Shiloh – The Hornet’s Nest

Shiloh – The Hornet’s Nest  –   The Battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862. This fantastic looking terrain mat will transport you back in time to Shiloh, TN, April 6th…

ADF Question and Answer Page

Stephanie Hill (John’s daughter) has a fantastic John Hill tribute website. She is now offering gamers the opportunity to ask questions about ADF and have them answered by rules expert…

Across A Deadly Field – The War in the West

  The third book in John Hill’s “Across A Deadly Field” rules trilogy is now out! This is a very special book if you are a John Hill and ADF…

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…

Unexpected Devastation – Remembering John Hill

My friend John Hill passed away on Jan. 12th, and it has hit me hard. It’s taken me this long to rally and find the time to put pen to paper.…

The Battle of New Market, VA, May 15, 1864

“Put the boys in!” Today we are featuring one of our newest terrain mats, the classic American Civil War battle of New Market. This mat was designed for the “Across…

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…

Across a Deadly Field – Ask John Hill

“Across A Deadly Field” author John Hill has provided us with some clarification on combined fire rules / guidelines and some optional rules for large group / brigade fire resolution.…

Gettysburg! Cigar Box Battle and Osprey Publishing join forces!

Cigar Box Battle and Osprey Publishing are proud to announce the release of three new terrain mats! These are Gettysburg mats designed to fight out all of the “Gettysburg –…

News Flash! Gettysburg mats now released! #Gettysburg

Head on over to our webstore to check out the officially licensed “Across A Deadly Field” Gettysburg – the First Day Mats! Osprey Publishing and Cigar Box Battle are extremely…

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…