The Best Battle of Five Armies I’ve seen for HOTT
I recently sat on the sidelines and watched a four man game of HOTT (Hordes of the Things by WRG). The scenario was the Battle of Five Armies from the…
Reaper Miniatures Dark Heaven Bones
I was at my FLGS (friendly local gaming store) recently and saw this range. I had been familiar with the Reaper Bones kickstarter, but really wasn’t familiar at all with…
Double Decker Ork Stompa and Squat Artillery
I was visiting a local games store and spotted this incredible Ork conversion. It is an Ork Stompa that has been built on top of the “chassis” of another Ork…
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…
Scott Mingus’ AWI variant for Johnny Reb III – FREE!
Civil War author and wargamer, Scott Mingus, has some fantastic scenario books and rules available for sale at wargamesvault.com. I can highly recommend any of Scott’s fantastic products! He also…
American Wild West Wargaming Research
Over the next year, CigarBoxBattle.com is going to put together a “American Wild West” project. This could be the most fun I’ve ever had doing research for a wargaming project!…
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…
25mm Barn Wargame Scenery
I’m a self-proclaimed decent figure painter and scenery maker, but I don’t have any architectural skills for making model buildings! Chris and I have talked about doing a “Dead Man’s…
2mm ACW Rules – a Cigar Box Battle project
I’ve had some Irregular Miniatures 2mm ACW figures just sitting around in cigar boxes for a long time now. They get taken out from time to time for a DBA…
An Interview with Buck Surdu, Game Designer
Cigar Box Battle: Buck, for those who don’t know you, could you tell us a little about yourself? Buck: I’ve been war gaming since about the seventh grade when I…
Game of Thrones HOTT in 25mm
Holy moly, here we go folks! This was an incredible set of armies that I ran across this year at NASHCON. There was an entry in this year’s convention program…
Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader – Battle at the Farm
Well, Cory and I finally found some time to do some vintage Warhammer 40k using the Battle At The Farm from the original Rogue Trader book from Games Workshop (kind…