Battleships

An absolute classic and all you need is a pen and paper.

How you can try it:

• Draw two grids – 10 x 10.

• Along the top write 1-10.

• Down the side write A-J.

• On your separate grids, each secretly place:

  • an aircraft carrier (5 squares).

  • a battleship (4 squares).

  • two destroyers (3 squares).

  • a submarine (2 squares).

• Take turns firing by calling out a coordinate (e.g. B7).

• The other player answers:

  • Miss – nothing there.

  • Hit – you hit a ship.

  • Sunk – you’ve hit every part of that ship.

• Track your shots on the same grid as your ships, or on a separate grid – whichever you find easier.

• First player to sink all the opponent’s ships wins.