Notes on Game Design – by Buck Surdu

I had someone approach me recently for some notes on game design. He is developing a set of rules for WWI and is looking at taking his ideas to the…

Blogs of War – Buck Surdu’s Blog

In this installment of Blogs of War, we talk about Buck Surdu! Buck is a well known gamer, game designer and all around great guy! He is a frequent contributor…

The Best Battle of Five Armies I’ve seen for HOTT

I recently sat on the sidelines and watched a four man game of HOTT (Hordes of the Things by WRG). The scenario was the Battle of Five Armies from the…

Reaper Miniatures Dark Heaven Bones

I was at my FLGS (friendly local gaming store) recently and saw this range. I had been familiar with the Reaper Bones kickstarter, but really wasn’t familiar at all with…

Double Decker Ork Stompa and Squat Artillery

I was visiting a local games store and spotted this incredible Ork conversion. It is an Ork Stompa that has been built on top of the “chassis” of another Ork…

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…

Scott Mingus’ AWI variant for Johnny Reb III – FREE!

Civil War author and wargamer, Scott Mingus, has some fantastic scenario books and rules available for sale at wargamesvault.com. I can highly recommend any of Scott’s fantastic products! He also…

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!…

1:10 Johnny Reb

My favorite version of John Hill’s ACW rules “Johnny Reb” is “Johnny Reb 2”. I originally started playing with JR1, which is a fine game, but switched over to JR2…

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…

25mm Barn Wargame Scenery

I’m a self-proclaimed decent figure painter and scenery maker, but I don’t have any architectural skills for making model buildings!  Chris and I have talked about doing a “Dead Man’s…

2mm ACW Rules – a Cigar Box Battle project

I’ve had some Irregular Miniatures 2mm ACW figures just sitting around in cigar boxes for a long time now. They get taken out from time to time for a DBA…