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Battleship Galaxies: A classic game with a futuristic twist

by Jayvee Fernandez
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Battleship Galaxies: A classic game with a futuristic twist

I got what I wanted for Christmas. I’ve always been curious about a 2011 re-issue of Battleship but my mind was blown when Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast took the classic game I used to play when I was a kid and added a lot more depth into a foray in outer space. Battleship Galaxies: The Saturn Offensive is a tabletop miniature game that pulls you into a player vs player game of Battleship with a twist. Though it’s fit for two players, there are prepared scenarios for two teams for a total of four players. The contents consist of a several well built miniatures (themed for two factions), Read more »

Yet another Excel-based Battleship, but now with collaborative features!

by Jayvee Fernandez
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Yet another Excel-based Battleship, but now with collaborative features!

If you’re an Excel geek you should have been aware of the many Battleship modifications for spreadsheets since Excel ’07. So while I was hanging out with some buddies from Microsoft, one of the tech specialists showed me yet another demo of Battleship (download it from my Skydrive account). Technically speaking you can play with any Excel file on Office Web apps as long as you have MS Office 2010 installed. So in this case, you have two “boards,” one for placing your ships and another for your targeting radar. Essentially, it’s the same for player two, except that his targeting radar are your ship placements and so on. This Read more »