1. Battleship is played on a board with coordinates.

2. Each player selects 10 BEADs the colour of their choice. BEADs represent boats and should be marked; 4 BEADs are a Battleship, 3 BEADs are a Destroyer, 2 BEADs are a Cruiser, and 1 BEAD is a Submarine.

3. Players place their BEADs on their board, hidden from their opponent. All BEADs that are marked as the same ship must be placed next to each other either horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

4. The player should also select 20 additional BEADs 10 BEADs in a second colour and 10 BEADs a third colour.

5. Players decide who begins the game by rolling a die.

1. In turns, each player calls a coordinate (e.g.: A3) and their opponent responds with either "miss" if there is nothing on that coordinate or "hit" if one of their BEADs is on that coordinate.

2. When a player makes a hit they receive another try.

3. Players mark on their own board each hit or miss to help them locate their opponent's BEADs.

4. When an entire boat has been hit, the player must tell their opponent that the boat has been hit and which boat it was.

5. ADVANCED PLAY: Try advanced level by using two D6 dices to get fire coordinates.

To win the game, a player needs to sink all their opponent’s ships.

1. The game of Battleship is thought to have its origins in the French game L'Attaque played during World War I, although similarities have also been drawn to E. I. Horseman's 1890 game Baslinda,and the game is said to have been played by Russian officers before World War I.

2. Battleship was one of the earliest games to be produced as a computer game, with a version being released for the z80 Compucolor computer in 1979. Many computer editions of the game have been produced since.

3. In 2012 the science fiction action movie Battleship was released, which was inspired by the board game.