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Battleship
1931
Designed by Clifford Von Wickler
Published by Piatnik, Peri Spiele, John W. Hill & Co., ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, (Unknown), 3M, Invicta Games, Parker Brothers, Spear's Games, Alexander, Transogram, Tactic, MB Juegos, Enigma (Bergsala Enigma), Carlit, Pais e Filhos, Whitman, Piatnik, House of Games, Korea Boardgames, Noris Spiele, Moscow Toy Factory, Smethport Specialty Co., AG Müller (AGMüller), Sala, Toy Place, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, Top That! Publishing PLC, Goldmerk, Tesco, Poptoy, Brimtoy, Grow Jogos e Brinquedos, Games International BV, Playkar, Novedades Montecarlo, Alga, Nilco S.A., Palet spil, Papita, Hasbro, Clementoni, Trixy Games, MB Spiele, Edition Michael Fischer GmbH (EMF Verlag), Falomir Juegos, Lakeside, Alga, Selecta Spielzeug, Transogram, AG Müller (AGMüller), Unikatoy, Poptoy, Spear's Games, Exclusive Toy Corp., Selecta Spielzeug, Inovac Rima SA, Merit, CHH Games, Vilpa, Trixy Games, The Purple Cow, ToyCo, Goldmerk, Chad Valley Co Ltd., Nu-Bef, HEMA, Pavilion, Kaywood Corp., Schmidt Spiele, Dal Negro, Palet spil, ToyCo, Magic Box Int., Super Impulse, Invicta Games, Paul Lamond Games Ltd, Aristoplay, CEFA (Celulosa Fabril S. A.), Tesco, Jouets Mont-Blanc, The American Belt Company, CEFA (Celulosa Fabril S. A.), MB Spiele, Falomir Juegos, MB Spellen, Ruibal Hermanos S.A., Smethport Specialty Co., Whitman, Ruibal Hermanos S.A., MB Jeux, Stellar Games, Parker Brothers, ASS Altenburger Spielkarten, MB Jeux, Merit, Schmidt Spiele, Unikatoy, CBN Razor Company AB, Lakeside, Gegu Spielwaren GmbH, Berliner Spielkarten, Milton Bradley, Milton Bradley, Bookmark Verlag, Korea Boardgames Co., Ltd., Montitoys, Max Dähnert & Söhne, danspil, Maple Toys, Action Games and Toys Ltd, Ideal, Peter Pan Playthings, CHH Games, El Greco, MB Juegos, Guau, El Greco, Aristoplay, Tactic, Peter Pan Playthings, Inovac Rima SA, danspil, Guau, Ideal, Saitek, Winning Solutions (WS Game Company), Chad Valley Co Ltd., Berliner Spielkarten, Mulder, King International, Papita, King International, Mulder, House of Marbles, MB Spellen, MB Giochi, Action Games and Toys Ltd, Hasbro, Carlit, Dal Negro, Bookmark Verlag, 3M, Klee, Bergsala Enigma (Enigma), House of Marbles, BCF, Peri Spiele, Dourios, Gherzi, Wilco Publishing, Sala, Novedades Montecarlo, Heathside Trading Ltd, Clementoni, MB Giochi, Paul Lamond Games Ltd, HEMA, The Purple Cow, Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore), Maple Toys, Klee, Marc Piqué Reg.
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.).
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