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