--- title: "How to Play Battleship: Ships, Setup and Rules" description: "Battleship rules: the 10 by 10 grid, how many ships and which, placing them so they never touch, shooting and when you shoot again. Then play online for free." url: https://games.klyo.pl/rules/battleship/ canonical: https://games.klyo.pl/rules/battleship/ type: zasady language: en author: klyo organization: Klyo Illia Krasnopolskyi (NIP 7822656871), Łódź, Poland contact: kontakt@klyo.pl updated: 2026-10-20 llms: https://games.klyo.pl/llms.txt --- # Battleship rules Battleship, also called sea battle, is a game for two players. Each hides a fleet on a 10 by 10 grid, then the players take turns firing at the other grid. The first player to sink the whole enemy fleet wins. [Play Sea Battle](https://games.klyo.pl/battleship/) [All game rules](https://games.klyo.pl/rules/) - [![Statki: gra w przeglądarce od twórcy Klyo](https://games.klyo.pl/foto/zrzut-gra-statki-800.861079ed.webp) 5–10 min **Sea Battle** Board 5–10 min Battleship vs computer or a friend.](https://games.klyo.pl/battleship/) ## How many ships are there in Battleship? In the version played on klyo each player has 10 ships that cover 20 squares in total: - one four square ship, - two three square ships, - three two square ships, - four one square ships. ## How do you place the ships? A ship is a straight line of squares, horizontal or vertical. Ships may not touch, neither along a side nor at a corner, so every ship has a ring of empty water around it. The grid is labelled with letters from A to J and numbers from 1 to 10, so each square has a name, such as B7. ## How do you shoot, and when do you shoot again? Players take turns naming a square on the opponent's grid. The answer is miss, hit, or hit and sunk when the last square of a ship is hit. After a miss the turn passes to your opponent, and after a hit you shoot again. The squares around a sunk ship are certainly empty, because ships never touch. ## How do you win at Battleship? The first player to sink all 10 enemy ships wins. - Hunt the four square ship first: fire at every fourth square along diagonals, and none of its positions can hide. - After a hit, try the four neighbouring squares, and once you have two hits in a line, keep going along it. - Do not fire next to a sunk ship; those squares are empty. - Spread your own ships irregularly, including along the edges. ## How do you play Battleship on klyo? On klyo your fleet is placed for you, and a button gives you a different random layout. Fire with a tap or a click on a square. Play the computer, two players on one device, or a friend through a link, free and with nothing to install. ## Play Sea Battle for free You know the rules, now play. Sea Battle runs free in your browser, on a phone and a computer, with nothing to install and no account. 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