BATTLE COMMENCE (Battleships)

Member Name: vickiorr83

Product:	Battleships
Date:	16/09/09 (37 review reads)
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I remember as a child spending long afternoons playing Battleships with my older brother. We used to have to amuse ourselves and when the weather was bad, and we couldn't play on our bikes.

Battleships is geared towards boy's however as a girl, I loved playing this game.

I brought the modern version for my son but to be honest I found that I didn't get on with what I found a slightly more complex way of playing it.

So imaging my joy when walking past the charity shop I found an original Battleships game for £1.50. I brought it and was very pleased with my baragin.

The battleship board/electronic game I just brought is a green box with a carry handle on top. Once placed on a table there is a little catch, which when undone releases the two game sides.

The idea of this game is you plot your ships on the horizontal peg board by placing you ships in different positions. With this version you can then programme them into the computer by using map referances.

Your enemy (in my case my son) then does the same, On pressing enter you are then informed that "battle commence".

You then are to take turns guessing ships co-ordinates and enter these again by the little buttons above the bottom pegboard.

Using the vertical board you plot where you have already guessed by either a white peg if no ship or a red if you are lucky enough to hit a ship. Once you have found a ship, this model makes a really annoyed noice and tells you that the ship has sunk.

With this version of the game you can't keep moving your ships to avoid getting sunk as the computer knows where you are. Which stops any cheating my son tries to do when I nip to the toilet.

The ships come in sizes of 2,3,4 and 5 and has a single ship as well to add to any of the other ships to make it a little larger. I am sure we had a ship of 6 pegs but the kids have lost a few pieces so I wouldn't be able to confirm that.

The game is for 2 players, however if I can't play with my son, he can play alone against the computer.

This really is a great game for boys, girls and adults alike. It is very addictive though.

The original game is the best... In this case..

Summary: An excellent 80's game.