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Topic: Battleship... the movie!
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GrumpySteen
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posted December 10, 2011 19:25
I'm sure you're all familiar with the game...
The movie seems to be completely unrelated, but the movie website allows you to play the game, so the name isn't just a coincidence.
The movie itself looks like a nearly plot-free special effects and explosions type movie. Not a bad thing if you're in the mood for it and your don't expect depth in the characters or plot.
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GrumpySteen
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posted December 12, 2011 20:18
You can always pretend. Other than the fact that it contains military ships, the movie looks like it's about as related to Battling Tops as it is to Battleship.
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Ugh, MightyClub
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posted January 04, 2012 12:54
I'm dragging this thread kicking and screaming into 2012 just to note that my nephews scored Battleship (the game) for Christmas. I played a couple rounds with them and my brother-in-law.
Milton Bradley has really crapped the game up. They jammed both grids onto a single, hexagonal, vertical plane. Your ships are either on the top or bottom, depending on which side of the board you get, which was confusing at first - "wait, what? mine are in the blue? but my blue is on the bottom, where's yours?!" Plus they added islands, which really just make things easier because a ship can't be on land, some kind of triangular "weapons platform", and a "captured man" who is on an island and has to be rescued after you sink all your opponent's ships. Really? Can't kids just play a simple game anymore?
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GrumpySteen
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posted January 04, 2012 22:50
Your nephews wound up with the "improved" version, but the original version is still available.
On the bright side, there seem to be player made variants and downloadble/printable replacement maps here (in the files section).
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