Worthington to kickstart New York 1776
Worthington is launching “New York 1776,” a Revolutionary War game that allows you to replay the campaign around New York City. Save the revolution or crush it. “New York…
Across a Deadly Field Gettysburg at Little Wars AAR
Across a Deadly Field “Gettysburg – A Long Afternoon” Played at the “Little Wars” Chicago Convention, April 26, 2014 After Action Report – By Patrick R. LeBeau and Dean West…
Cigarboxbattle’s thoughts on Nashcon 2014
Hello! I have had a lot of friends asking me about Nashcon 2014. Here is a link to the official HMGS-Midsouth Nashcon website: http://hmgs-midsouth.org/conventions/nashcon/ (The PEL is available on this…
Warmaster Bretonnians soon to be Lannisters from Game of Thrones
Hey there gamers! One of my new projects is to take my OOP Warmaster Bretonnian Army and it is soon to be painted up as none other than the Army…
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.…
Unsung Heroes of Gaming – Buck Surdu
In this fourth post of Unsung Heroes of Gaming, CigarBoxBattle.com gets the great privilege of interviewing Col. John “Buck” Surdu, an incredibly accomplished independent Game Designer. He’s created and…
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…
Star Wars X-Wing Review – 5 Cigars!
I am late to the party! X-Wing is a great game that I have only recently purchased and played. Why didn’t somebody tell me about this when it came out! I’m a…
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…