New Items Uploaded
in October, November, and December 1999

MagWeb.com Passes 15,000 Article Mark!

On December 15, 1999, MagWeb.com contained 15,075 articles (.htm files in web parlance) and 12,624 images (.jpg files). The CEO is very pleased at the progress of hitting that year-long goal and building the archive. If we add another 125 articles by the end of the year, we'll have posted an average 100 articles a week! We'll have a year-end recap, and now all the MagWeb.com elves are clamouring for the week off before New Year's Day.

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January 1, 2000

Happy New Year

    We'd like to thank all of you who have supported MagWeb.com in the last century, and look forward to serving up more magazines, more issues, and more articles in the next! In the meantime, enjoy a virtual holiday card...

MagWeb.com Numbers for December (and Year to Date)

    Note: 24 issues uploaded in December, plus 5 news items and 1 game review.

    1999 Year to date:

      267 issues posted (average 22.25 issues per month)--about 22 cents per issue! Plus...
      98 news items
      24 sample book chapters
      7 game reviews
      30 book reviews and
      20 bonus articles!

December 24, 1999-January 2, 2000

Holiday Break

    We'll still answer e-mail, and we're going to do some maintenance and additional work, but by and large, hitting the yearly production goal has earned the elves some needed time off to get away from the scanners, monitors, and other electronic gizmos and toward family and friends. Happy holidays! Look for an exciting kickoff on January 3rd, 2000!

December 23, 1999

Courier Back Issue

    Courier Vol V No. 3 (May-June 1984) offers articles on Arrian's Array Against the Alans, Die Katastrophe Von 1806, Colonial Wargame Campaign Ideas, Zulu Uprising Campaign Ideas, skirmish scenarios, cartoons, news, and many product reviews.

December 22, 1999

Welcome 75th Magazine!

    Simulacrum is a collectibles magazine -- for wargames and books. Published out of Canada by John Kula, the publication examines auction prices, design work and collectible values, and includes complete component manifests for wargames and books covering all eras of military history. The first issue includes Bidding protocols for Internet auctions, in depth looks at Rommel in the Desert, Tatchanka (Russian Civil War in the Ukraine 1919-1921), A Mighty Fortress (1532-1555), a listing of all Ballentine's Illustrated History of World War II books, Strategy & Tactics: The Seminal Years (Historical Overview of Publishing Efforts), and more.

December 21, 1999

Welcome 74th Magazine!

December 20, 1999

Lockwood on ZDTV Radio

    MagWeb.com CEO Russ Lockwood was interviewed for a short segment about web design, where he presented MagWeb.com's Top 10 Tips for a Successful Web Site.

December 19, 1999

Russian Civil War Uniforms: White Army 1918-1920

December 18, 1999

Victorian Colonial Warfare

    The Heliograph #115 (October 1999) offers up the usual wide variety of historical and product news. Also includes Campaigning in Darkest Africa: The Early Years (wargaming), Colonial Egyptian Army Painting Guide, Force Publique Uniform Guide; Uniforms of the Haussa soldiers 1883, Bangala soldiers/officers 1885, Zanzibari 1881, and Officers/NCO 1890; Baker's Forty Uniforms; reviews, and more.

December 17, 1999

Gauntlet

    The Gauntlet #17 (Fall 1999) brings a wide variety of historical information and wargaming scenarios and rules. includes Russian Cavalry Standard colors 1907-1914, Nezhinskiy Horse Jaeger Regt (1812), Russian Jaegers in European Campaigns (1813-1814), Skirmish Wargaming, Escape from the Claws of Ra (Inspired by the Film: The Mummy), Scouting and Grand Tactical Manoeuvre for C17th Campaigns, Phalanx for the Memory, Seizure of the Junon (Age of Sail), reviews, letters, and much more.

December 15, 1999

MagWeb.com Passes 15,000 Articles in the Archive!

    On December 11, 1999, MagWeb.com contained 15,075 articles (.htm files in web parlance) and 12,624 images (.jpg files).

