Equally, you can just use it as a battleship paper game printable for the kids as and when you need it. The non-travel version of Battleship is already a bit hit in my family. My oldest little geek and I have gone head-to-head at the kitchen table a number of times. It will come as no surprise to me that the travel version should be just as popular. When my sons saw the game in the kitchen when they came home from school, they immediately recognized it for what it was and were fascinated by its compact size. When I told them it played exactly like the larger version of the game, they were very excited with the idea of bringing it with them on camping trips or playing it in the hotel. They even wanted to go play with the game in their rooms! Silly, considering they had the larger version on the game shelf available to them, but one cannot defy the awesome pull of something new. In Travel Battleship, each player takes on the role of a Fleet Admiral (presumably) and commands a fleet of warships. Each player is hunting down their opponent and attempts to hit their opponent’s warships, sending them to rest on the ocean’s floor. This is the same game as the non-travel sized Battleship and plays exactly the same way. However, because it is small, light, and travels easily, you can take this family classic game with you on overnight trips, long getaways, or just keep it in the car to help the little geeks kill time during your morning and afternoon commute. I hope these printable travel games come in handy on your next car ride. If your family has a favorite travel game or activity, please share it with us! HUNT, SINK, HIT, WIN: Just as in the full-size Battleship board game, players try to sink their opponent’s 5 ships before their opponent sinks theirs. The first to sink their opponent’s fleet wins

Even though this is such a simple game, I hope you will agree that the battleships game printable is pretty versatile and can be used in a variety of different ways depending on the situation you are in. This game is best played by two people but can be played by more if you like. The object of the game is to make a box. In turn, each person draws a line connecting two dots either horizontally or vertically. Whoever draws the final line that forms a box, gets to put their initial in that box. You get one point for each box you complete. The winner of the game is the player with the most points when no more lines can be drawn. This is the perfect game for a long road trip. You can play this game in a variety of ways. Play this game as a family and see how many items you can find together; or you can cut out each item, fold them, and place them in a hat or box. Each person can then pull out one item and watch for it. When an item is spotted, the person who has it gets to draw another one. Whoever has the most strips of paper when the game ends in the winner. This game is comprised of 2 small player grid boards, 10 ships (5 per players), and a whole mess of white and red colored pegs (used to identify “hits” and “misses”). All the components are made of durable plastic and fit snugly on the game boards. All the game pieces fit easily in one or both grid boards for easy set up, clean up, and travel. Oh, if only we could somehow tap the excitement that comes from children and force it through a piston of some kind to run a large engine. Imagine the unlimited potential of continued energy! Final WordOur family travels a lot and we do most of our traveling by vehicle. Many of our trips are just day trips. We like to travel to the Twin Cities and go to the zoo, the Mall of America, the Childrens’ Museum, or just go play “tourist”. We also love to go camping and hiking as we are very active in the Geocaching scene. Having activities for our little geeks in the car is essential to keep a Zen like atmosphere in the cramped quarters of our van. Failure to do so always results in the shortest of trips becoming long dramatic episodes. Having travel games at the ready is a fantastic way for our little geeks to keep busy, interact with each other, and not disrupt said Zen. The travel version of Battleship works particularly well in the car as my two oldest little geeks sit in different rows in the van. Since Battleship is a game played by talking to each other, there is no need for them to sit next to or even be within close proximity to one another to play. Additional, because that game is so small, they can easily play it on small surfaces such as on a table in the motel room, on a picnic table, or a chair tray on airplanes. This game is very versatile. It can get played by one person or a group of people. You can make it a competition or a collaboration. You can make this a timed game by seeing who can find the most car models in a set amount of time or who can find the most of a single model. Or you can set a number of models and see who can find that many first. There are many different possibilities. You can simply cross the car off the list or make a tally mark in front of it. To play this battleship game, each player takes turns calling out a spot on the board using the letter and number combination – for example, C7. The other player lets them know if that spot is a hit (there is a part of a boat in that spot) or a miss (no boat on that spot). As parents, we all know how dangerous and distracting that can be when your are driving. Having this battleship game on paper printable ready to go in these very situations will help keep the peace and avoid many stressful situations. If you are in need of a fun classic game this summer, or whenever, do give this game a try. If Battleship is not your game of choice, Hasbro has released a number of games under the “Fun on the Run” title of small compact games. Odds are there is one or more of these games that is perfect for your family.

FUN TRAVEL GAME FOR KIDS: Easy to set up, this travel-size Battleship Grab & Go game for 2 players is an entertaining game for road trips, plane rides, train rides, camping trips, and vacations To set up the game, each player takes one of the two grid boards and opens them up. The grid board sits on the lap or table in the same way as a laptop top computer. The bottom portion of the grid board is for the player to arrange their five battleships. The battleships can be arranged in any pattern the player wants. At no time can a player rearrange their ships when the game starts. It is therefore in the player’s best interest to be as random as possible with their ship placement. To play this game, one person thinks of a word. Under one of the hangman games, that person should write a number of dashes that equals the number of letters in the word. For example, if the word in MONKEY, he or she would write _ _ _ _ _ _ (6 dashes). The other person then tries to figure out what the word is by guessing it one letter at a time. When the person guesses a correct letter, that letter is written on the dash where that letter belongs. When the person guesses wrong, a body part should be added to the hangman. In either case, make sure the guessed letter is crossed off the alphabet next to the game. The person keeps saying letters until they guess the word (they win) or until there is a full hangman – head, body, 2 arms, and 2 legs (they lose). If you want to save on paper, just print out the number of battleship template worksheets you need, and laminate them so you can use them again and again.Even if you are in a hurry and you need some entertainment last minute, grab our battleship worksheet and other road trip games now. They are the perfect value for money boredom buster for many families at the moment. A Versatile Battleship Game Template PORTABLE VERSION OF BATTLESHIP GAME: Same classic gameplay in a compact format! The Battleship Grab and Go game is a mini, portable version of the Battleship game for fun on the run. For ages 7 and up Game play continues with each player declaring one grid coordinate at a time and marking down the results with either a red or white peg. The first player to loose all 5 of their ships looses the game. Once a player hits all of the squares occupied by a single ship, that ship is considered sunk. When a player has a ship sunk, they must let the other player know and tell them what ship it is. I like this battleship game printable as it gets the kids talking and thinking, whether we are on a long car journey and need to keep them entertained or if we are out at a restaurant.