Battlegame Book 5: Fighting Ships
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Battlegame Book 5: Fighting Ships

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  • 30 min
  • 7+
  • Complexity 1.7/5

Rules assistant for Battlegame Book 5: Fighting Ships

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Battlegame Book 5: Fighting Ships is a board game released in 1976 for 2–4 players, 30 minutes per game, and ages 7 and up. It was designed by Andrew McNeil and its main mechanics are Point to Point Movement.

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About the game

This is Battlegame Book 5. The second half of the book contains 4 games, each with an A3 colour board, and monocolour pieces to cut out and assemble. The four games are: Viking Raids: find treasure on a hex grid of northern Europe. Silver Fleet: galleons between Spain and Cuba. Frigate: game simulating a naval battle. Battle for the "Med": WWII game about convoy missions in the Mediterranean.

Editions

  • Usborne Battlegame Books: Fighting ShipsenUsborne1991
  • Battlegame Book 5: Fighting ShipsenUsborne1976
  • Kampfschiffe und SeegefechtedeUnipart Verlag1977
  • Juegos de las Batallas 5: Buques de GuerraesUnipart Verlag

Questions and answers

Battlegame Book 5: Fighting Ships supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.