December 15, 1999

New Horizons

December 14, 1999

Muskrat

    Muskrat L newsletter (Dec 1999) keeps you up to date with cartoonist John Kovalic's scheduled releases of Dork Tower, related products, and his "geekings"...

December 13, 1999

Quartet of Cry Havoc!

    Cry Havoc! issues 28, 8, 9, and 10 from the Military History Special Interest Group of American Mensa brings you part 5 of Benedict Arnold, several articles on biological warfare in the 20th Century, Pu Yi and Manzhouguo; American Civil War special issue (#10) regarding nursing, five reviews of Gettysburg, a visit to Harper's Ferry; the Black Death of the 100 Years War, weapons of the 19th century American pioneers, visit to Fort Necessity National Battlefield, book and game reviews, and much more.

December 12, 1999

Day of Battle

December 11, 1999

Age of Sail Naval Combat

    Fire as She Bears is a fast-moving game of Age of Sail naval combat played out on a grid of squares, usually with miniature ships. MagWeb.com reviews it.

December 10, 1999

Welcome The American Wargamer

December 8, 1999

Lockwood on TalkAmerica Radio Again

    MagWeb CEO Russ Lockwood was asked back to be a guest on Computer Daze, a syndicated radio show over the TalkAmerica Radio Network. For a half an hour, Lockwood talked about the MagWeb.com WWII contest and other thoughts about military history.

December 8, 1999

Lockwood Speaks at E-Commerce Conference

    MagWeb.com CEO Russ Lockwood presents a talk on e-commerce at Technology NJ's conference on e-commerce and advertising. Conference Admission charged. Time: 8:00am, December 8, 1999. Location: Mercer County Community College, Administration Building, Conference Room, Trenton, NJ. More info: polhemus@technologynj.org

December 7, 1999

MagWeb.com's WWII Contest

    Win prizes by filling out our WWII contest form. It's a trivia game designed to showcase our "free side" archive and induce people to join, but current members are welcome to try, too! It runs through February 29, 2000. Prizes awarded.

December 7, 1999

American Revolution, American Indians

    Time Portal Passages #2,#3,#4 offers considerable information about the American Revolution, including British Auxiliary forces (Native Americans and German units), Native American warfare 1600-1900, an extensive list of Confederate Unit nicknames (Company level) for regiments from Alabama, WWII and skirmish rules, and more.

December 6, 1999

OSG News

    OSG News (November 1999) keeps you up to date on OSG products and feedback. Includes the correct Waterloo names from a Belgian, results of game ratings, and more.

December 5, 1999

News

December 4, 1999

Spanish Civil War

    The UK magazine, Abanderado Vol 4 #3/4 hits MagWeb with a double issue. Great articles on The Garibaldi Battalion: October, 1936 to July, 1937, Guadalajara (The Defeat of Faulty Logistics), Spanish Military Museums, Flamethrower and Chemical Company of the CTV, Anti-Tank Rifles in Spain, Wargaming Naval Activities in the SCW, A Brief Guide to Regulares Uniforms, plus book and film reviews.

December 3, 1999

Central and South American Military History

    El Dorado Vol. 8 No. 4 offers up excellent articles on The Sandanista Rebellion in Nicaragua (1927-1932), Insurgent Armor in Latin America (1948-1998), The Army in Paraguay 1810-1840, Peruvian Army and Navy (1925), Weapon Purchases and Production During the Pacific War (1879-1883), and US Troops Stationed Along the Mexican Border (1913-1919) Part 3. Extensive "Book List" a cornucopia of sources.

December 2, 1999

Courier #76

    With Courier #77 on the newsstands, Courier #76 hits MagWeb. This historical miniatures magazine offers articles on WWII anti-submarine warfare, scenarios for Arnhem 1944, Sharpe's Mess (Napoleonic skirmish scenario), Battle of Trenton 1776 scenario, 1705 scenario, ancients rules, 1814 Chile naval battle scenario, terrain making, and a slew of product reviews.

