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