Battleship (1931)
Playtime: 30
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
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Designers: Clifford Von Wickler
Artists: Taavi Oolberg
Mechanics: Paper-and-Pencil, Secret Unit Deployment, Deduction
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: Papita, Transogram, King International, Alga, The American Belt Company, ToyCo, Guau, Unikatoy, Action Games and Toys Ltd, Tesco, Inovac Rima SA, CBN Razor Company AB, Clementoni, MB Spellen, CEFA (Celulosa Fabril S. A.), Invicta Games, Hasbro, Poptoy, Peri Spiele, Magic Box Int., Marc Piqué Reg., MB Jeux, Winning Solutions (WS Game Company), Playkar, Enigma (Bergsala Enigma), Maple Toys, Falomir Juegos, Kaywood Corp., MB Giochi, House of Games, danspil, Nilco S.A., Goldmerk, Chad Valley Co Ltd., Games International BV, Aristoplay, CHH Games, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Merit, Korea Boardgames, Berliner Spielkarten, Pais e Filhos, 3M, Carlit, Nu-Bef, Milton Bradley, Jouets Mont-Blanc, Vilpa, MB Juegos, Wilco Publishing, The Purple Cow, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, BCF, Whitman, Lakeside, Sala, Spear's Games, Saitek, Super Impulse, Ideal, Stellar Games, AG Müller (AGMüller), Trixy Games, Noris Spiele, House of Marbles, Smethport Specialty Co., Gherzi, Palet spil, Tactic, HEMA, Exclusive Toy Corp., Alexander, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, Klee, MB Spiele, Brimtoy, Max Dähnert & Söhne, (Unknown), Top That! Publishing PLC, Schmidt Spiele, Bookmark Verlag, Piatnik, Selecta Spielzeug, Ruibal Hermanos S.A., Peter Pan Playthings, El Greco, Gegu Spielwaren GmbH, Dal Negro, Mulder, Novedades Montecarlo, Paul Lamond Games Ltd, Parker Brothers, Dourios, Montitoys, Edition Michael Fischer GmbH (EMF Verlag)
Designers: Clifford Von Wickler
Artists: Taavi Oolberg
Mechanics: Paper-and-Pencil, Secret Unit Deployment, Deduction
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Battleship was originally a pencil-and-paper public domain game known by different names, but Milton Bradley made it into the well known board game in 1967. The pencil and paper grids were changed to plastic grids with holes that could hold plastic pegs used to record the guesses.
Each player deploys his ships (of lengths varying from 2 to 5 squares) secretly on a square grid. Then each player shoots at the other's grid by calling a location. The defender responds by "Hit!" or "Miss!". You try to deduce where the enemy ships are and sink them. First to do so wins.
The Salvo variant listed in the rules allows each player to call out from 1 to 5 shots at a time depending on the amount of ships the player has left (IE: players each start off with 5 ships, so they start off with 5 shots. As ships are sunk, the players gets fewer shots). This version of the game is closer to the original pencil-and-paper public domain game. Many versions of the pencil-and-paper game have different amounts of shots based on the ship (IE: Battleship: 5 shots. Destroyer: 3 Shots, Etc.).
In 2008, Hasbro "reinvented" the game into Battleship (Revised).
Some history of the published versions of the game:
1931: Starex Novelty Co. of NY publishes Salvo.
1933: The Strathmore Co. publishes Combat, The Battleship Game.
1943: Milton Bradley publishes the pad-and-pencil game Broadsides, The Game of Naval Strategy.
1943: Also published in 1943 Sink it by the L R Gebert Co. for distribution by G. Krueger Brewing Co.
1940's: Maurice L. Freedman Co. of RI publishes Warfare Naval Combat.
1961: Ideal publishes Salvo.
Other titles over the years have included Swiss Navy, Sunk (Parker Bros.), Convoy (Transogram), Wings (Strategy Games Co. of California), and Naval Battle (3M Paper and Pencil Version) .
Each player deploys his ships (of lengths varying from 2 to 5 squares) secretly on a square grid. Then each player shoots at the other's grid by calling a location. The defender responds by "Hit!" or "Miss!". You try to deduce where the enemy ships are and sink them. First to do so wins.