December 1, 1999

MWAN's 100th and 101st

    MWAN hits the century mark...and one--and each issue is 192 pages! (Whew!) Both cover a wide variety of historical analysis, miniatures rules, game designs, ideas, new products, reviews, and other items of military history interest for all periods.

MagWeb.com Numbers for November (and Year to Date)

    Note: 25 issues uploaded in November, plus 5 news items, 8 book reviews, 1 game review, 3 travel SnapShots, and the upgraded Search Engine comes on-line.
      1999 Year to date: 243 issues posted.

MagWeb.com Selected Price Rise: Jan 1, 2000

    We're holding the one-year membership price the same: $59.95 (still under $5 per month!). However, we're raising the 1-, 3-, and 6-month memberships by $5. So, on Jan 1, 2000: 1 month of MagWeb.com will be $19.95, 3 months will be $34.95, and 6 months will be $49.95. The 12-month will remain $59.95. As promised back in 1996, Charter Members will retain their lower charter rate.

    We charge because magazine royalty payments, telecommunications costs, advertising/marketing, taxes, and other business costs need to be paid. With close to 15,000 articles from almost 75 magazines, MagWeb.com is the world's largest military history and product archive and equal to a Fortune 500 company's site. I'm proud of what we've accomplished, and spend 10-12-14 hours per day, usually six days a week, scanning, coding, marketing, and doing other efforts to bring military history and related products to the Web. It's not easy. It's not cheap. But we've been pioneering the concept of multiple publications from multiple publishers on one web site for one low cost and will continue to do so with your continued support.

    If you run a business, you know what it takes to keep it going and growing. If you run a web site, doubly so. I remain committed to keeping MagWeb.com rates incredibly low (under $5 per month) as long as possible while keeping Coalition Web, Inc. financially sound. I remain committed to expanding the number of magazines and issues available. I remain committed to funding the new features and projects coming out next year. And I remain committed to providing excellent, personalized customer support. It may be a long-term strategy in a short-term minded world, but it's the one MagWeb.com continues to pursue. Thank you.

    --Russ Lockwood, CEO

November 30, 1999

Book and Game Reviews

November 29, 1999

Which Way's the Way Again to Wallyville?

    PW Review boosts your wargaming processing with a variety of rules analysis and scenarios--design philosophy for the mechanics of war. Back issue.

November 25-28, 1999

Happy Thanksgiving

    The staff of MagWeb wishes you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving holiday. And we're taking the opportunity for some R&R before the big December push...

November 24, 1999

Muskrat Duet

November 23, 1999

Penny Whistle Trio

November 22, 1999

Napoleonic History

    First Empire current and back issues November-December 1999 and September-October 1999 present articles on the battles of Hohenlinden (1800), Salamanca (1812), Magnano (1799), Rolica (1808), Wagram (1809), New Orleans (1815), Jena-Auerstadt (1806), and Heilsberg (1807). Plus, re-enactment news, legend on Plunket's Shot, profile of French Marshal Francois Etienne Christophe Kellermann, and more.

November 20, 1999

Muskrat News

November 19, 1999

Solo Warfare

    Lone Warrior current and back issues Oct-Dec 1999 and Apr-June 1994 challenges you with Battle of Shrewsbury 1403, Rocket Horse Artillery TO&E, and rules for fighting Indians, tabletop unpredictability, raiders and traders, small Napoleonic campaign, Attack on Porto Nuovo (Venetians vs. Turks 1610), Intelligence codes, Battle of St. Marc (1870) scenario, book, magazine, and miniatures product reviews, and more.

