Trying a new Warmaster scenario
Recently, I got together with a friend of mine and pulled out Warmaster (those of you not familiar with that rules system… It is a Games Workshop Specialist Games publication…
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…
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…
Blogs of War – Wargaming with the Silver Whistle
“Wargming with the Silver Whistle” is a fantastic blog by Pat Smith in the UK. Pat is a phenomenal painter, terrain maker and modeler. His figures and terrain have been…
Brice’s Crossroads, Mississippi, June 10, 1864 – by Dean West
This was a 15mm ACW (Johnny Reb) scenario run by Dean West at Johnny Con 4.5 (at Bayou Wars) in New Orleans this summer. Dean is a master at designing…
Doctor Who by G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T.
By John R. “Buck” Surdu Introduction: How do you run a “wargame” with only a little bit of war? I’m a fan of the Dr. Who series, particularly the Jon…
Night Battle Photos
I want to take an opportunity to show you an example of the Night Battle photos technique that is explained in Advanced Photography Techniques for Gamers volume 1: Night Battles.…
NASHCON 2013
This post covers (in general) a bunch of wonderful things we’ve seen at NASHCON 2013. We didn’t get an opportunity to cover everything that happened, but you may just see…
Warmaster Empire Army
One at a time, I’ll get these up on this blog. This time we see a 12mm army for the Warmaster Rules set. This one is for the glory of…
Another great game at NASHCON!
This one was not in the program, but I really wish I had known the fellow’s name that did this one! This was a truly impressive game of DBA. I…
28mm ACW
Here are some new pictures of some of my 28mm ACW figures. I wanted to try and take some better pictures, so I enlisted the help of two friends –…
Crimson Fists- Warhammer 40k
As Cory and I get ready to play the original Rogue Trader scenario on Rynn’s World, he has finished up his Crimson Fists force.I’m currently working on Orks. I’ve always…