ADF ACW – The Odd Guns

Mike Bradford created this chart, in the spirit of JR2,  for some of the odd weapons of the ACW. He was putting together a scenario for Gaines’ Mill and wanted…

Across A Deadly Field – It’s here!

We just received word that John Hill’s new American Civil War rules have been released on Amazon (USA)  by Osprey Publishing! That’s great news for the ACW gaming community!  We…

Ask John Hill – ADF Questions & Clarifications

“Ask John Hill” will be a new regular column on CigarBoxBattle and will serve as a successor to the same type column found in “The Zouave” and Scott Mingus’ excellent “Charge!”…

A few pictures of the ADF Gettysburg game at Historicon

Here are some pictures of Patrick Lebeau’s incredible 15mm “Across A Deadly Field” game at Historicon. These were taken by Christian Waters from Osprey Publishing. Thanks for sharing Christian! The…

Across A Deadly Field at Nashcon

John Hill’s new rules “Across A Deadly Field” had their Southern debut at Nashcon 2014 this Memorial Day weekend. It was extra special too, since John was the Guest of Honor…

Wargames Illustrated playtests “Across A Deadly Field”

  Wayne Bollands from Wargames Illustrated and Mike Bradford got together recently to playtest John Hill and Osprey Publishing’s new set of American Civil War rules “Across a Deadly Field”.  They faced…

John Hill and “Across A Deadly Field” at Nashcon 2014

  John Hill, the author of Osprey’s soon to be published set of grand-tactical American Civil War rules “Across A Deadly Field”, will be the Guest of Honor at Nashcon 2014.…

“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…