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