New Line of 28mm ACW Miniatures from ACW Gamer!

Stephen Huckaby at ACW Gamer is introducing a fantastic line of new 28mm miniatures. These will be released as collectable vignettes, focusing on specific personalities and events throughout the war.…

Summer Storm – Regimental Scenarios for the battle of Gettysburg

  “Who can describe such a conflict as is raging around us? To say that it was like a summer storm, with the crash of thunder, the glare of lightning,…

The special John Hill memorial issue of Charge!

Here is a link to Scott Mingus’ special John Hill memorial issue of Charge! This is available as a FREE digital download. This is the Johnny Reb Gaming Society’s way…

Just released – Across A Deadly Field – The War in the East scenario mats!

Cigar Box Battle and Osprey Publishing are proud to announce the release of the scenario mats from John Hill’s  recently released “Across A Deadly Field – The War in the…

American Civil War Campaigns

Wayne Bollands at Wargames Illustrated has been sharing his gaming groups campaign news with us here at Cigar Box Battle and it has been quite enjoyable to follow along. So…

The Battle of Nashville 1864 – featured mat

This is one of our newest, wave 2, mats! The mat represents the terrain of the historical battle of Nashville in 1864 during the first day’s fighting on the Confederate left…

New Regimental Fire and Fury Scenario Book Released!

Rich Hasenauer has released the second Regimental Fire & Fury scenario book! This is a must buy for all RF&F players, and it would be easily convertible for players of other tactical…

ACW Frontages

Regiments and Frontages – How Much Space Did a Battle Line Actually Take up? American Civil War enthusiasts have been debating frontages for many decades, and the answer that would be…

Across A Deadly Field – It’s here!

We just received word that John Hill’s new American Civil War rules have been released on Amazon (USA)  by Osprey Publishing! That’s great news for the ACW gaming community!  We…

Ask John Hill – ADF Questions & Clarifications

“Ask John Hill” will be a new regular column on CigarBoxBattle and will serve as a successor to the same type column found in “The Zouave” and Scott Mingus’ excellent “Charge!”…

NEW ADF Reference Charts

Hey Gamers!   Now that Historicon is over, we’ve just been given the honor of being the first source for some very good additions to the ADF resource library. We…

Now Available: Cigarboxbattle Wargaming Mats!

We now offer a line of our own 60  x 80 inch wargaming mats for sale! This is something that we had been using for our own games, but we…