be equal to the number of unsunk ships belonging to the player, or be equal to the size of the player's largest undamaged ship. The opponent may either call the result of each shot in turn or simply announce the hits or misses. E.g.: "two hits and three misses", leaving their opponent to work out the consequences of the salvo. In the modern Milton Bradley rules for Battleship, Salvo is listed as a variation "for more experienced players", with the number of shots being equal to the number of ships that the firing player has remaining. One variant of Battleship allows players to decline to announce that a ship has been sunk, requiring their opponent to take further shots in order to confirm that an area is clear. Another variant of the rule allows a player to move one of their ships to a new, uncalled location every fourth or fifth move. A variant popular in the United Kingdom is for each player to also have five mines. These occupy one square each and are placed on the board in the same manner as the ships. When a player's guess hits a mine on an opponent's board it destroys anything in that square and the 8 immediately surrounding squares on the board of the player making the guess. See also Battleship (1993 video game) Battleship (1996 video game) Battleship: Surface Thunder Battleship (film) Battleship (2012 video game), a tie-in to the film above Battleship (puzzle) Battleships (video game) Mugwump, a 1973 computer game References External links Battleship Official Hasbro Rules – Rulebook insert for Battleship (2002 version) Children's games Paper-and-pencil games Abstract strategy games Milton Bradley Company games Games and sports introduced in 1931 Board games introduced in 1967 Guessing games