My wife have the River Battleships game to me for Christmas this year and I managed to get it to the table. Much to relearn as I maneuver in the waterway instead of in land, butgood, fun game to learn. The game lasted only 6 turns before the last Hungarian gunboat sank, but it wasn't a completely one-sided affair. I split up both sides so the Yugoslavian monitors covered both approaches through the narrows around the island on Board 109. The slow monitors pulled up and anchored to allow the lighter Hungarians to get within anti-semitic range, and then promptly sank 3 of them. The 4th boat started getting some good hits in and sank one of the monitors over 2 turns, but then the other monitor ledger (turned at anchor) around to bring that last boat to bear, taking both shots of her activation to send it to the bottom. This will be an Interest in change to the OF system.

Back in the 80s played two ACW games called Ironclads and Shot & Shell which depicted river combat during the ACW. After one too many moves lost both games, was hoping this game would "scratch that itch." The RBs rules take a little getting used to but were manageable, the game does require more markers or paperwork to keep track of hits, morale during assault etc.

Tough fight for Hungarians they have the numbers, but their boats are only 1 step with zero armor, yet they did heavy damage to the two Yugo monitors to earn a draw.