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!…
CigarBoxBattle is now on Twitter! Follow Us!
Hey everybody, we’re now on Twitter and will be posting some fun stuff! You can follow us by clicking any of the “Follow” buttons on our site, or by finding…
Dystopian Wars Terrain – by Mike Frang
My good friend, Mike Frang, is a ridiculously good painter and terrain builder. Mike is known in the Atlanta area as a an all-star game master, and always has fantastic…
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…
FREE Founding Fathers Wallpaper in July
In celebration of America’s Independence Day, CigarBoxBattle.com will be giving away a FREE Founding Fathers Wallpaper as seen below as a premium to any subscriber: all you have…
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.…
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…
Game of Thrones HOTT in 25mm
Holy moly, here we go folks! This was an incredible set of armies that I ran across this year at NASHCON. There was an entry in this year’s convention program…
Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader – Battle at the Farm
Well, Cory and I finally found some time to do some vintage Warhammer 40k using the Battle At The Farm from the original Rogue Trader book from Games Workshop (kind…