BrokenJPG

The previous post was really difficult for me to write. Not just because I was trying to inject some personal truth into it, but also because I was doing so in a way that caused me to put words and opinions in other peoples’ mouths. And then I woke up this morning and realized it was all wrong anyway.

Hang on to that thought for a second- have you guys seen this shit?

That’s the new version of battleship. Yeah. MiltonBradley Battleship. No foolin’.

While I’m not thrilled that yet another part of my childhood has changed, I do understand that they went with a hexagonal grid because it allows more variety in ship placement. So much so that they had to reduce the number of possibilities by adding “islands” you can’t place a ship on. And I sort of appreciate how they reduced the chances of your opponent beating you by a single turn by including a POW on one of those islands that can only be found once all of your opponent’s ships are destroyed.

All of which is a detailed-but-much-shorter-than-it-could-have-been way to say that I think far too much about game mechanics.

And also that (here comes the reincorportation) the previous post was wrong. I’m simply a gianormous geek. It’s just that my coworkers are well aware of it, and The Wife’s friends haven’t caught on yet.