# 11: Battleshipa.k.a. Battleships or Sea Battle
94 Points (On 7 of 14 lists)
Highest Vote: (#6 by Thrifty)
Publication Date: 1967 with earlier versions predating WWI
Number of Players: 2
Designed by: Unknown
Publisher: Milton Bradley
Description:Battleship (also Battleships or Sea Battle) is a guessing game for two players. It is known worldwide as a pencil and paper game which predates World War I. It was published by Milton Bradley Company in 1943 as the pad-and-pencil game "Broadsides, the Game of Naval Strategy", and as a board game in 1967.
5 ships of varying sizes are deployed onto a 10x10 grid and the players must deduce where the opposing ships are by shooting at them using the grid co-ordinates, i.e. "B-5."
Hey, How Do I Win This? Sink your opponent's ships before they do the same.
Fun Gaming Facts:One standard variant of the game is the "salvo" version where each player gets as many shots each turn as they have ships remaining.
The most recent version of Battleship uses a hexagonal map, a "captured man" on an island that must be found and two non-straight pieces (the carrier and a triangular weapons platform.)
In 2011, Hasbro introduced a miniatures based version of the game called Battleship Galaxies. It has pegs and the name, but not much else in similarity.
There are also Star Wars and PotC versions of the game.
Other similar games published:
Salvo (1938), Combat: The Battleship Game (1933), Broadsides (1943), Sink It (1943), Salvo (from Ideal this time, 1961), Swiss Navy, Sunk, Convoy, Wings, Naval Battle. And on electronic versions include Naval Strike, Naval Combat, Naval Clash, Advanced Mission, Super Battleship, Grid Attack and Battlefield.
Dice:None.Purple and Orange?:No, grey ships. Red and white pegs.
Awards & Stuff:None.
Related Games that Received Votes:Related Games that Didn't Receive Votes:Hey! It's an Amazon link with the price! $19.99 It's the movie tie-in version too.
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