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This free puzzle game fixes everything wrong with the classic Battleship

Mark Frauenfelder
Oct 25, 2024
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Battleships (from lukerissacher.com/battleships)

The Milton Bradley game Battleship sucks, and not just because of its sexist box art from 1967. It's essentially random guessing until you get a hit. There's no actual strategy involved beyond clustering shots around hits, making it more of a luck-based activity than a strategic game. Players spend most of…

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