November 18, 1999

Book Reviews

November 17, 1999

Lockwood Speaks at MIP Meeting

    MagWeb.com CEO Russ Lockwood presents a talk on e-commerce to a meeting of the Moving Image Professional Association. Mark Feffer of Tramp Steamer Media will also present a talk about e-commerce. DATE: Weds. Nov. 17, 1999, COST: Free to MIP/ITVA members. $10 for non-members. Includes Food. TIME: Food/Soft Drinks at 6:30 pm. Program starts at 7:15 pm LOCATION: Good Time Charley's Restaurant, 4595 Route 27 Kingston, NJ (Near Princeton) 609-924-7400, MORE INFO: Contact Andy Kienzle, tvis, 609-394-4818

November 15, 1999

AEG News

November 14, 1999

News to Use

November 12, 1999

Matrix Gamers

    Matrix Gamer current and back issues November 1999 and September 1999 offer up articles on Cause and Effect (Why Do Things Really Happen?), Pretty Figures, Killer Terrain, and Matrix Games, WWI Trench Assault Example of a Matrix Combat Argument, Dar As Salaam: Invasion of the Land of Peace, A Confederate Spy in Washington DC (New Matrix Game Product), MGs at GenCon 1999, New Approaches to Publishing Games (It Can Be Done Cheap), reviews of MGs The Spanish Ulcer, The Three Musketeers, and Murder on Mainstreet, and more.

November 11, 1999

Travel SnapShots

November 12, 1999

OSG News

November 9, 1999

Medieval and Ancient Warfare

    Saga #71 (Sept-Oct 1999), the current issue, offers up articles on Warfare and Simon de Montfort (Rebellion 1265), Battle of Liegnitz April 9, 1241, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd 1247-1283, Seleucid Army Part 8 (Antiochus III and the War with Rome), Descriptions of Dark Age and Medieval Armies (part 8), tabletop battle reports, design philosophy, and more.

November 8, 1999

Search Engine Back On Line

    Well, it took much blood, sweat, tears, and funds, but the Excite search engine is back on line on MagWeb's thrice-upgraded server and software. You may notice a different look to it than before, and Tibor will be tweaking the engine as time goes by, but so far, tests indicate it works fine. If you have any problems, let us know.

    Thank you to all those who stopped by our booth to express support for our efforts. One final apology for any inconveniences with our growing pains. One side benefit: you should see an increase in speed--we've moved the MagWeb.com server to a faster telecomm line and boosted the hardware.

      --Russ Lockwood

November 5-7, 1999

At Gettysburg "Fall-In" Convention

    We're taking MagWeb on the road again, this time to the Eisenhower Convention Center/Sports Center in Gettysburg, PA (off Rte 15). If you're in the area, stop by the booth.

November 4, 1999

PW Stragglers

    PW Review back issues June 1996 and July 1996 offers up tabletop battles and rules to your fevered mind. The quintet includes WWII, Ancients, Horse and Musket era, Renaissance, and other visions of wit, wisdom, and luck.

November 3, 1999

Art of War Trio

    Current and back issues of Art of War provide articles on Napoleon's 1807 campaign, Where exactly is the Mason-Dixon Line, The Death of Brunswick (1815), plus lots of errata, variants, and scenarios for COA's games. There's also design philosophy and news about COA's ACW, Medieval, Napoleonic, and WWII wargame products.

November 2, 1999

New Products from USSR

    Our man in Moscow, Craig Martelle, sent this short list of products available from the USSR.

November 1, 1999

Operations Quartet

MagWeb Numbers for October (and Year to Date)

    Note: 22 issues uploaded in October, plus 7 news items, 2 sample book chapters, 4 book reviews, and 3 game reviews.
      1999 Year to date: 218 issues posted.

October 31, 1999

Happy Halloween

    Here's to a scary and happy halloween holiday...and to the return of Tibor from a well-deserved road trip...so he and hired gun Kirk can continue getting the gremlins out of our search engine. In early November, we're scheduled for a massive full-scale backup of all of MagWeb, then upgrade to the latest version of the UNIX operating system, tweak the kernal again, install 128MB of additional memory (again!), kick the re-indexing scheme in the head, tail, and other parts of virtual anatomy, and reboot.

October 30, 1999

A Visit to SJCW

    I recently visited the South Jersey Confederation of Wargamers in the Cape May area of NJ for an afternoon of military history, wargaming, and history buff comradery. I may not have been successful at tabletop warfare, but I certainly enjoyed the commentary at the club's Game Day.

