How to see the forest for the trees with our mats!
Tips for making great wooded areas using Cigarboxbattle mats – You can use the trees and woods printed on your mats “as is” in 2D like a board game, with…
Do CBB Mats work well for RPG’s? Yes!
I have been asked by a few local gamers if our mats would work well with Role Playing Games and the answer is a resounding…. “yes”! True, many gamers use our…
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!”…
Warhammer 40K with CigarBoxBattle Mats
From time to time we like to feature a particular set of rules (and miniatures) and showcase how they will work with one of our mats. Our featured mat this…
Cigar Box Battle Mats combine to make Massive gaming area
While looking at the Cigar Box Battle Mat designs, I hope you’ve noticed that the mats combine to make MASSIVE gaming areas. We recently posted on Facebook the image below…
Cigar Box Battle Mats – How to get the most from your mats
We have had quite a few people ask us how to get the most out of their mats, so we decided that a new blog post was in order! The core concept…
Playing ADF with 15mm Johnny Reb III Units
Many gamers have their 15mm regiments mounted for Johnny Reb III (JRIII) and while they prefer the look of JRIII’s large four stand regiments, they would like to use Across A…
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…
NEW ADF Reference Charts
Hey Gamers! Now that Historicon is over, we’ve just been given the honor of being the first source for some very good additions to the ADF resource library. We…
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…
Splintered Light Sale QUICK
SUMMER SALE!! Since David can’t make it to HISTORICON this year, he’s offering a weekend sale! All items will be 20% OFF through Monday July 21,…