Boardgame: By Stealth and By Sea - WW2 Italian Special Forces

I "finally" got round to playing this intriguing little game. A solo, or collaborative style game where each player is an Italian "pig" (SLC) Human Torpedo of the Decima Flottiglia MAS, tasked with destroying Allied warships in Mediterranean harbours (Gibraltar, Alexandria and Algiers). A  novel and beguiling game, against a British (RN) "Bot" defense. The players are endlessly frustrated with countless "faults" in their equipment, quite how the Italians ever got near their targets in real-life is quite beyond me (see below, the imagery gives an accurate impression of a "hard day in the office" - now imagine people dropping small depth charges near you and it you surface a searchlight and rifle fire await): 

Sadly (or rather unfortunately for the RN) HMS Sheffield is now lying at the bottom of Gibraltar harbour! Three "pigs" (SLC) attacked. One crew was killed. One crew was captured (but sank HMS Sheffield at berth). One crew escaped (but only after their "pig" SLC developed a fatal malfunction within sight of HMS Renown and had to be "scuttled")! 

It certainly has great replay value!

Just Playing with my "Sea" (and some old Napoleonic Ships)

Just laid out this British squadron to see how they looked (see below):

I like it ;)

Note: I might have to point them down the hex spines instead of at the face of a hex. That may be a better way to "Box the Compass" ;)

Sea Project: Ideas Appreciated ...

I have a "new toy" of sorts (see below):

A naval game looms .. the only decision is whether is should be:

• Ancients (new kit required, but I have always wanted to play Salamis with David Manly's Greek Fire and Roman Fury rules)
• Napoleonic (time to bring out Avalon Hills "Wooden Ships and Iron Men" with a small squadron of British versus a mixed bag of French and Spanish)
• World War One (General Quarters II, Dogger Bank or Jutland Battle Cruiser Clash)
• World War Two (General Quarters II, Narvik [done once already] or Mediterranean, or even a "Convoy"?)
• Modern (although this means I would need some new kit, but I always wanted to play Larry Bond's Harpoon)

Logic dictates that in the 100th year of Jutland it should be WWI, quite fitting as the corners are held down by Jutland books (and research wise a god excuse to try and sneak some of the new '2016' Jutland books in), but somehow Napoleonic seems so very, very tempting (lovely models to make).

Thoughts and ideas appreciated