My friend Wil (I have mentioned him before, he is from my old gaming group) picked this game up and sent it to me in the mail, he said he had fun with his son and thought I might like to try it out with my 5-year-old.
There are two versions of this game, we played the basic version of the game which is easier with less rules. The players were Dad (me), Mom and Parker (5 year old).
Mom isn't much into gaming, unless it has to do with Sex and the City or Friends Trivia, but we somehow managed to get her to take command of a fleet. We all sat down and went over the rules (which took about 10 seconds). Anyhow, I think the game is for ages 7+, but my 5 year old had no problem understanding the rules, and figuring out how many dice to roll and count the hits to determine is ships were sunk or not.
The game went pretty quick, with a slight stall towards the end where we went about 10 rounds with nobody scoring a hit, overall though, for our 3 player game, I think we played about 15 minutes.
Although I haven't played the more advanced version, I can't really see this as being a 'must have' unless you have some kids to game with. I really can't see anyone in my gaming group pulling this game out while trying to decide what to play.
With that all being said though, the game itself was decent, and playing with my son made it enjoyable. I am sure we'll play this a few more times, but I don't know how long term it will last.
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