October 29, 1999

Welcome 72nd Magazine: Wargaming Club Newsletter

    The South Jersey Confederation of Wargamers publishes a newsletter called The Volunteer. Here are the latest two issues with articles about club news, game and book reviews, history, and more.

October 28, 1999

Welcome 71st Magazine: Muskrat L

    John Kovalic publishes this newsletter to keep you up to date on his Dork Tower comic books and other products. An accomplished editorial cartoonist who has seen his serious work published in the NY Times, Washington Post, and other newspapers, Dork Tower marches to the sound of the humorous guns firing away in his fevered mind.

October 27, 1999

Welcome 70th Magazine: New Horizons New Horizons Vol 1 No. 1 (October 1999)

    A newsletter from Alderac Entertainment Group keeps you up to date on AEG products.

Search Engine Update: Oct 21-26

"Good News, Bad News"

    Whenever I hear that from techy Tibor, I cringe a bit. He has a stopgap version running in test mode. It's ugly, but it works to an extent for a half-dozen magazines, then crashes...but not always. The bad news is that after TWO major hardware and software upgrades, a number of minor tweaks, and literally babysitting the search engine to watch the processes, we have hit some sort of internal parameter in the UNIX system. The good news is that Tibor and our hired gun Kirk will perform a *third* upgrade (to UNIX this time). Nuthin' like a frustrating and expensive upgrade problem to ruin our month...and force us to apologize again...and again.

October 20, 1999

Courier Back Issues

    We keep backfilling in issues of The Courier. This pair Vol V No 1,2 from 1984 contains many articles on British Victorian-era colonial involvement The Sudan as well as products covering the 1881-1885 battles, Uniforms of the Archduke Charles Legion, Prussian Military Failure during 1806, Battle of Camden, Tabletop Skirmish Warfare, WRG and TSATF Q&A, reviews, letters, and more.

October 17, 1999

TAG The Armchair General Vol. 1 No. 4 (1968)

    The Armchair General Vol. 1 No. 4 (1968) takes you back 30 years for articles on 1630, 1688, Franco-Prussian War, Roman Field Tactics, Young's "Charge," and more.

October 16, 1999

Fantasy Samurai

Lockwood on the Radio: Oct 16

Early Birds Catch the MagWeb

    CEO Russ Lockwood will be a guest of The Money HotLine radio show, hosted by Barbra Alexander, on Sat. Oct 16. According to her website, folks in Santa Clara County (including areas around San Jose, Santa Cruz, Napa Valley, and even out to Sacramento) California can listen on KSCO AM 1080, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.. Folks up in the Portland, Oregon can listen on KBNP AM 1410.

MagWeb Upgrade: Oct. 13, 1999

Problem and Error Solving

    As many of you know, MagWeb seems to have outgrown the search engine so that errors have appeared. Our tech top gun, Tibor, and our hired gun, Kirk, have come up with an upgrade scheme that will fix these problems. The upgrade is scheduled for Wednesday, October 13. Hope springs eternal that it will be a smooth upgrade during the allotted day and you won't have to sharpen up farm implements and light torches.

October 15, 1999

Military Books

October 14, 1999

More News

October 13, 1999

White Knight White Knight #14 (1999)

    This current issue #14 (1999) offers news about the sci-fi and fantasy gaming industry, some fiction, RPG characters, word search puzzles, and more.

October 12, 1999

Day of Battle KRT #4 (1999)

    This current issue #4 (1999) supports Day of Battle medieval rules with seven new army lists, a leader generation sequence, and a new strike table.

October 11, 1999

MagWeb Profiles

    The local Hunterdon County paper ran a profile on CEO Russ Lockwood and MagWeb on October 7, 1999, page B-2. Lockwood is especially enthusiastic about being called a "military genius" and will be insufferably pleased with himself for at least a week.

    And cdmag.com ran a short mention on MagWeb and its wargaming ties.

      http://www.cdmag.com/Home/home.html?article=/articles/023/048/commandp109.html

October 10, 1999

Campaign Campaign #92 (Jul-Aug 1979)

    This back issue #92 (Jul-Aug 1979) brings back memories of the good ol' days of historical board wargaming. Articles include: reviews of Battles for the Ardennes (WWII), Bismarck (WWII), Sopwith (WWI), War Between the States (ACW), and many others. Also, a look (Part III) of a sci-fi PBM game StarWeb, Modern Armor modifications for 1973 Arab-Israeli War, and more.

