r/mildlyinfuriating • u/gingerninja78 • 2d ago

Played Battleship with my 7 year old son

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He sunk all my ships without me getting 1 hit, so I played on to find where his were.

He hid them in his pocket.

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u/TheRealAngelS 1d ago

That's one of the reasons why in my childhood this game was usually played with pen and paper. No moving shit around after they were marked in the grid. Much harder to cheat in general.

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u/AlienInNC 1d ago

Lol, you just leave the smallest ship out until there are only a few spaces left where it could be and then draw it in at the end.

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u/devilishycleverchap 1d ago

Ships are drawn in pen, you play with pencils

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u/Realmofthehappygod 1d ago

You draw with a different pen/marker

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u/Several_Vanilla8916 1d ago

TIL people cheat at battleship.

Is this why I always lose?