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.TH battleship 1 .SH NAME bts, btsd \- multi-user on-line battleship (sink the fleet) .SH SYNOPSIS .B games/bts [ .B -d ] .I dialstring .br .B games/btsd [ .B -d ] [ .B -a .I addr ] .SH DESCRIPTION .I bts and .I btsd are the client and server for a multi-user, on-line version of .IR Battleship , the strategy and guessing board game. It's based on Milton Bradley's 1990 release, but without the player having to disclose the kind of ship the opponent hits. .PP The .I -d flag enables debugging for both programs. You can change the server's announce address with .IR -a , which by default is tcp!*!3047. .SH PLAYING First each player lays their fleet on their .I local board. .PP Then the battle will begin, and each player has a turn to try and figure out their opponent's fleet layout, by taking a shot at any coordinate in the .I target board. .PP There's no timeout, so players can take as long as they want to fire a shot. Use this to deploy your PSYOP skills. .PP The first player to find and sink the enemy fleet wins. If you quit or disconnect, you lose. .SH SOURCE .B /sys/src/games/battleship .SH SEE ALSO .IR games (1) .br battleship.pdf, .I Milton Bradley Company, 1990. .SH BUGS What are bugs? turns out it's a complicated question. .SH HISTORY Battleship first appeared in 9front on September, 2023.