Wargames Illustrated playtests “Across A Deadly Field”

  Wayne Bollands from Wargames Illustrated and Mike Bradford got together recently to playtest John Hill and Osprey Publishing’s new set of American Civil War rules “Across a Deadly Field”.  They faced…

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.…

ACWGamer.com visits Cold Wars 2014

28mm Union soldiers advance! All pictures taken by Stephen Huckaby. ACWGamer made  a trip to HMGS’s Cold Wars 2014 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  The event, held from  March 6-9, is one of the biggest historical miniature…

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…

The Battle of Shiloh – an ADF playtest

“Across A Deadly Field” (ADF)  is John Hill’s new set of grand tactical American Civil War rules that will be  published by Osprey. They are scheduled for release this July and will…

ACW Gamer Winter 2014 – The Ezine – a review

Stephen Huckaby has released the second issue of  “ACW Gamer – the Ezine” (Winter 2014). He’s done a fantastic job picking up the standard that was carried by “The Zouave” and Scott…

Favorite 4ground Western Buildings

Once again 4ground has amazed me with how beautiful their terrain is, along with how easy it is to assemble. These are my favorite! I am 2 buildings away from…

ACWGamer Magazine Editor Interview

Today, we have the luck to interview the head of ACWGamer Magazine Mr. Stephen M. Huckaby. His incredibly successful Ezine has been arriving in email boxes all over the world…

Unsung Heroes of Gaming – Howard Whitehouse

  In this second post of Unsung Heroes of Gaming, CigarBoxBattle.com gets the great privilege of interviewing Mr. Howard Whitehouse, one of our favorite Game Designers. For over 30 years he’s written fun,…

Playtest and After Action Report of “Across a Deadly Field”

Playtest and After Action Report of John Hill’s new ACW Rules – “Across a Deadly Field” — By Patrick LeBeau     As one of most studied and one of…

Battle-Troll! Chris and Cory finally found time to play!

                        If you are interested in creating your own Icelandic Saga, we recommend this affordable and fun rules set…