We are working on Wave 3…. and something very special is planned!
We have been burning the midnight oil here at Cigar Box Battle and we have something very special planned in conjunction with Osprey Publishing. Here is an easy clue to…
ADF – Scenarios for the War in the East
John Hill and Osprey have an exciting release planned to support their new ACW rules “Across A Deadly Field”. It will be a scenario book entitled “Across A Deadly Field – Scenarios…
Field Report – The Battle of Bollinburg
Wayne Bollands from Wargames Illustrated and his gaming club have been running an “Across A Deadly Field” campaign. Here is an after action report and pictures of their latest battle – “Sir,…
ACW Frontages
Regiments and Frontages – How Much Space Did a Battle Line Actually Take up? American Civil War enthusiasts have been debating frontages for many decades, and the answer that would be…
ADF 15mm Johnny Reb III Compatible Reference Charts
There seems to be a desire by more than a few folks to use 15mm Johnny Reb III four stand regiments with the ADF mechanics. John Hill decided to modify…
15mm Across A Deadly Field 4 Page Quick Reference Charts
These are the 4 page charts used by the design team during the playtesting of “Across A Deadly Field”. The charts put all the information that a gamer needs to know…
ADF ACW – The Odd Guns
Mike Bradford created this chart, in the spirit of JR2, for some of the odd weapons of the ACW. He was putting together a scenario for Gaines’ Mill and wanted…
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!”…
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…
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…