There will be a total of 100 caches in the
game grid. Ships are hidden horizontally or vertically, never
diagonally, and will not overlap. Caches will either be a HIT or a
MISS. Find a HIT and collect the partial coordinates. Find all the
HITS needed to sink one of the ships listed below, and you'll have
the full coordinates for that ship's Puzzle Cache!
GC31D5H Aircraft Carrier (5
hits will sink it)
GC3137M Battleship (4)
GC31D5K Destroyer (3)
GC31D5N Submarine (3)
GC31D5P Patrol Boat (2)
Game
Grid (pdf)
Please do not
indicate in your log when you find a hit!!
Battleship History:
Historically, Battleship has been a guessing
game played by two people. It is known throughout the world as a
pencil and paper game and predates World War I in this form. It was
invented by Clifford Von Wickler in the early 1900s, but he never
patented the game and it was soon published by Milton Bradley
Company in 1943 as the pad-and-pencil game "Broadsides, the Game of
Naval Strategy". Later, the game became known simply as,
"Battleship". In 1977 Milton Bradley released a computerized
Electronic Battleship, followed in 1989 by Electronic Talking
Battleship. Battleship is still being played today on pen/paper,
board games, cell phone Apps and even geocaching!
Battleship Geocaching Game:
In Battleship, there are 5 ships of various
sizes (listed above) hidden on a 10 x 10 grid (100 total grid
locations). Each grid location is identified by a letter (A-J) and
a number (1-10). Similar to the Battleship board game - you are
seeking to find geocaches at each grid location but also
discovering HITS and ultimately collecting coordinates to solve
each ship's puzzle cache. There are only 17 HITS in the entire game
grid. Game grid caches are all traditional, small in size and will
be 1-2 difficulty and 1-2 terrain. HIT & coordinate information
will be within the cache container. All the caches (including the
puzzles) are hidden in the south central Pennsylvania area. Prizes
will be awarded to all the FTF of each puzzle cache. Please be
stealthy, use proper geocaching etiquette, and BE
SAFE!
Don't forget to
write down the partial coordinates!!