Logic Puzzles
BATTLESHIP Puzzles
108 Challenging Logic Puzzles
BATTLESHIP has been a classic board game since 1967, and a favorite of players everywhere. So fans will be thrilled to know that it’s now captured between two covers so that they can easily take these engaging puzzles anywhere. The object is the same: locate the fleet of ships through logic and deductive reasoning. The numbers along the edge of each puzzle tell you how many ships appear in that particular row or column, and it’s up to the reader to pinpoint the location of four submarines, three destroyers, two cruisers, and one battleship. Use basic strategies to solve these terrific little mind-benders. No life jacket required!
Peter Gordon is the crossword editor of The New York Sun and Executive Editor for Sterling, overseeing the puzzle and game books. His crosswords have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Newsday, and numerous puzzle magazines, including Games, where he was an editor for seven years. Gordon was a member of the winning U.S. teams at the 1990 International Crossword Marathon in Bjelovar, Yugoslavia, and the 1999 World Puzzle Championship in Budapest, Hungary. He’s also the two-time division winner at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Mike Shenk is the editor of the crossword puzzle in The Wall Street Journal, as well as a founding member of Puzzability and former editor of Games.