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The Battleship puzzle (sometimes called Bimaru, Yubotu, Solitaire Battleships or Battleship Solitaire) is a logic puzzle based on the Battleship guessing game. It and its variants have appeared in several puzzle contests, including the World Puzzle Championship , [ 1 ] and puzzle magazines, such as Games magazine.
Figure 1: Rangekeeper Coordinate System. The coordinate system has the target as its origin. The y axis value range to the target. US Navy rangekeepers during World War II used a moving coordinate system based on the line of sight (LOS) between the ship firing its gun (known as the "own ship") and the target (known as the "target").
The game of Battleship is thought to have its origins in the French game L'Attaque played during World War I, although parallels have also been drawn to E. I. Horsman's 1890 game Basilinda, [1] and the game is said to have been played by Russian officers before World War I. [3] In 1907 the game playing was mentioned in the diary of Russian poet Ryurik Ivnev. [4]
The Portable Wargame generic/multiple time periods (Bob Cordery 2016) Uses hex and square grid system. ISBN 9781326904586 "Table Top Battles" generic/multiple time periods (Mike and Joyce Smith 2007) Uses a 2" (50mm) and 4" (100mm) grid system. 2nd Edition ISBN 978-1-5272-3437-6 generic/multiple time periods (Mike and Joyce Smith 2018)
Figure 3. The MGRS grid around the South Pole. Figure 4. The MGRS grid around the North Pole. In the polar regions, a different convention is used. [7] South of 80°S, UPS South (Universal Polar Stereographic) is used instead of a UTM projection. The west half-circle forms a grid zone with designation A; the east half-circle forms one with ...
Since, in the UK at least, a 6-figure grid reference identifies a square of 100-metre sides, an 8-figure reference would identify a 10-metre square, and a 10-digit reference a 1-metre square. In order to give a standard 6-figure grid reference from a 10-figure GPS readout, the 4th, 5th, 9th and 10th digits must be omitted, so it is important ...
He concluded by giving the game an above-average Excitement rating of 4 out of 5. [5] In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming , Palmer continued in this vein, calling Dreadnought "an excellent game" and noting "Rather unusually in a naval game, the accent is on playability rather than enormous detail, and the result is fast ...
The South Carolina-class battleships of 1910 were the first class of American battleships to feature lattice masts, [1] which were to become a standard fixture on all American battleships, and many cruiser classes. [2] Older vessels, including the first modern American battleship, Indiana, were modernized with lattice masts during the period. [3]