Shiloh Hornets Nest 10mm game

We recently played a fun 10mm ACW “Shiloh – The Hornets Nest” at my house a few weeks ago. I’m just getting around to writing the AAR now, since CBB…

Exhibition of my 10mm Kings of War Armies

I’ve really come to love the simplicities and challenges of Kings of War, and if any of you have been reading for a while you’ll know that I have loved…

Trying a new Warmaster scenario

Recently, I got together with a friend of  mine and pulled out Warmaster (those of you not familiar with that rules system… It is a Games Workshop Specialist Games publication…

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…

Warmaster Bretonnians soon to be Lannisters from Game of Thrones

Hey there gamers! One of my new projects is to take my OOP Warmaster Bretonnian Army and it is soon to be painted up as none other than the Army…

ACWGamer.com visits Cold Wars 2014

28mm Union soldiers advance! All pictures taken by Stephen Huckaby. ACWGamer made  a trip to HMGS’s Cold Wars 2014 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  The event, held from  March 6-9, is one of the biggest historical miniature…

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…

Unsung Heroes of Gaming – Howard Whitehouse

  In this second post of Unsung Heroes of Gaming, CigarBoxBattle.com gets the great privilege of interviewing Mr. Howard Whitehouse, one of our favorite Game Designers. For over 30 years he’s written fun,…

Unsung Heroes of Gaming – Rick Priestley

  In this first post of Unsung Heroes of Gaming, CigarBoxBattle.com gets the uncommon privilege of interviewing one of the greatest Game Designers of our time. Welcome Mr. Rick Preistley!…

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,…

American Wild West Wargaming Research

Over the next year, CigarBoxBattle.com is going to put together a “American Wild West” project. This could be the most fun I’ve ever had doing research for a wargaming project!…

An Interview with Buck Surdu, Game Designer

Cigar Box Battle: Buck, for those who don’t know you, could you tell us a little about yourself? Buck: I’ve been war gaming since about the seventh grade when I…