October 8, 1999

Wallymania

October 7, 1999

Continued Apologies for our Search Engine

    We tried one thing, then another. We even tried reloading, and then loading an updated version. Then we called in a hired gun, er, a specialist, and he tried yet another techie technique. No go. He believes we've outgrown the original engine settings relating to the innate architecture and set up that we use. Then he suggested two options: one that "probably wouldn't work, but might be worth a try," and the other which he described as "a scary operation" which "will probably work."

    Folks, before I authorize anything scary, and suffer a potential crash of the rest of MagWeb, I want more research. So, I apologize profusely for this software snafu. We're going to be doing a little more research...not to mention looking for an entirely new search engine.

    On a more positive technical note, we've renewed our digital certificate for the secure credit card for another year.

    --Russ Lockwood, CEO

October 6, 1999

Battlefields Battlefields #8 (1999)

    The current issue #8 (1999) provides articles on the battles of Vimeiro 1808, Glenshiel 1719, El Teb 1884, and Rocour 1746 (preliminaries at Slins and Bierset). Also, a Rogue Trooper scenario, visiting Zululand Battlefields, Forum, and more.

October 5, 1999

Lockwood Talk at ACW Roundtable and Other News

    CEO Russ Lockwood takes MagWeb on the road to the Robert Taylor American Civil War Roundtable for a demo and talk about ACW on the web, to be followed by another guest speaker. The Talk will be held at the Clinton (NJ) Red Mill Museum (2nd floor), starting at 7:30 pm. The $3 fee charged for the talk benefits the Roundtable.

    Ice Ceases Middle Earth License Ends.
    Day of Battle More Armies.
    Blue Byte Games Computer Products, including Stephen King's F13.

October 4, 1999

U-Boats, U-Boats, U-Boats KTB #110 (Feb. 1995)

    The back issue #110 (Feb. 1995) continues the story of the first Cargo U-Boat (Deutchland), WWI U-boat action of UB-14, profiles of U-120, U-121, U-122, US' S-18, S-19, British Sub Sealion, Japanese sub I-10, the U-33 codes, more from Fuhrer's bunker 1945, US sub V-1, information, tidbits, and more.

October 3, 1999

MWAN MWAN #99 (May-June 1999)

    The back issue #99 (May-June 1999) offers a brilliant "Battle Troll" set of rules of Viking Warfare lifted from 8th century sagas, Battle of Neufchateau 1914, Thirty Years War leaders and uniforms, War of 1812 American Army (Part 2), 1747 Naval battle rules, Pirate Treasure Rules, WWII Eastern Front scenario, Historical Miniature news, product reviews, and more.

October 2, 1999

More Book and Game Reviews

October 1, 1999

Search Engine Wrestling

    We've been wrestling with a search engine problem of late. You may get errors when using it. One theory is that we have reached some sort of concept limit. Try using "keyword" option instead--doesn't always work, but we're trying to figure out why it's acting up. Another is that the rather rude shut-down from Hurricane Floyd corrupted some parameter. Another theory is that our move that placed the server on a faster telecom line (I hope you've noticed the speed increase of late) is causing some sort of conflict with the LAN connection. We apologize for any inconvenience.

September 30, 1999

Lockwood on TalkAmerica Radio

    MagWeb CEO Russ Lockwood was a guest on Computer Daze, a syndicated radio show over the TalkAmerica Radio Network. For about an hour, Lockwood answered questions about military history, the Web, various products, and other aspects of MagWeb.

September 30, 1999

MagWeb Numbers

    MagWeb now has 13,954 articles and 12,007 images!

September Numbers

Note: 22 issues uploaded in September, plus 5 news items, 18 book reviews, and 1 game review.

    1999 Year to date: 196 issues posted.

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