Something exciting came in the mail today, my mystery boxes from Gaddis Games. I have no idea how long Lee has been offering a mystery box but I was completely unaware of it before about 2 weeks ago so I thought I would get one and do a brief review of it. Actually I bought 2 because you get the option of Allies, Axis, or Mystery so I ordered 1 Allied and 1 Axis to see what to expect from either.
As you can see from the pictures they aren't huge boxes, about 10x10x2 but that is 200 in^3 volume to fill with goodies. I randomly opened on and it was the Axis box so I'll go over that one 1st.
Upon opening you'll notice that this box is full! The first thing you'll find upon opening is a thank you note from Lee for ordering a battle box, which is nice.
So I thought this mystery box was going completely random in its contents but there was a bit of a theme with 3 Italian units which is great since I do have an Italian army and I have been wanting the new Rubicon M13/40. Also included were some D10s and tokens for their games Empires Fall, Shattered Crown, and GUARDS. I have a copy of Empires Fall coming from the recent KS so those will also come in handy. Even if I didn't have that coming tho D10s are always useful and this whole box was 36 US dollars which made it good value just with the models.
Box 2 is also packed full with and topped with a thank you note.
There was less product in box 2, the Allied box, once again we have a nice Rubicon model, in this case an M4 Sherman with a 76mm gun which took up most of the box, and there was also a US MMG team and some of the new 761st tank battalion tank crew which look spectacular.
If I had to pick a favorite box it would probably be the Axis one just because it had more stuff but when you buy you sign up for a monthly delivery so it will be different every month and they're a good value so maybe next time the Allied on might be the better of the two. I highly recommend this box and plan to keep my subscription up for as long as Gaddis Games does a monthly Battle Box and if you want a random selection of good stuff I recommend you get in on this too.
