And it doesn't take long to figure out that from traditional board games for large groups to innovative, handheld games for one, no one knows how to better bring the fun and entertainment of gaming to our lives more than Hasbro.
This May, the epic action of the classic naval combat game will unfold in theaters nationwide with the release of Universal Pictures' Battleship, starring Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson and recording superstar, Rihanna.
However, the live action doesn't have to end with the film, as young naval commanders can go head-to-head with the alien fleet in Hasbro's Classic Battleship Movie Edition game while recreating their favorite actions scenes from the big screen with the KRE-O Battleship Combat Chopper set.
Having grown up with the original Battleship, I have lots of great memories of this game and was excited to see the changes that have been made with this new version. As I pulled it out of the box, I felt as though I was already having flashbacks of the laughter and good times spent calling out, "Argh! You sunk my battleship!"
By taking the original search-and-destroy tactics and moving them out of this world, Classic Battleship Movie Edition allows players to choose to command either the Navy or Alien fleet for their attacks. In this game, not only can you hunt down your opponent, you have the opportunity to unleash brand new super weapon cards to destroy them with attacks reminiscent of those from the big screen!
Including the two game units, five Navy ships, five Alien ships, two Decks of Special Ops cards, red & white pegs, and a rules and reference card, play begins with each contender at the helm in the fight for the future of the planet.
After deciding which player is commanding the Alien Fleet and which is defending the Human Navy, the game begins with the familiar job of scanning the battlefield for locations to conceal your highly-detailed, movie-based ships. Then play continues as you brace yourself for the intensity of battle as you compete with the enemy to sink their ships while protecting and keeping yours afloat.
As a new twist to the Movie Edition, this Battleship game allows players to choose from three game variations for edge-of-your seat excitement. As well as playing the traditional game where the participants take turns calling out locations (A-5! F-7!), this version also includes the Salvo game and the Special Ops cards.
In Salvo, players are allowed as many shots in one turn as they have ships still afloat in the game - so if they still have three ships protected, they are given three guesses. Or, when using the movie-based Special Ops cards, players are given special powers depending on which strategy cards they receive.
While we haven't tried this method of play yet (my kids are still a little young to grasp just the regular method of play), I can see how older players would enjoy being able to use powers such as Blitz, Scan, and Reveal to help plot to how to conquer their enemy.
Providing just as much entertainment, skill and strategy (and a bit of luck) as the original, this innovative game is a great addition to any game library. Designed for two players ages 7 and up, the two Battleship boards even attach together to form its own convenient carrying case, making it easy to wage your own battles at home or on the go. We did feel as though the plastic is a little thinner than in the past and there were times that the boat pegs needed a little extra force to be removed from the holes, but in all, it has been a lot of fun!
Retailing for $19.99, Classic Battleship Movie Edition is available for purchase at mass merchandise retailers nationwide, directly from Hasbro or on Amazon.
Commanding your own fleet in Battleship isn't the only way that Hasbro has allowed kids of all ages to recreate their favorite action scenes from the big screen. With the 174-piece KRE-O Battleship Combat Chopper set, kids can pretend to take their missions to the skies, complete with a KREON fighter pilot and KREON alien figure.
As my kids were a little too young (and impatient) to follow the instruction booklet to put this chopper together, I found myself doing much of the work. Fortunately, the illustrated directions were easy to follow...
...and it wasn't long before our pilot, alien and chopper were constructed. Then it was up to my girls and their imaginations to come up with plenty of adventures and missions! Plus, we found that it didn't take much more than a push on the lever to spin the rotor blades and launch two firing missiles at incoming alien attacks – suddenly we were action heroes right from the movie!
While my kids were on the young side for this set as well (it is recommended for ages 7-14), they have still had a great time constructing (and deconstructing) this Combat Chopper and coming up with a variety of action-packed adventures for this aircraft, its pilot and the alien.
Whether the child in your life wants to imagine an aerial battle, complete with firepower, missiles and an enemy or they would rather take their Chopper on a leisurely flight to visit Grandma's house, this set is all about open-ended fun. For any child that is a fan of building with these familiar small blocks, they'll be thrilled that this set fits with other leading brands as well – so there's no limit on where their creativity can take them.
Retailing for $19.99, the KRE-O Battleship Combat Chopper set can also be purchased at mass merchandise retailers nationwide, from Hasbro or found on Amazon.
Do you have a Battleship fan in your life? Thanks to the generosity of Hasbro, one person will be able to bring home and action and adventure of these great new additions, because...
