Battleship (1931)
Playtime: 30
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, 3M, Ruibal Hermanos S.A., MB Jeux, Lakeside, Playkar, Alga, Schmidt Spiele, Inovac Rima SA, danspil, Tesco, Games International BV, Stellar Games, (Unknown), Chad Valley Co Ltd., House of Marbles, Brimtoy, ToyCo, Action Games and Toys Ltd, Nilco S.A., Mulder, El Greco, Novedades Montecarlo, Enigma (Bergsala Enigma), Trixy Games, Clementoni, King International, MB Spellen, Paul Lamond Games Ltd, Spear's Games, Transogram, Hasbro, Marc Piqué Reg., Selecta Spielzeug, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Merit, Dal Negro, Unikatoy, Wilco Publishing, Peri Spiele, Smethport Specialty Co., Jouets Mont-Blanc, Poptoy, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, The Purple Cow, Parker Brothers, Milton Bradley, Carlit, Exclusive Toy Corp., CBN Razor Company AB, AG Müller (AGMüller), Top That! Publishing PLC, Invicta Games, Piatnik, CEFA (Celulosa Fabril S. A.), Gegu Spielwaren GmbH, Super Impulse, MB Juegos, Aristoplay, BCF, Maple Toys, HEMA, Goldmerk, Edition Michael Fischer GmbH (EMF Verlag), Ideal, Dourios, The American Belt Company, Tactic, Winning Solutions (WS Game Company), CHH Games, Magic Box Int., Nu-Bef, Sala, Palet spil, Berliner Spielkarten, MB Giochi, Korea Boardgames, Noris Spiele, Montitoys, Whitman, Max Dähnert & Söhne, Klee, House of Games, Alexander, Vilpa, MB Spiele, Papita, Kaywood Corp., Guau, Saitek, Bookmark Verlag, Gherzi, Pais e Filhos, Peter Pan Playthings, Falomir Juegos
Designers: Clifford Von Wickler
Artists: Taavi Oolberg
Mechanics: Paper-and-Pencil, Secret Unit Deployment, Deduction
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, 3M, Ruibal Hermanos S.A., MB Jeux, Lakeside, Playkar, Alga, Schmidt Spiele, Inovac Rima SA, danspil, Tesco, Games International BV, Stellar Games, (Unknown), Chad Valley Co Ltd., House of Marbles, Brimtoy, ToyCo, Action Games and Toys Ltd, Nilco S.A., Mulder, El Greco, Novedades Montecarlo, Enigma (Bergsala Enigma), Trixy Games, Clementoni, King International, MB Spellen, Paul Lamond Games Ltd, Spear's Games, Transogram, Hasbro, Marc Piqué Reg., Selecta Spielzeug, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Merit, Dal Negro, Unikatoy, Wilco Publishing, Peri Spiele, Smethport Specialty Co., Jouets Mont-Blanc, Poptoy, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, The Purple Cow, Parker Brothers, Milton Bradley, Carlit, Exclusive Toy Corp., CBN Razor Company AB, AG Müller (AGMüller), Top That! Publishing PLC, Invicta Games, Piatnik, CEFA (Celulosa Fabril S. A.), Gegu Spielwaren GmbH, Super Impulse, MB Juegos, Aristoplay, BCF, Maple Toys, HEMA, Goldmerk, Edition Michael Fischer GmbH (EMF Verlag), Ideal, Dourios, The American Belt Company, Tactic, Winning Solutions (WS Game Company), CHH Games, Magic Box Int., Nu-Bef, Sala, Palet spil, Berliner Spielkarten, MB Giochi, Korea Boardgames, Noris Spiele, Montitoys, Whitman, Max Dähnert & Söhne, Klee, House of Games, Alexander, Vilpa, MB Spiele, Papita, Kaywood Corp., Guau, Saitek, Bookmark Verlag, Gherzi, Pais e Filhos, Peter Pan Playthings, Falomir Juegos
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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The game was also published under these names:
Battle Ships ,
Salvo ,
De Groote Zeeslag ,
Two Worlds Collide ,
Battleship ,
Flotylla ,
De slag op zee ,
Kugu Kauja ,
Slagskip ,
צוללות ,
Seemanöver ,
Normandie ,
Sea Battle ,
Laevade Pommitamine ,
Naval Battle ,
Flotta contro flotta ,
Star Wars Hundir la flota | Aundir a frota ,
Det stora sjöslaget ,
Luchtslag ,
Convoy ,
Batalla Aérea ,
Hundir la Flota ,
Volldampf Voraus! ,
Air Battle ,
Sink the Battle Fleet ,
Warship ,
Sänka Skepp ,
Zeeslag ,
Battleships ,
Batalha Naval ,
Magnetic Battleship ,
World's Smallest Battleship ,
Flotten-Kampfspiel ,
씨-배틀 ,
Tzolelot ,
Sjöslaget ,
Meritaistelu ,
Luftschlacht ,
Морской бой ,
Combate Naval ,
F16 Derribado ,
Affonda la flotta ,
Star Wars Battleship ,
Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Two Worlds Collide ,
Der ultimative Spielblock: Kopf gegen Kopf – Versenk deine Lehrer*innen! ,
Zink de schepen ,
Victory at Sea ,
Guerra de barcos ,
Kryssarspelet ,
Bataille navale ,
Nya kryssarspelet ,
Søslag ,
Battaglia Navale ,
Warships ,
Sænke slagskibe ,
Sprekende zeeslag per computer ,
Broadside ,
Flottenmanöver ,
Sunk ,
Guerra Barcos ,
Bitwa Morska ,
Ataque Aéreo ,
Trafalgar ,
Hundir Los Barcos ,
Battleship: Game Folio Edition ,
Warfare Naval Combat ,
Battleship The Classic Naval Combat Game ,
Travel Battleship ,
Convoy: Kryssarspelet ,
Laivanupotuspeli ,
Seeschlacht ,
Upscope ,
Broadsides ,
Touché-Coulé ,
Pocket Battleships ,
Slagorde ,
Tank Commander ,
Submarino ,
Torpedó ,
F-5 Hundido ,
Play Marine ,
Aqua ¡Boom! ,
Batalla Naval ,
Schot voor de boeg ,
Combat ,
L'Aero Naval ,
Morskoi Boi ,
Schiffe versenken ,
Okręty ,
Schiffe-Versenken ,
Ναυμαχία ,
Wings ,
The Battleship Game ,
Swiss Navy ,
Classic battleship: movie edition ,
Flottenkampfspiel ,
Der ultimative Spielblock: Kopf gegen Kopf – Schnapp die Einbrecherbande! ,
Vlootgevecht ,
Radar ,
Zeeslag Atlantis ,
Battleboats ,
Travel Sea Battle ,
Warship Chess ,
Bataille Aérienne ,
Pirate Battleships ,
Reise Flottenmanöver ,
Nya Kryssarspelet
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