HASBRO Battleship 2011 User Manual

ADULT ASSEMBLY REQUIRED

OBJECT

Sink your opponent’s fleet of five ships
before they sink yours.

CONTENTS

• 2 plastic fold-and-store game trays

• 10 plastic ships

• 84 red “hit” pegs

• 168 white “miss” pegs

• label sheet

FIGURE 2

Your fleet of 5 ships.

CARRIER—5 HOLES

BATTLESHIP—4 HOLES

+

7

DESTROYER—3 HOLES

SUBMARINE—3 HOLES

PATROL BOAT—2HOLES

PLAYERS

2

THE FIRST TIME YOU PLAY

1. Apply the “Battleship” labels to the lids

of the two game trays (see Figure 1).

FIGURE 1

2. Carefully detach the 10 ships from the

plastic frame, then discard the frame.
If needed, use an emery board or
sandpaper to remove any excess plastic
from the ships.

Each player’s fleet contains 5 different
ships (see Figure 2).

3. Remove the red and white pegs from the

plastic bag. Divide them equally
between you and your opponent and
place them in the storage compartments
of each tray (see Figure 3). Discard
the bag.

FIGURE 3

TARGET

GRID

SHIP

STORAGE

RED PEG

OCEAN

GRID

STORAGE

WHITE PEG

STORAGE

4. Open the game trays and slot a card

background into each game tray lid, as
shown in Figure 3.

5. Align the numbered edges of the plastic

Target Grids with the tabs in the game
tray lids. Carefully push the grids into
place on top of the card backgrounds.
(See Figure 3.)

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PREPARE FOR BATTLE!

Sit facing each other with the lids of
your game trays raised so that neither of
you can see the other’s ocean grid.

Both secretly place your 5 ships on your
ocean grid. To place each ship, push the
pegs on the underside into the holes on
your ocean grid.

RULES FOR SHIP
PLACEMENT

• Place each ship horizontally or vertically,
but not diagonally.

• Do not place a ship so that any part of it
overlaps letters or numbers.

Figure 4 shows an example of ship
placement.

FIGURE 4

HOW TO PLAY

Decide who will go first. Then alternate
turns, calling out one shot per turn to try
and hit each other’s ships.

CALL YOUR SHOT!

On your turn, pick a coordinate on your
target grid and call out its location by
letter and number. For example, the shot
location in Figure 5 is D-4.

When you call a shot, your opponent
must tell you whether it’s a hit or a miss.
After you record your hit or miss, your
turn is over.

FIGURE 5

You call “D-4” as your shot.

Here’s an example of how to

position your fleet correctly.

IT’S A HIT!

If your called-out shot location is occupied
by a ship on your opponent’s ocean grid,
it’s a hit! Your opponent does not tell you
which ship you hit. Record your hit by
placing a red peg in the corresponding
hole on your target grid, while your
opponent places a red peg in the
corresponding hole of the ship you hit on
their ocean grid (see Figure 6).

Example: You and Steve are the players.

It’s your turn.

You call: “D-4.”
Steve answers: “Hit.”

You place a red peg in coordinate D-4 of
your target grid. Steve places a red peg in
the hole of his hit ship directly above
coordinate D-4 on his ocean grid.

FIGURE 6

It’s a hit! Your opponent marks it

with a red peg on their ship.

IT’S A MISS!

If your called-out shot location is NOT
occupied by a ship on your opponent’s
ocean grid, it’s a miss. Place a white peg
in the corresponding hole on your target
grid, so you won’t call this shot again.
It’s not necessary to record each other’s
misses, just hits.

Example: Now it’s Steve’s turn.
Steve calls: “F-4.”
You answer: “Miss.”

Steve places a white peg in coordinate
F-4 of his target grid.

THE SALVO GAME

Experienced players may enjoy this game
variation, in which you get as many shots
on your turn as ships afloat in your fleet.
The rules are the same except for the
following:

• You each start with a salvo of five shots
(one for each ship in your fleet). You fire
them one at a time, and your opponent
announces whether the shot is a hit or
a miss. Mark your hits and misses as
in the standard game.

• For each ship that is sunk, you lose
one shot in the salvo on your next turn.

Continue calling out salvos until one
player wins.

SINKING A SHIP

Once all of the holes in a ship have red
pegs, it has been sunk. The ship’s
owner announces which ship was sunk.

WINNING THE GAME

If you sink your opponent’s fleet of five
ships before they sink yours, you win
the game!

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