Battleships: Naval Tactics

Since Battleships: Naval Tactics launched on January 19th 2007 Random Games visitors have played 15578 games.
Humans have won 8457 battles and Machines have won 7121 battles.

Battleships is a 2 player strategy game that began as a pencil and paper game and pre-dates the First World War. Many variations of Battleships have evolved over the years with differing grid sizes, numbers of ships and rules.

How to Play Battleships: Naval Tactics

Battleships: Naval Tactics uses a classic 10×10 grid and each player commands a fleet of 5 ships: an aircraft carrier, a battleship, a frigate, a submarine and a minesweeper. Ships vary in length from 2 to 5 cells and can be placed anywhere on the game grid as long as they don't extend beyond the game grid border or overlap each other. Ships can be rotated to align either horizontally or vertically. When the Player has positioned their fleet correctly play begins.

The Player always takes the first turn and must click a 'target' cell on the Computer's game grid (the Computer's fleet remains hidden!). A shot is fired at the target cell and reports either a miss or a hit - a hit meaning the cell is occupied by a ship. If the shot is a miss the target cell turns green and play passes to the Computer who then selects a target cell on the Player's game grid. If the shot is a hit the target cell turns orange and play remains with the Player who must select another target cell. When all cells occupied by a single ship have been hit the ship will sink and the occupied cells will turn red. The first player to sink all opposition ships is the winner.

Statistics

Battleships: Naval Tactics will score each game you play based on your performance. Your performance is calculated by comparing your hit ratio (number of hits to misses) compared with that of your computer. The more convincing your victory the higher the final score.

Battleships: Naval Tactics will also record your best score, your worst score, number of games played and other statistics for you to keep track of your performance. One day there might even be a high score table. Possibly.