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Battleship
 List Price: $14.99
Our Price: $14.75
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Manufacturer: Hasbro
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5Average rating of 4.5/5

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Amazon Maximum Age: 14
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 14
Amazon Minimum Age: 84
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Toy
Brand: Hasbro
EAN: 0032244047305
Feature: Classic naval warfare game
Label: Hasbro
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 84
Model: 4730
Publisher: Hasbro
Studio: Hasbro
Features
Classic naval warfare game
Look for your opponent's fleet by calling out squares on the grid
Requires strategy and logic
Game sets are portable, making them easy to play at home or on the road
For 2 players
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Editorial Reviews:
Do you have what it takes to command your own fleet of five ships' Can you survive thrilling, ruthless combat on the high seas' Find out with this classic Battleship game, a test of strategy, determination and luck! Stalk your enemy and plan your attack, even as the enemy is stalking you! Keep track of your hits and misses so you never waste a shot! Try to sink all five of your opponent's ships before your own are found and sunk. The game is portable - the game units fold up to keep everything shipshape and ready to go! Includes two fold-up game units, 168 white peg, 84 red pegs, 10 ships, label sheet and instructions in both English and Spanish. For 2 players.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5
Summary: Fun Game, needs better design
Comment: I have to agree with several prior comments concerning the marking pins, they are a poor fit and a simple bump can cause the pins to jump off the board - can we expect a seven year old or even an adult to not bump the board ocasionally? Also, I had to file down the ships pins so they would fit into the boards holes - I don't recall having these problems when I was a kid. Too often the game companies rely on history to sell a game, then deliver an inferior produt.
Customer Rating: Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5
Summary: Hit and sunk! Classic Game with modern (cheap) feel
Comment: We grew up playing this classic game and encouraged this as a gift for our 7 year old. He loves the concept and the play. And we remember fondly the red and blue games of old.

But there are major issues with the build of this game.
Fit: The pins don't all fit into the space allocated for them. You can't properly close the units with all the pins.
Playing board - Bottom: There is no "floor" under the pins. If you try to play the game holding the units, or sitting them on your lap, you will push up any pins sticking through the floor of the unit. Very annoying.
Playing board - Top: The pins do not securely fit into their holes. Any slight jostle will cause the pins to tumble out of their holes destroying any record of where you have fired and what ships you have sunk.

I also miss the 5 little holes in the old clasps of the old units. We always placed red pins in the holes as visual bragging tags to remind our opponents how many ships we had sunk! But that's not a functional issue, per se.

I recommend searching out the real classic units before investing in this "updated" version. We'll be returning this one to the store.
Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: Great learning and fun game
Comment: This product is a real good learning game for kids to learn strategy and have fun at the same time.Great entertainment for adults also.I bought it for my grandson and he loves it.I enjoy playing it also.I think all families should have it.
Customer Rating: Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5
Summary: Poor quality, same great game
Comment: As a GenX, I grew up with Battleship and Electronic Battleship (cooler). Its a great game for young kids. 5 or 6 is about as young as you want to go on age. The kids have to learn both grid notation and also the transformation that their attack grid is an analog to my defense grip/ship grid and vice versa. It takes kids a little while to grasp this concept fully. The game is suspenseful and fun for kids.
The drawback with this version of Battleship is pretty common to a lot of products. The manufacturer has done a lot of cost reduction to the game since you saw the version you played on as a kid. There is a lightweight and cheap feel to it now. One example is the white/red pegs. They used to be large, about 2cm and solid. Now they are about 1/2 cm and hollow to save on plastic cost. Just one example, but you get the idea, everything about it has been spared down to the minimal possible costs. They even have the user apply the outside Battleship decal stickers to save on a few pennies of assembly cost. This sort of makes sense. They are selling the game based on nostalgia we all have for it that we want to pass on to our kids. This games sales driver is not word of mouth on high build quality or durability. Therefore, charge as much as possible and cut costs at every conceivable location. To this I would say to the manufacturer, shame on you guys.
A better bet would be to find an older battleship game with better quality on eBay or go dig up your old set from your parents basement. Those sets were built so well that they should still be fine.

Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
Summary: Battleship Game
Comment: Ordered Battleship for Grandson and it was shipped and arrived on time for Christmas the game was in excellent condition and both father and son playing it constantly...a very good game for thinking out strategy and learning good competition, perfect for either parent quality and quanity time with children. Reasonably priced.
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