Battleship is a classic naval combat board game of strategy
and excitement. In this board game, you will search the ocean floor to destroy
your opponent’s fleet of ships.
The board game was first introduced by Milton-Bradley in
1967 as a plastic board and peg game. The game battleship comes from earlier
versions of a pencil and paper game from the 1930s.
Battleship has also evolved into many electronic versions
of the game today. The game I had growing up was the original plastic board and
peg game. I have spent many hours playing this game with my brothers and
friends.
The game we have today is the same, but it was made by
Hasbro. I have never tried one of the electronic versions but thought about it
many times. Today I play the same battleship game with my grandchildren that I
played growing up.
How to Play Battleship:
Each player has a fleet of five ships consisting of the
following:
Class of Ship #of
Hits to Sink the Ship
Aircraft Carrier 5
Battleship 4
Destroyer 3
Submarine 3
Patrol Boat 2
Each player has a plastic case with two grids, white pegs, and red pegs. One grid is the ocean floor, this is where you place your fleet of ships either horizontal or vertical. The upper grid is to record your misses with white pegs and your hits with red pegs.
You can also use your ocean floor
to track your opponent's misses with white pegs. This is an option and I never
use it.
A player calls out a location on the grid and the opposing
player says either hit or miss. If it is a miss the first player marks the
location with a white peg, so he doesn’t call that location again. If it is a hit,
then he places a red peg in that location and the opposing player places a red
peg in the ship that was hit.
Now, the first player must figure out if the ship is placed
horizontal or vertical on the opposing player’s grid. Once a player has sunk
the other player's entire fleet, he wins the game.
Battleship is just another classic game that has been
around for many years and will provide hours of fun.
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