About Sea Battle
Sea Battle is the classic naval battle that lots of people have played with pencil and squared paper. Each player hides five ships on a sea of 10 × 10 squares: an aircraft carrier of five squares, a cruiser of four, a frigate and a submarine of three and a patrol boat of two. Then you take turns firing and try to guess where the other player’s ships are.
On GameBase, the game keeps track of every shot, so nobody can cheat or forget a hit. If you play on one iPad, each of you drags your ships onto the sea in secret, and the iPad is passed back and forth between shots with a screen that covers the fleet. With TV + phones, the TV shows both target maps and big explosions, while each phone is your own secret fleet and targeting map.
It’s a game of logic and a bit of luck. When you hit, the trick is to work out which way the ship is lying, and when you hit water, you know a little more about where the ships aren’t. Everyone from about age seven can join in.
How to play
- Choose One screen or TV + phones, and type in your names.
- Drag the five ships onto the sea. Tap a ship to rotate it, or tap Random.
- Take turns firing by tapping a square on your opponent’s side. White is water, fire is a hit.
- When every square of a ship has been hit, it’s sunk. The first to sink the whole fleet wins.