Members jcn37203 Posted June 14, 2005 Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 Game of skill, or of blind-ass luck? I just played a few games against the computer, and it really seems like there is just no way to apply any kind of stretegy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bucket_brigadier Posted June 14, 2005 Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 Originally posted by jcn37203 Game of skill, or of blind-ass luck?I just played a few games against the computer, and it really seems like there is just no way to apply any kind of stretegy. Very minimal strategy, but obviously you don't go jumping from one side to the other side of your opponent's board right after you hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UncleDig Posted June 14, 2005 Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 Although I love statistics as much as the next geek, I'm going to ignore that part of the mystery and just remind you that you MUST slap your forehead and say in a loud voice "you sunk my BATTLESHIP!" when this actually occurs. Do not do it on the other ships, ONLY the battleship. THAT is how you play the game correctly. (*) Dig (*) inexplicably, this is excluded from the printed instructions to the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members troubbble Posted June 14, 2005 Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 One of my strategies is to never place an entire ship against a wall. I think that people assume that at least one ship will be positioned like that. And that's usually the case. Another good strategy is to place ships together in ways that may make the other player think that they sunk a larger ship than they actually did sink. God I hate Battleship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members troubbble Posted June 14, 2005 Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 Originally posted by jdwinger I think in most variants you have to call sinksget this, in salvo (the original game) you can't place pieces contiguously!! (kills the "phatom ship" gambit for good or ill) I mean if you place a 2-hole ship facing the side of another ship and they get a hit on the other ship before hitting the holes on the 2-hole ship then they think that they have sunk a 3-hole ship. Placing ships together in weird ways can create lots of confusion. Or are you saying that you're supposed to call what type of ship that your opponent sinks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members troubbble Posted June 14, 2005 Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 Are we talking about the Milton Bradley cheap plastic parts battleship game that I'm thinking of? I always thought of it as being so self explanitory that the intructions within the box would be incorrect when put up against the sheer number of people using rules concieved entirely by logic. If not, I'm in the wrong place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcn37203 Posted June 14, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 I've noticed the computer fires roughly in diagonals. So far it has won more of the battles, but not that much more. http://www.dumpalink.com/media/1118661378 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members troubbble Posted June 14, 2005 Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 I have another strategy. When on offense, devise a way to randomly guess squares (when guessing is appropriate, obviously). Instead of allowing your silly brain to come up with guesses based on subconcious patterns and thought, roll a couple of 10-sided (or whatever) dice to help you form a guess. I bet that one could get more hits that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members troubbble Posted June 14, 2005 Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 Originally posted by jdwinger If anyone is looking just to strentch their coding muscles, it'd prob be a good one to slap together various alg and run them against one another...somebody has probably done it as a university class project (we did 3D 4x4 Tic Tac Toe for our algs class in thee way-back) Knowing how to play some of these games well takes all of the fun out of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcn37203 Posted June 14, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 Originally posted by troubbble roll a couple of 10-sided (or whatever) dice BWOOP! BWOOP! BWOOP! Role-playing geek alert! Role-playing geek alert! Role-playing geek alert! Release the HipDroids! ... and don't ask my how I know what a d10 is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcn37203 Posted June 14, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 Anybody here use itsyourturn.com? They have an online version of Stratego, which is a lot of fun. I used to waste my day at work playing there with a buddy, before he went and got a real job. Now I spend that time here instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members disartdsgn Posted June 14, 2005 Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 tHIS Is tHE fUNNIEST TREAD EVAR!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jcn37203 Posted June 14, 2005 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2005 BTW - I just totally waxed the computer using the diagonals strategy. It seemed to work pretty well. Since the pieces have to be fall on the X or Y axis, diagonals will always cut across a piece. If you criss cross, you can always lose pieces in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Phil O'Keefe Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Although I love statistics as much as the next geek, I'm going to ignore that part of the mystery and just remind you that you MUST slap your forehead and say in a loud voice "you sunk my BATTLESHIP!" when this actually occurs. Do not do it on the other ships, ONLY the battleship. THAT is how you play the game correctly. (*) Dig (*) inexplicably, this is excluded from the printed instructions to the game Yeah, but it was in the commercials, and we all saw it on TV, so that must be how it's done - that's the way we always played it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted September 20, 2011 Members Share Posted September 20, 2011 Most decayed necrobump yet. This one looks like it's got bits missing. There are posts quoted that aren't in the thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elessar [Sly] Posted September 20, 2011 Members Share Posted September 20, 2011 Haven't played it for years. Used to like playing it but some kids got really obsessed with it. I wonder if they hold world championships... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted September 20, 2011 Members Share Posted September 20, 2011 I love to scream "YOU SANK MY BATTLESHIP" during sex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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