Skip to main content
Battleship Live box art

Battleship Live

Game ID: GID0040456
Game Info
Year
2010
Collection
Your Tier
Loading…
Mechanic profile
Not enough video data yet
Vibe profile
Not enough video data yet
Description

The BATTLESHIP LIVE game is only available at toy and game retailers in Australia, France and Canada, and through select online retailers in the United States.

Go live! In this fun version of the classic BATTLESHIP game, the electronic talking tower calls the plays! With motion sensing, sound effects and even surprise game-changing events, the tower guides the game from start to finish while you plot your strategy and command your ships. Launch the spy plane to spot your enemy and use your ship’s special powers to sweep for mines, launch air attacks, fire missiles and more. With so many things to do, this “naval battle” is more thrilling than ever!

Players issue commands by placing the round command peg on the fire, move, spy plane or special power locations on the board.
Then you confirm the command by covering both confirm buttons.
The voice commamd tower will do the rest and guide the game from start to finish.

Description

The BATTLESHIP LIVE game is only available at toy and game retailers in Australia, France and Canada, and through select online retailers in the United States.

Go live! In this fun version of the classic BATTLESHIP game, the electronic talking tower calls the plays! With motion sensing, sound effects and even surprise game-changing events, the tower guides the game from start to finish while you plot your strategy and command your ships. Launch the spy plane to spot your enemy and use your ship’s special powers to sweep for mines, launch air attacks, fire missiles and more. With so many things to do, this “naval battle” is more thrilling than ever!

Players issue commands by placing the round command peg on the fire, move, spy plane or special power locations on the board.
Then you confirm the command by covering both confirm buttons.
The voice commamd tower will do the rest and guide the game from start to finish.

Ask a Rules Question
All mentions
Browse transcript mentions, sentiments, pros/cons, mechanics, topics, quotes, and references.
Total mentions: 1
This page: 1
Sentiment: pos 0 · mix 0 · neu 1 · neg 0
Mentions per page
Showing 1–1 of 1
Video rsLi22GwdC0 Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise Discussion at 35:00 sentiment: neutral
video_pk 38797 · mention_pk 297383
Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise - Battleship Live video thumbnail
Click to watch at 35:00 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
  • accessible and family-friendly
  • quick to teach
Cons
  • limited depth for seasoned gamers
Thematic elements
  • combat strategy on a hidden grid
  • modern naval grid-based combat
  • abstract
Comparison games
  • Monopoly Live
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Deduction — uses information from hits/misses to infer ship positions
  • grid-based guessing — players try to locate ships on a hidden grid
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • This is going to be our 50th episode live in the most horrific way we possibly could.
  • There is going to be a prize for the winner of today's trivia game.
  • I want to thank everyone for watching not only this live stream but especially this live stream as we worked out some of the kinks.
  • Stuart with us all the time is over there but he's asleep on a pillow.
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Transcript Navigation
Top
Showing 1–1 of 1
View on BoardGameGeek