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…

Across a Deadly Field Gettysburg at Little Wars AAR

Across a Deadly Field   “Gettysburg – A Long Afternoon” Played at the “Little Wars” Chicago Convention, April 26, 2014 After Action Report – By Patrick R. LeBeau and Dean West…

A new series about Game Designers – UHG

Hey Gamers! We have a treat in store for you. Cigar Box Battle has compiled interviews with some of the world’s most influential game designers. We want to bring some…

Blogs of War – Wargaming with the Silver Whistle

“Wargming with the Silver Whistle” is a fantastic blog by Pat Smith in the UK. Pat is a phenomenal painter, terrain maker  and modeler. His figures and terrain have been…

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…

Doctor Who by G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T.

By John R. “Buck” Surdu Introduction: How do you run a “wargame” with only a little bit of war?  I’m a fan of the Dr. Who series, particularly the Jon…

Night Battle Photos

I want to take an opportunity to show you an example of the Night Battle photos technique that is explained in Advanced Photography Techniques for Gamers volume 1: Night Battles.…

NASHCON 2013

This post covers (in general) a bunch of wonderful things we’ve seen at NASHCON 2013. We didn’t get an opportunity to cover everything that happened, but you may just see…

Warmaster Empire Army

One at a time, I’ll get these up on this blog. This time we see a 12mm army for the Warmaster Rules set. This one is for the glory of…

Another great game at NASHCON!

This one was not in the program, but I really wish I had known the fellow’s name that did this one! This was a truly impressive game of DBA. I…

28mm ACW

Here are some new pictures of some of my 28mm ACW figures. I wanted to try and take some better pictures, so I enlisted the help of two friends –…

Crimson Fists- Warhammer 40k

As Cory and I get ready to play the original Rogue Trader scenario on Rynn’s World, he has finished up his Crimson Fists force.I’m currently working on Orks. I’ve always…