“What if Slocum Wasn’t Slow?” July 1, 1863 – scenario & terrain pictures
“What of Slocum wasn’t slow?” A scenario for July 1st, 1863 Northeast of Gettysburg. “The Corps could easily have joined in the battle the first day. The distance from our…
The Battle of Shiloh – an ADF playtest
“Across A Deadly Field” (ADF) is John Hill’s new set of grand tactical American Civil War rules that will be published by Osprey. They are scheduled for release this July and will…
ACW Gamer Winter 2014 – The Ezine – a review
Stephen Huckaby has released the second issue of “ACW Gamer – the Ezine” (Winter 2014). He’s done a fantastic job picking up the standard that was carried by “The Zouave” and Scott…
Favorite 4ground Western Buildings
Once again 4ground has amazed me with how beautiful their terrain is, along with how easy it is to assemble. These are my favorite! I am 2 buildings away from…
ACWGamer Magazine Editor Interview
Today, we have the luck to interview the head of ACWGamer Magazine Mr. Stephen M. Huckaby. His incredibly successful Ezine has been arriving in email boxes all over the world…
Playtest and After Action Report of “Across a Deadly Field”
Playtest and After Action Report of John Hill’s new ACW Rules – “Across a Deadly Field” — By Patrick LeBeau As one of most studied and one of…
New Magazine – ACW Gamer – The Ezine
This is a fantastic, new e-magazine available for American Civil War wargamers. The inaugural issue has some fantastic articles in it such as: an early war scenario for Pohick Church, 1861,…
Across A Deadly Field – ACW Rules
The recent announcement by Amazon confirmed that John Hill has been working with Osprey on a new set of hardbound deluxe ACW miniature rules entitled, “Across A Deadly Field” (ADF) that will enable gamers to recreate large battles while still using individual…
NEW Johnny Reb 3 Point System written by John Hill – FREE DOWNLOAD!
We are proud to bring you this NEW addition to the Johnny Reb 3 rules written by John Hill himself! Please click on the link below for the downloadable PDF.…
Brice’s Crossroads, Mississippi, June 10, 1864 – by Dean West
This was a 15mm ACW (Johnny Reb) scenario run by Dean West at Johnny Con 4.5 (at Bayou Wars) in New Orleans this summer. Dean is a master at designing…
Scott Mingus’ AWI variant for Johnny Reb III – FREE!
Civil War author and wargamer, Scott Mingus, has some fantastic scenario books and rules available for sale at wargamesvault.com. I can highly recommend any of Scott’s fantastic products! He also…
1:10 Johnny Reb
My favorite version of John Hill’s ACW rules “Johnny Reb” is “Johnny Reb 2”. I originally started playing with JR1, which is a fine game, but switched over to JR2…