Battleship was one of my favorite games as a child.  Now, my son is able to share in that experience.  We just picked up the new Battleship game about a week ago, and he loves it!  I also like the changes that have been made to the game.  For instance, when I was a child, the game was fairly basic.  By that I mean that the containers were plain and there weren't many graphics to give the game a real "military" feel.  Now, the game is much more realistic.  The bottom part of the playing grid where the ships are placed has waves etched into the surface.  In addition, the top part of the playing grid has the look of a submarine periscope.  And, the game boxes themselves look like mini laptop computers.