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Sea battle

Sea battle on two grids of ten by ten: lay out your fleet, then trade shots with the computer - a miss raises a column of water, a hit sets the ship on fire, and a ship with every square hit goes down. Play with the fleet of ten ships, from a four-square battleship down to single boats, which may not touch and where a hit earns another shot; or with the five-ship fleet led by a carrier, shot for shot. Move and turn your ships before the battle or shuffle them, ask for a hint, play the computer at five levels or watch a demo game.

By Mykhailo Makarov

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What happens

Each side has a fleet hidden from the other on a grid of ten by ten. The sides shoot at squares in turn: a miss, a hit, or - when every square of a ship is hit - a ship sunk. With ten ships, ships never touch, even at a corner, and a hit gives another shot; the water round a sunk ship is marked as clear. With five ships, ships may touch and the sides shoot strictly in turn. The first to sink the whole enemy fleet wins.

Try this

Click a square of the enemy waters to fire; before the battle, click a ship to move it and press R to turn it. The right mouse button turns the view, the wheel zooms.

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