Unexpected Devastation – Remembering John Hill

My friend John Hill passed away on Jan. 12th, and it has hit me hard. It’s taken me this long to rally and find the time to put pen to paper.…

Cigar Box Battle and Command Combat: Civil War

Jeff McArthur at Command Combat: Civil War makes a fantastic product that works great with our terrain mats. You can play Command Combat with miniatures, but Jeff also has PDF  images of miniature units…

The Battle of New Market, VA, May 15, 1864

“Put the boys in!” Today we are featuring one of our newest terrain mats, the classic American Civil War battle of New Market. This mat was designed for the “Across…

Just released – Across A Deadly Field – The War in the East scenario mats!

Cigar Box Battle and Osprey Publishing are proud to announce the release of the scenario mats from John Hill’s  recently released “Across A Deadly Field – The War in the…

ACW Gamer: The Ezine joins efforts to save the Franklin battlefield

Our friend, Stephen Huckaby, at ACWGamer sent us the following – Over the past five years the Civil War Trust has been acquiring and restoring land on a battlefield long-lost…

Blogs of Honour – The Battle of Belmont 1861

Christopher (aka Axebreaker) runs a fantastic blog “Bunker Hill”.  He is an expert terrain maker and fantastic figure painter. We thought his last “Black Powder” battle report on the Battle of…

News Flash! Gettysburg mats now released! #Gettysburg

Head on over to our webstore to check out the officially licensed “Across A Deadly Field” Gettysburg – the First Day Mats! Osprey Publishing and Cigar Box Battle are extremely…