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Can you locate the fleet of battleships...

Battleships is a fun game that has been around for a long time and has been a great hit with children and adults alike.

The battleships game is based on pretty much the same idea.

By being given a series of clues you need to work out where the battleships are placed in a grid, of varying size - often 5 x 5, 10 x 10 or 15 x 15 but sizes really do vary.

The larger the grid, usually the harder the puzzle as there is more cross referencing and possibilities to take into account.

You will be given a series of numbers along the top and side (or bottom and side) of the puzzle which tell you how many filled segments there are in that particular region of the puzzle.

Thus the number '2' means there are two filled ships segments in that row or column.

The aim of the game is to cross reference until you know where all the segments are. Ships come in the following sizes:

aircraft carrier: 4 segments
battleship: 3 segments
cruiser: 2 segments
destroyer: 1 segment

You will be told how many of each there are in the puzzle and therefore use this complete with the clues to solve the puzzle (note that names, types and sizes of craft vary from puzzle to puzzle so check the rules before you play).

There are usually some rows with 0, so you can mark them in as water straight away.

The other key tip to remember is that ships cannot touch each other vertically or horizontally (they can 'touch' diagonally) so make sure that when you fill in each ship that you mark the area around the ship as water accordingly.

It takes a bit of practice but can be a fun puzzle for those who like a methodical challenge of going through and solving puzzles such as this. If you like hanjie, then you are probably going to be a fan of battleships, too!
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