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…

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…

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,…

Now Available: Cigarboxbattle Wargaming Mats!

We now offer a line of our own 60  x 80 inch wargaming mats for sale! This is something that we had been using for our own games, but we…

So why should you switch from “Johnny Reb” to “Across a Deadly Field”?

Here are Dean West’s thoughts on why “Across A Deadly Field” is John Hill’s ACW masterpiece – Dean originally published this as part of an email thread on the Johnny Reb yahoo…

Splintered Light Miniatures Summer Sale!

A Summer Sale from Splintered Light Miniatures with a Twist David McBride is turning 40 on June 28!  Instead of a midlife crisis, I am going to have my usual Hobbit…

The Ultimate Gamer’s Link Guide is Now Available

The Ultimate Gamer’s Link Guide is Now Available! That’s right, it’s here! Click on the photo above, or link to it here WHAT IS IT? You might ask yourself “What…

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.…

Musings of a “Johnny Reb” Gamer

I have to be clear, I’m a huge “Johnny Reb” fan. This will be a biased article!  Actually  I’ve been a “Civil War buff”, for as long as I can remember. The…

“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…