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…
We Want You!
We are always looking for articles, pictures of your miniatures, after action reports, terrain building tips, scenarios, game reviews, blog links, etc. If you’d ever fancied yourself a writer and…
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…
Teach Your Kids to Game Week
My Twitter account has been blowing up this week with announcements about “Teach you kids to game week”. Well, if you’ve followed my recent blog posts, then you’ll know that that is…
Unsung Heroes of Gaming – Rick Priestley
In this first post of Unsung Heroes of Gaming, CigarBoxBattle.com gets the uncommon privilege of interviewing one of the greatest Game Designers of our time. Welcome Mr. Rick Preistley!…
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…
I was a 6th grade D&D Miniatures Maniac – a nostalgic look at old school D&D Miniatures
I first started playing D&D back in the early 80’s. Me and the rest of my 5th grade buddies played with the old, blue box Basic D&D set with the dragon, wizard and fighter…
A new series about Game Designers – UHG
Hey Gamers! We have a treat in store for you. Cigar Box Battle has compiled interviews with some of the world’s most influential game designers. We want to bring some…
New Magazine – ACW Gamer – The Ezine
This is a fantastic, new e-magazine available for American Civil War wargamers. The inaugural issue has some fantastic articles in it such as: an early war scenario for Pohick Church, 1861,…
Pass me more dice…I’m about to cast Fireball! Or not another nostalgic AD&D article.
Pass me more dice…I’m about to cast Fireball! Or not another nostalgic AD&D article! By Cory Ring I’m one of those 40something dads that’s geekily nostalgic about the good times…
Across A Deadly Field – Design Notes – by John Hill
ADF Designer’s Notes – The Design Concept The design concept for Across a Deadly Field (ADF) was developed jointly by Osprey and I, over numerous emails back and forth. We…
Gamer Architect – Blogs of Honor
This week in our “Blogs of Honor” feature, we are highlighting my friend David Glenn’s blog – “Gamer Architect”. As you might have suspected, David is an architect,…