This is the game that most of us used to enjoy playing when we were children. The mention of the name battleship brings to mind the all too familiar phrase ‘you have sunk my ship’. The game is a very addictive puzzle which requires no math calculations; all you need is coherent play, thus has a great appeal to people of all ages as well as skills.
The game is played by two players who secretly arrange their ships on the grid of the game board; each player has two square grids. One of the square grids must be marked clearly as ‘self’ while the second grid should be marked as the ‘opponent’. The players have the same type of ships, but will vary in most cases depending on the type of the game. The squares occupied by a given ship are determined by the ships size; hence the ships cannot lie on top of each other.
The game starts by players taking turns; players call out the target squares to shoot in the opponent’s grids; the player’s opponents then announces whether the shot hit or not; the opponent then takes the turn to shoot. To be successful, players should avoid guess work, but rather, make moves based on reasonable deductions.
The aim of the game is to hit all the squares around the ship and eventually sink it. When all the player’s ships have been sunk, the game ends and the player who sunk the ships becomes the winner.
However, there are variations of the game which have different approaches to play. The salvo variation allows players to take as many shots as the number of ships he has in one turn. In this type of game, the player on the first turn for instance, announces five shots and gets the response from the opponent as to how many shots hit the target.
The player with fewer ships in the grid will have fewer shots to make; the player with more ships has the upper hand to win the game. With the introduction of electronic battleships, game has gained popularity around the world. The breakthrough gave the opportunity to include the game in play station 2.
However, the rules of the game changed to accommodate changes such as, the changes in the size of the game board. The computer games are preferred to the pencil-and-paper games due to their interactive nature. The accessibility of the game’s features is easy since you have quick access to the toolbar.
There are a number of techniques you can use in playing this game. Submarines contain only one segment, thus all other squares around it should be filled with water. This technique will help you account for all the ships segments. The new video version of the game has left players very excited on the lengths the game will go to meet their needs at the same time keeping up with the changes in technology. The game has been rated as the most popular game ever, in the history of gaming.
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