Battleship (1967)

The panel views Battleship very favorably, giving it high praise with scores around an 8 or 9 out of 10 for its engaging hidden-movement deduction style.

“It's a really simple game, it's a fun game. I love that it is a two-player game, because a lot of the games that I want to play, I just want to play with my wife, and there's not a lot of games that you can play just with two players.”(1:41)

“It’s a five-minute game with a real skill ceiling underneath, which isn’t a common combination. Worth pulling back out of the closet.”

“But even for other players, I am still comfortable saying that Battleship is worth a look once or twice a year, especially if you have a travel edition of the game.”

“Battleship is a classic and I still feel it has a place as a contemporary gaming. There is plenty of lessons for children to pick up on and it is highly entertaining when the hits come in.”

“Battleship is a solid somewhat fun game that was good for its time, even if at times it feels like a glorified guessing game.”

The reviewer presents a selection of ten titles that surpass Battleship, treating the classic game as a simplistic hidden movement experience that is heavily outperformed by modern hobby alternatives.

“So in the end, Battleship the original game, not recommending, but if you go get one of the other different versions, the themed versions, the electronic version, I can recommend those, as long as, you know, two players, repetitive.”(8:52)

The reviewer describes Battleship as a bland and completely random game devoid of skill or deduction, concluding that nobody enjoyed playing it.