Blogs of Honour – The Battle of Belmont 1861
Christopher (aka Axebreaker) runs a fantastic blog “Bunker Hill”. He is an expert terrain maker and fantastic figure painter. We thought his last “Black Powder” battle report on the Battle of…
Blogs of Honour – Capt. Richard’s WWI Airplanes
Capt. Richard has a great blog and is well know for his amazing ACW collections and use of light at night. He’s started on a new project, WWI airplanes, and…
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…
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…
We are working on Wave 3…. and something very special is planned!
We have been burning the midnight oil here at Cigar Box Battle and we have something very special planned in conjunction with Osprey Publishing. Here is an easy clue to…
An After Action Report from Erik A. at Several Gamers Tales Blog
Erik A. played a great looking 1750 pts Eastern Front “Flames of War” game using his 15mm figures and a “Winter” mat from Cigar Box Battle. We think it looks great!…
How to Run a Convention Game
A light hearted look at running a historical miniatures convention game – A friend of mine, who has never run a game at a convention, asked me for some pointers…
Mat of the Week – The desert mat
Our featured mat of the week is our desert mat. It is extremely versatile and we use this currently for our 28mm “Old West” skirmish games. We are also painting forces…
Amazing Waterloo Diorama
This is an amazing diorama of the Battle of Waterloo by Andre’ Rudolph in Germany. Waterloo is an iconic battle that every wargamer thinks about playing sooner or later. Andre’…