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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 object of the game is to roll a six (the "ship"), a five ("captain"), and a four ("crew") with three dice, and get the highest score with the other two dice ("the ship's cargo"). In other versions, a four is the "mate" and the remaining dice are the crew. Alternatively, the game may be played for antes placed in a pot.
A grid may start with clues in the form of squares that have already been solved, showing a submarine, an end piece of a ship, a middle piece of a ship, or water. Each row and column also has a number beside it, indicating the number of squares occupied by ship parts in that row or column, respectively. [5]
Abandon Ship is a strategy video game developed by Fireblade Software and published in 2019 for Mac and Linux by Plug In Digital. Set in the Age of Sail, the player manages a ship's crew as they explore the ocean and fight other ships and mythological monsters. Development of Abandon Ship was led by Gary Burchall, a former member of Climax Studios.
After they met for the first time at Gen Con, they chose to work together on a new game, Don't Give Up the Ship! which focused on their mutual interest in naval battles. [1]: 6 By 1971, Arneson and Gygax had produced a draft version of the game. [2] The game was published in 1971, as part of Guidon Games's "Wargaming with Miniatures" line.
The game is a one-player simulation of naval combat, in which the player commands an individual ship. In the opening cutscene, a World War II-era destroyer similar to its predecessor, Naval Ops: Warship Gunner. The game uses the same type of warships and most technologies allotted in Warship Gunner.
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The latter can be photocopied and cut out for use in the game, [1] or players can use 1/1800 plastic ship miniatures from popular wargames like Axis & Allies. In addition to the book and ship counters, the game requires a 4 ft × 6 ft (1.2 m × 1.8 m) playing surface, a tape measure or ruler, and several six-sided dice.