The Salvo variant listed in the rules allows each player to call out from 1 to 5 shots at a time depending on the amount of ships the player has left (IE: players each start off with 5 ships, so they start off with 5 shots. As ships are sunk, the players gets fewer shots). This version of the game is closer to the original pencil-and-paper public domain game. Many versions of the pencil-and-paper game have different amounts of shots based on the ship (IE: Battleship: 5 shots. Destroyer: 3 Shots, Etc.).
In 2008, Hasbro "reinvented" the game into Battleship (Revised).
Some history of the published versions of the game:
1931: Starex Novelty Co. of NY publishes Salvo.
1933: The Strathmore Co. publishes Combat, The Battleship Game.
1943: Milton Bradley publishes the pad-and-pencil game Broadsides, The Game of Naval Strategy.
1943: Also published in 1943 Sink it by the L R Gebert Co. for distribution by G. Krueger Brewing Co.
1940's: Maurice L. Freedman Co. of RI publishes Warfare Naval Combat.
1961: Ideal publishes Salvo.
Other titles over the years have included Swiss Navy, Sunk (Parker Bros.), Convoy (Transogram), Wings (Strategy Games Co. of California), and Naval Battle (3M Paper and Pencil Version) .
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World's Smallest Battleship ,
Classic battleship: movie edition ,
Slagorde ,
Battleship ,
Bataille Aérienne ,
Tank Commander ,
Wings ,
Ataque Aéreo ,
Kryssarspelet ,
F16 Derribado ,
Sænke slagskibe ,
Nya Kryssarspelet ,
Victory at Sea ,
Morskoi Boi ,
Torpedó ,
Flottenmanöver ,
Convoy: Kryssarspelet ,
F-5 Hundido ,
Submarino ,
Star Wars Hundir la flota | Aundir a frota ,
Flotten-Kampfspiel ,
Normandie ,
Okręty ,
Batalla Aérea ,
Battleship: Game Folio Edition ,
Radar ,
Warfare Naval Combat ,
Broadside ,
Touché-Coulé ,
Kugu Kauja ,
Swiss Navy ,
Морской бой ,
Travel Sea Battle ,
De Groote Zeeslag ,
Laivanupotuspeli ,
씨-배틀 ,
Luftschlacht ,
Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Two Worlds Collide ,
Flotylla ,
Guerra Barcos ,
Batalla Naval ,
Convoy ,
Pocket Battleships ,
Luchtslag ,
Warships ,
Sjöslaget ,
Schiffe-Versenken ,
Zink de schepen ,
Der ultimative Spielblock: Kopf gegen Kopf – Versenk deine Lehrer*innen! ,
Combate Naval ,
Upscope ,
Vlootgevecht ,
Ναυμαχία ,
Battleships ,
Batalha Naval ,
Volldampf Voraus! ,
Bitwa Morska ,
Aqua ¡Boom! ,
The Battleship Game ,
Pirate Battleships ,
Battaglia Navale ,
Det stora sjöslaget ,
Tzolelot ,
Schiffe versenken ,
Battleship The Classic Naval Combat Game ,
Reise Flottenmanöver ,
Søslag ,
Flotta contro flotta ,
Two Worlds Collide ,
Bataille navale ,
Naval Battle ,
Magnetic Battleship ,
Flottenkampfspiel ,
Battle Ships ,
L'Aero Naval ,
Sunk ,
Guerra de barcos ,
Hundir Los Barcos ,
Combat ,
Schot voor de boeg ,
Zeeslag ,
Sea Battle ,
Sink the Battle Fleet ,
Salvo ,
Laevade Pommitamine ,
Broadsides ,
Zeeslag Atlantis ,
Battleboats ,
Seemanöver ,
Affonda la flotta ,
Star Wars Battleship ,
Seeschlacht ,
Der ultimative Spielblock: Kopf gegen Kopf – Schnapp die Einbrecherbande! ,
Warship Chess ,
Sprekende zeeslag per computer ,
Sänka Skepp ,
De slag op zee ,
Meritaistelu ,
Nya kryssarspelet ,
Trafalgar ,
Travel Battleship ,
Warship ,
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Hundir la Flota ,
Air Battle ,
Play Marine ,
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