fandomhigh | The Art of Battle Tactics; Monday, First Period [11/15].

Settled as usual in the classroom of comfy cushions and warm beverages, Shunsui also had another stack of boxes with him this week and the usual sleepy smile.

"I'm sure you've all heard," he began, "of the idea that if something is broken, there's no point in fixing it ♥. And while a certain level of innovation and cleverness can be useful in the battlefield, there is also something to be said about tried and true practices. Which is why I have decided, based on last week's roaring success, we might try our hands at another game to help us sharpen our tactical skills ♥."

And because it was literally one of the easiest things he could do for a class, short of watching movies.

"The game today?" he said. "Something called Battleship ♥. Now, I assure you, I am no naval officer myself, but I do not believe such experience is required to enjoy the game ♥! The premise is as such: each of you sets up your armada on your little private grids, unbenowest to your opponant, and then? You take shots at their fleet by choosing a number on the grid to attack. For example, let us say that I wish to fire at Astrid-chan," a nod to his intrepid little manager ~~who was definitely there~~, "at spot A-1, for example. If she had a ship in that spot, it is a hit. If she does not, it is a miss, and the turn becomes hers. Each of the ship is a different length, requiring a different amount of hits to sink, as it were, so the strategy comes in with trying to figure out where to attack based on previous hits and misses. You start out blind, but as you attempt to sink your enemy's battleship, you slow begin to see ♥.

"And, of course, there's the defensive side of it, as well, knowing where to cleverly position your troops in a way that might make it more difficult for your opponant to know where to aim. If there are any questions, please let me know; there are also instruction sheets included ♥. But if not, please, come grab your boxes, find a partner, and let's begin ♥. If there's time, perhaps we can even squeeze in a few encounters, which is quite possibly the only time I will ever encourage more battles ♥!"

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You sunk my battleship!!!

Alara Kitan

Astrid Magnussen

Kiem Tegnar

The instructions, hopefully, are clear, but whether or not Shunsui makes a convincing case that a children's board game is an effective tool for honing one's battle tactics is entirely up to you to decide.

Alara was wondering how many Earth based games there were aimed at children. They really didn’t have anything like them on Xelaya.

There are several different ways to approach a game of Battleship. Grab a grid, set up your fleet, and find a partner or two to set to work at destroying their armada.

Alara had never played Battleship before so she was trying to figure out the rules as she waited for a partner.

Whose biggest take-away from this class is just feeling glad that a navy is something the Gotei 13 will never have to consider. Who needed ships when you could just fly everywhere and spend most of your battles hundreds of feet in the air, anyway?

Is most of the rest of the class going to mainly be board games?

MMMMAAAAYBEEEEE.

The Art of Battle Tactics; Monday, First Period [11/15].

Sign In - AoBT, 11/15.

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Listen to the Lecture - AoBT, 11/15.

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Play Battleship - AoBT, 11/15.

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Talk to Shunsui - AoBT, 11/15.

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