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