"Sink the Bolzano!" Topic

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Tango01	11 Mar 2023 8:45 p.m. PST
"The Find, Fix and Strike game the other day, The Battle of the Bonifacio Straits, turned out to be a closely fought and very evenly matched clash, with the end result a draw between the Regia Marina and Marine Nationale. The game began with both sides advancing into very long range and trading salvoes, although only the Italians managed to hit anything, with both the Duquesne and Algerie suffering light splinter damage. The Italians then swung 45 degrees and headed due south to cut off the French cruisers, while the latter steamed onwards, both sides continuing to fire but again only the Italians scoring hits or managing to straddle the French…" fXMeHXdi4jMIU0MilgToaP2PPejQigdH57V4T5Zw/s4608/IMG_20220730_222402.jpg"picture Full Naval Battle at Jim's Wargames Workbench Blog link Armand
Murphy	12 Mar 2023 2:20 p.m. PST
Nice! What size/scale are the rules and the minis?
Tango01	12 Mar 2023 3:22 p.m. PST
Glad you like them… I don't know… Armand
Pontius	13 Mar 2023 2:38 p.m. PST
Nice! What size/scale are the rules and the minis? I guess from some of Jim's other WW2 naval blog posts the minis are 1:3000. Their appearance looks like the old Davco castings, but it is a long, long time since I purchased any new models.
Tango01	13 Mar 2023 3:18 p.m. PST
Happy you like it too… and thanks for your guidance… Armand

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