore, MD at the Perry Hall Community Hall on Gerst Road. Directions: Exit 67 off I-95, east on MD Hwy 43 (White Marsh Rd), north on MD Hwy 7, west on Joppa Road (back over I-95), and right onto Gerst Road.

October 4, 2002

Visiting Wally's Basement

    MagWeb.com is visiting Wally Simon and his fabulous basement...well, actually, it's his fabulous basement II.

October 3, 2002

Saga: Medieval History

    Saga 87 (July-August 2002) focuses on medieval military history for this issue with articles on: Campaign of Bouvines Part 2: The 'War' of Bouvines (1202-1214), Rise and Decline of the Medieval Anglo-Irish Colony: 1169-1400, Campaign for England: Wargaming 1066, and plenty of Medieval Warfare Rules questions and answers. Plus, a look at Death of Achilles ancients game at Historicon, a Historica 2002 Convention Report, and more.

October 2, 2002

Strategist x 8

October 1, 2002

News Items Trio

September 30, 2002

MagWeb.com Monthly and Yearly Recap

    MagWeb.com ends the month of September with 20 issues or equivalents and 13 book reviews. Plus, we co-sponsored the Borodino 2002 Napoleonic Conference, did a few local interviews about the show, and attended the Napoleonic Society of America's Annual Conference as a dealer. On a sad note, we suffered a hard drive meltdown (since fixed) on our main production machine. On a happier note, we took an extended business trip to many historical sites in Virginia. Stay tuned for additions to our travel section.

    Year to Date 2002 total: 222 issues, 67 news items, 50 book reviews, 20 parts of WWII Operation Cartwheel, a downloadable MP3 file, 1 WWII Memoir, 2 One-Drous book chapters, and 76 other articles.

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