Description
In Battleship: Grab & Go, each player commands a fleet of five ships and searches for the opponent's hidden fleet. The two game units are joined into one small box: you slide them apart, each player takes one, and the open lid becomes a screen to hide your ships behind. The game is the same as the classic Battleship, except that after playing you fold it back together and take it with you.
How to play Battleship: Grab & Go
At the start, each player secretly places an aircraft carrier, a battleship, a cruiser, a submarine and a destroyer on their grid, horizontally or vertically, never diagonally. Once the game starts, you can no longer move your ships. Then you take turns firing: you choose a space on the target grid and call it out by letter and number.
Your opponent must say whether you hit or missed. You mark the shot with a peg on the target grid in the lid, using a red peg for a hit. When every hole of a ship has been hit, the ship is sunk and your opponent says which one it was. The first player to sink all five of the opponent's ships wins.
Why you will like it
- After the first hit, the real deduction begins: you fire at the neighbouring spaces and work out whether the ship lies horizontally or vertically.
- Placing your fleet is your own secret decision, and it can make your opponent's search much harder.
- After the game, the ships and pegs are stored in the units, which you close and push together, so everything is in one piece, ready to travel.
- There is no text on the components, only letters and numbers on the grid, so even children who can't read well yet can play.
Who is Battleship: Grab & Go for
The game is for two players aged 7 and up and takes about 30 minutes. It is easy, and you can explain the rules in a few minutes. The small box is just right for a trip, a holiday or a waiting room, where children and adults play together.
What might you not like?
The first shots are mostly guesswork, so the game may not suit those who prefer games with more planning and less luck.
What's in the box
- 2 game units with a ship grid and a target grid in the lid
- 10 plastic ships, five for each player
- pegs for hits and misses
- rules
