Battleships
Each team has its own sea with hidden ships, placed at random by the game so nobody can cheat. Teams take turns tapping a square in the other sea: a hit means you shoot again, while a splash in the water passes the turn. The first team to sink the whole enemy fleet wins.
What children practise
- Spatial awareness on a 6 x 6, 8 x 8 or 10 x 10 grid.
- Working out which way a hit ship continues: across or down.
- Using the water already found to rule other squares out.
- Matching each ship's length to the gaps where it could fit.
- Planning shots and testing ideas with every result.
Levels and settings
Y1-Y2
A 6 x 6 sea, or 8 x 8 on hard.
Y3-Y4 and Y5-Y6
An 8 x 8 sea on easy and 10 x 10 on medium and hard.
Fleet by difficulty
Small with 3 ships on easy, normal with 4 on medium and large with 5 on hard; the longest ship takes up 5 squares.
On my own
Just one sea: sink the fleet in as few shots as possible, and the end screen shows how many it took.
How to play it in class
- Choose the year group and difficulty, or set the size of the sea and the fleet yourself.
- Name the two teams: each one gets its own sea on half of the screen.
- The team whose turn it is taps a square in the other sea. Hit: shoot again. Water: the other team fires.
- Sunk ships are marked in the ship list for that sea. The first team to sink all the other team's ships wins.
Ways to play
In teams, taking turns
Both teams share the board and play one after the other.
For one player
One child plays on the whole screen at their own pace: on the whiteboard, a computer or a tablet.
Frequently asked questions
Do we have to place the ships before playing?
No. The game places them at random every time, and they never touch each other, not even diagonally. You can start straight away and nobody can move the other team's ships.
How does the solo mode work?
There is a single sea and the game counts your shots. The challenge is to sink the whole fleet using as few as possible.
Can each team play from its own screen?
Yes. With a room code you can play on two screens: both see the board and only the team whose turn it is can fire.
Is it free?
You can play 5 free games without signing up. After that, a one-off payment of €9.99 unlocks all 78 games for ever, on all your devices. There is no subscription.
Do I need to install anything?
No. It opens in the browser of the interactive whiteboard, panel, computer, tablet or iPad. Once loaded, it also works offline.
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