Summary: Chris Ward is the Creative Manager & Blog Administrator for Cigar Box Battle and half of the team behind their incredible gaming mats. Cory their Content Manager & Gamer Guru couldn’t make this episode.. Origin Story Find out has two long time gamers and friends help fill a void in the hobby with their ideas and talents, almost as cool as Batmans Origin story, and more meaningful to wargamers. The Mats Chris goes into detail in how the mats are made, desgined and where the ideas are plucked from! Circle Mats One of the newer offerings of mats, we get to learn more about the popularity and reasoning behind the design. Plush Mats Some think they are shaved off the back of a rare goat, well youre wrong. Chris gives us the skinny on how these awesome mats are made and where on earth they come up with the idea! Licensed Mats Cigar Box produce a bunch of mats that are licensed to specific battles and rule sets.Are the suitable for Across a Deadly Field or Sam Mustafa’s Blucher? What’s next? Listen to Chris divulge some info on whats new! Do You Like Wargaming Recon, then Review the show If you like what you hear please consider reviewing us on iTunes & Stitcher Radio. iTunes and Stitcher Radio are some of the most popular ways for listeners to find podcasts. Why not help a potential new listener find our show and help grow the hobby? Recent Reviews Announcements PATREON Patreon backers get the newest episodes FIRST Don’t want to wait? Support Wargaming Recon through Patreon. It costs as little as $1 per per month. That is less than a cup of coffee. Thank you to: Patrick Chris Parker of Day of Battle Games Kyle from Vermont $55 away from next Patreon Goal Reminders We suggest Mobile Users use Pocket Casts ($3.99 for iOS, Lite version is FREE). $3.99 for Android users. Read the Episode Guide for sneak peeks at future episodes. Next Episode is 184 releasing on May 29 2017 Subscribe to us on iTunes Many thanks to Jeremy Kostiew, Troll ITC’s logo designer, for our amazing logo. Check out his portfolio at MightyNightGaunt.com Contact Wargaming Recon We hope you enjoy this episode of Wargaming Recon and welcome your feedback. Send it all to: Jonathan@WargamingRecon.com (Audio files welcome) Leave Telephone Voicemail: (347) 470-4263 Subscribe on iTunes Find us on Facebook Twitter Stitcher Radio Send a Voicemail (free, you only need a microphone and computer). Credits “Downtown” by Matthew Ebel is our theme song. Please give his other music a listen at www.matthewebel.com. Joshua Shoobridge edited the audio for this episode and wrote the show notes. License This recording is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 license. Disclosure This post may contain links to products or services with which I have an affiliate relationship. I may receive commissions or bonuses from your actions on such links. Wargaming Recon is dedicated to the memory of long time listener Andrew who helped to give the show its name. I ask all listeners to join me in a moment of silence in Andrew’s honor. The post Cigar Box Battle with Chris Ward – Wargaming Recon #183 appeared first on Wargaming Recon. The post Cigar Box Battle with Chris Ward – Wargaming Recon #183 appeared first on Wargaming Recon.
