Comments by "" (@BobSmith-dk8nw) on "French Interwar Cruisers - The Best of Ships, The Worst of Ships" video.

At one point in time in my youth - me and my War Gaming Buddies - held a Round Robin of the Worlds WWII Navies. We had all played the Avalon Hill Jutland game but one of the guys in the group had created his own set of Naval Rules. Each side would have several Battleships, Cruisers and Destroyers. This was surface combat and Airplanes Ruined that - so no Carriers. . The First match up was between the French and Italians but I don't remember the details of the ships involved. It's to bad I can't remember any more about the French ships used as these may well have been among them. The Italians won - and went on to fight the British - who went on to fight the Germans - who went on to fight the Americans - who went on to fight the Japanese where they won as well. Of course - this wasn't just ship quality that determined the winner - as the players would be the major determinant. I don't believe we had any fixed teams. We'd just have a match at someone's house and choose up sides then. We all drank beer together every Friday Night (unless we had a date) and sometimes played War Games Saturday Night. Sadly, like most groups of young men - ours was destroyed by women. .
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