Brave Hearts Trembled – Regimental Wargaming scenarios for the Battle of Antietam

Brad Butkovich and Historic Imagination have released another wonderful regimental wargaming scenario book – “Brave Hearts Trembled – Regimental Wargame Scenarios for the Battle of Antietam”. Brad’s scenario books work…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

An interview with Brad Butkovich of Historic Imagination

    1. Tell us a little about yourself. I grew up in Georgia, and have a history degree from Georgia Southern University.  I have a wife, three kids, and…

Cigar Box Battle and Command Combat: Civil War

Jeff McArthur at Command Combat: Civil War makes a fantastic product that works great with our terrain mats. You can play Command Combat with miniatures, but Jeff also has PDF  images of miniature units…

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…

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…