A Carnevale Review, Skirmishing in a magical Venice

About Carnevale: Vicious Fighting Along the Canals of Venice, from BoardGameGeek:

Carnevale is a brand new miniature skirmish game, set in a twisted city of Venice in 1795. These are 28mm metal models for painters and players alike. The game has a simple game system, but enough tactical depth to please many wargamers. This is the year 1795. After a magical cataclysm that has changed Europe and the world as we know it, the city of Venice is under the effects of the Rent in the Sky. For the first time in history, magic is walking freely on its streets, ancient monsters have awakened from their submarine slumber and found their way towards the canals of this city, a decadent nobility has discovered new ways of depravity in senseless violence, and the citizens of Venice do the best they can to survive under the protection of the Guild of thieves.