How to Play Battleship

Overview

Battleship is a head-to-head game for 2 players, each commanding a hidden fleet on their own 10x10 grid. Place your ships, then take turns firing at your opponent's grid — the first to sink every enemy ship wins.

Your Fleet

Each player places the same five ships before the battle begins. Ships can't overlap or hang off the edge of the grid.

How to Play

1. Placement — Select a ship, choose horizontal or vertical, then click a cell on your own board to place it. Use Randomize for an instant layout, or Reset to start over. Nobody can see your ships but you.
2. Once both players have placed their full fleet, the battle begins automatically — who fires first is chosen at random, not always the host.
3. Players alternate turns firing at a cell on their opponent's tracking grid — a hit, a miss, or a sunk ship if that was its last unhit cell.
4. The first player to sink every ship in their opponent's fleet wins.

🔥 Optional: Battleshit Mode 💩

Turn this on when creating the lobby for a sillier look: hits show up as 🔥 and misses show up as 💩 on both grids instead of the usual markers.