Battleship (game) Battleship (game) Battleship (also Battleships or Sea Battle) is a guessing game for two players. It is played on ruled grids (paper or board) on which each players fleet of ships (including battleships) are marked. The locations of the fleets are concealed from the other player. Players alternate turns calling "shots" at the other player's ships, and the objective of the game is to destroy the opposing player's fleet. "Battleship" is known worldwide as a pencil and paper game which dates from World War I. It was published by various companies as a pad-and-pencil game in the 1930s, and was
Else Winkler von Roeder Bostelmann various art from Germany and was held in Bostelmann's Old Stone House Studio in Darien, Connecticut. It had been her studio for the last 12 years. Bostelmann's work is in several permanent collections, such as the Bermuda Art Museum, the National Geographic collection, and the Wildlife Conservation Society Archives. William Beebe owned much of her art that he displayed in his New York apartment. Else Winkler von Roeder Bostelmann Else Winkler von Röder (Roeder) Bostelmann (1882-1961), a German born American artist, joined the New York Zoological Society (now the Wildlife Conservation Society) in 1929 to paint marine life during William