Battleship (1931)
Playtime: 30
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: The Purple Cow, CEFA (Celulosa Fabril S. A.), Dal Negro, Whitman, Falomir Juegos, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Chad Valley Co Ltd., Lakeside, Games International BV, MB Spiele, King International, Sala, Dourios, BCF, Inovac Rima SA, Jouets Mont-Blanc, MB Giochi, Tactic, Ideal, Tesco, Milton Bradley, Wilco Publishing, Marc Piqué Reg., Nu-Bef, Alexander, Guau, Montitoys, Parker Brothers, Korea Boardgames, Playkar, Berliner Spielkarten, Clementoni, Peri Spiele, Hasbro, Trixy Games, Invicta Games, Top That! Publishing PLC, El Greco, Gegu Spielwaren GmbH, Pais e Filhos, Stellar Games, Aristoplay, Max Dähnert & Söhne, Super Impulse, Enigma (Bergsala Enigma), Nilco S.A., Brimtoy, CHH Games, Carlit, Kaywood Corp., House of Games, Piatnik, MB Spellen, HEMA, AG Müller (AGMüller), Action Games and Toys Ltd, Vilpa, Novedades Montecarlo, Mulder, The American Belt Company, Papita, Unikatoy, Goldmerk, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Poptoy, Edition Michael Fischer GmbH (EMF Verlag), Exclusive Toy Corp., ToyCo, Winning Solutions (WS Game Company), Paul Lamond Games Ltd, Ruibal Hermanos S.A., House of Marbles, Magic Box Int., danspil, Maple Toys, Peter Pan Playthings, Schmidt Spiele, Selecta Spielzeug, Transogram, Palet spil, Alga, Saitek, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, Noris Spiele, Smethport Specialty Co., Merit, Gherzi, (Unknown), Spear's Games, MB Jeux, CBN Razor Company AB, Bookmark Verlag, Klee, 3M, MB Juegos
Designers: Clifford Von Wickler
Artists: Taavi Oolberg
Mechanics: Paper-and-Pencil, Deduction, Secret Unit Deployment
Min. Age: 8
Players: 2
Publisher: The Purple Cow, CEFA (Celulosa Fabril S. A.), Dal Negro, Whitman, Falomir Juegos, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Chad Valley Co Ltd., Lakeside, Games International BV, MB Spiele, King International, Sala, Dourios, BCF, Inovac Rima SA, Jouets Mont-Blanc, MB Giochi, Tactic, Ideal, Tesco, Milton Bradley, Wilco Publishing, Marc Piqué Reg., Nu-Bef, Alexander, Guau, Montitoys, Parker Brothers, Korea Boardgames, Playkar, Berliner Spielkarten, Clementoni, Peri Spiele, Hasbro, Trixy Games, Invicta Games, Top That! Publishing PLC, El Greco, Gegu Spielwaren GmbH, Pais e Filhos, Stellar Games, Aristoplay, Max Dähnert & Söhne, Super Impulse, Enigma (Bergsala Enigma), Nilco S.A., Brimtoy, CHH Games, Carlit, Kaywood Corp., House of Games, Piatnik, MB Spellen, HEMA, AG Müller (AGMüller), Action Games and Toys Ltd, Vilpa, Novedades Montecarlo, Mulder, The American Belt Company, Papita, Unikatoy, Goldmerk, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, Poptoy, Edition Michael Fischer GmbH (EMF Verlag), Exclusive Toy Corp., ToyCo, Winning Solutions (WS Game Company), Paul Lamond Games Ltd, Ruibal Hermanos S.A., House of Marbles, Magic Box Int., danspil, Maple Toys, Peter Pan Playthings, Schmidt Spiele, Selecta Spielzeug, Transogram, Palet spil, Alga, Saitek, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, Noris Spiele, Smethport Specialty Co., Merit, Gherzi, (Unknown), Spear's Games, MB Jeux, CBN Razor Company AB, Bookmark Verlag, Klee, 3M, MB Juegos
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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Battleship: Game Folio Edition ,
Sea Battle ,
De Groote Zeeslag ,
Play Marine ,
Schot voor de boeg ,
Flotta contro flotta ,
Sänka Skepp ,
Nya kryssarspelet ,
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Convoy ,
Warfare Naval Combat ,
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Meritaistelu ,
Battleship ,
Wings ,
De slag op zee ,
Trafalgar ,
Battaglia Navale ,
Touché-Coulé ,
Radar ,
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Der ultimative Spielblock: Kopf gegen Kopf – Versenk deine Lehrer*innen! ,
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Warship ,
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Star Wars Hundir la flota | Aundir a frota ,
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Reise Flottenmanöver ,
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Bataille Aérienne ,
World's Smallest Battleship ,
Tzolelot ,
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Convoy: Kryssarspelet ,
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Atlantis: The Lost Empire – Two Worlds Collide ,
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Swiss Navy ,
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Air Battle ,
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