Play Battleship online
Battleship is a hidden-fleet game: arrange your ships, then search your opponent's grid without seeing where their fleet sits. I kept the placement and shooting separate so each round begins with a small planning problem. Hits give you information, but a miss also rules out a square for your next decision.
How to play
- Open Battleship and choose solo, an online room or same-phone play.
- Place your five ships on the ten-by-ten grid, rotating or moving them as needed.
- Choose the rules for the round before committing your fleet.
- Fire at a square on the opposing grid and read the hit, miss or sunk marker.
- Use the results to find the remaining ships. Sink the whole enemy fleet first to win.
Modes and a useful starting point
Available modes: solo play, online with a friend, versus play, same-phone play.
Classic allows one shot per turn. Shoot again awards another shot after a hit. Salvo gives you one shot for each ship you still have afloat, fired together. Once you find part of a ship, test nearby squares to establish its direction rather than scattering every shot across the board.
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