COMPONENTS 20 Ship tiles (4 aircraft carriers, 4 submarines, 4 destroyers, 4 battleships, 4 patrol boats) 8 attack dice Battleship Express comes with two different games: The Captain s Game and The Admiral s Game. The Captain's Game ignore the ships powers on the cards. Each player receives 5 ship tiles, one of each ship: Battleship, Destroyer, Aircraft Carrier, Submarine, Patrol Boat. Each player places them in front of them in any order to make up their fleet. On a player's turn they choose one of the ships in their Fleet to attack with and move it to the front of their line. Next the player chooses a ship of an opposing player to attack. The attacking player can only choose one of the first 2 ships in the line to attack. The attacking ship tile shows how many dice to roll. Roll that number of dice and check for hits. Each of the 8 dice is the same. 5 of the sides match the colors of the 5 ships, and the sixth side is a burst or wild . IF the player does not sink it, the dice are passed to the next player. Set aside any hits and then re-roll based on the attacking ship s powers. Once the number of hits equals or exceeds the defense number on the ship that's defending, it is sunk removed from play and the attacking player gets a point. The first player to an agreed number of set points wins. Here s a breakdown of the individual ship powers: Battleship: Declare target. Roll all 8 dice a total of 4 times. Bursts do not count as hits. Destroyer: Declare target. Roll 6 dice a total of 2 times. Bursts count as 2 hits. Aircraft Carrier: Roll 6 dice THEN declare your target, then roll 1 more time. Bursts count as 1 hit. The Aircraft Carrier can also attack from anywhere in your line, so you don t have to move it to the front where it is vulnerable. Submarine: Roll 3 dice a total of one time. A single Burst will sink whatever you are attacking. Submarines can attack any ship at any place in a Fleet. Patrol Boat: Roll 5 dice a total of 3 times. Bursts count as 1 hit. Part of the Hasbro Express Line.

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