Well, I was a child once and I remember that each player had two grids. On one, you arrange your ships and record opponent shots; on the other, you record your own shots.
Now, it doesn't take too much imagination to conceive a game with three (instead of four) grids in total: each player still arranges their ships on a private grid, but they also share a transparent grid that records both their shots. Simple and effective...
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@Nick
Well, I was a child once and I remember that each player had two grids. On one, you arrange your ships and record opponent shots; on the other, you record your own shots.
Now, it doesn't take too much imagination to conceive a game with three (instead of four) grids in total: each player still arranges their ships on a private grid, but they also share a transparent grid that records both their shots. Simple and effective...