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