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