One lucky person will win Classic Battleship Movie Edition game and a KRE-O Battleship Combat Chopper set from Hasbro!
(Enter with the Rafflecopter form below - if you don't see the form, click here! If you have any problems entering, there is a video tutorial found here that can help.)
a Rafflecopter giveaway
A big thank you to Hasbro for providing a Classic Battleship Movie Edition game and a KRE-O Battleship Combat Chopper for me to review as well as for one lucky giveaway winner. The opinions shared are my own and honest and if you really need to see more, click here to see how I roll.
My sister & I played 'Life' a whole lot.
ReplyDeletelterek1027@gmail.com
When I was a kid I loved Candyland and chutes and ladders
ReplyDeleteI loved payday!
ReplyDeleteI loved playing all sorts of board games growing up...my 2 favorites were Life and Monopoly.
ReplyDeletei loved playing twister
ReplyDeleteI love playing Monopoly with my family
ReplyDeletemummytotwoboys@yahoo.com
Candyland, Monopoly and Life were my favorites!
ReplyDeleteLife! julierupert@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI liked to play Monopoly, Life, and Battleship!
ReplyDeletestonemedic76@hotmail.com
Rook an the Game of Life an the best was The Dating Game
ReplyDeleteHi Ho Cheerio and chutes and ladders.
ReplyDeletewe played monopoly every weekend! This is one of the fondest memories of my childhood.
ReplyDeletewe played aggravation
ReplyDeleteI loved playing Clue.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much.
rickpeggysmith(at)aol(dot)com
I loved playing Monopoly, Life, and Sorry!
ReplyDeleteI loved/love Sorry!
ReplyDeletejek9880 at gmail dot com
I loved Connect 4
ReplyDeleteI used to LOVE Clue !!
ReplyDeletektgonyea at gmail.com
Life! I remember I loved that game. I went and bought it a few years ago for 'Family Game Night' and my kids love it too! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite game was called Go For It. You can't find it anywhere now. I loved that game.
ReplyDeleteI also loved playing CLUE.
We played Sorry.
ReplyDeletemintstatesportswear(at)juno(dot)com
life
ReplyDeleteI loved to play as a kid
ReplyDeletertmarie09@aol.com
My favorite game was Sorry.
ReplyDeletebeh2351@frontier.com
I love the Game of Life
ReplyDeletekim(at)kimberlychance(dot)com
Well, we used to just play with sticks and bricks :D .....and, I loved Clue.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the chance to win!
candicesweeps@yahoo dot com
I really liked to play a 3-D version of Connect 4 with my older brother.
ReplyDeleteI always played Kings corner with my great grandma for hours after my horse back riding lessons.
ReplyDeletei've always loved scrabble.
ReplyDeleteI loved Monopoly!
ReplyDeleteI loved playing Life when I was a little girl!
ReplyDeleteabfantom at yahoo dot com
actually battleship was "the" game... something my brother would actually play with me! i still love it to this day!
ReplyDeleteI loved Monopoly and Life.
ReplyDeletekyonac1@gmail.com
Pay Day and Mystery Date were my favorites.
ReplyDeleteI loved playing Monopoly Jr.
ReplyDeletecody_endres(at)hotmail(dot)com
chinese checkers crystletellerday@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteVery cool...
ReplyDeleteescapefor1@msn.com
Battleship.. always played with my brothers!
ReplyDeleteescapefor1@msn.com
I REMEMBER PLAYING MONOPOLY & LOVED IT !!
ReplyDeleteLOVE3570@AOL.COM
My mom taught me how to kick butt at Scrabble at a very young age. :D
ReplyDeletei loved uno
ReplyDeleteI loved Monopoly
ReplyDeletemarypopmom@yahoo.com
I loved to play Clue
ReplyDeleteLife, Chutes and ladders, candyland, clue..the list could go on! :)
ReplyDeleteWe liked to play Yahtzee.
ReplyDeleteBig monopoly fan
ReplyDeletechestnutyouth(at)hotmail(dot)com
I liked playing Monopoly.
ReplyDeleterhoneygtn at yahoo dot com
operation
ReplyDeleteMy friends and I played Life and Monopoly a lot.
ReplyDeleteYahtzee and Monopoly
ReplyDeletetraymona[at]aol.com
we used to love an old game called Waterworks and the game called LIFE
ReplyDeletewe could spend hours playing monopoly
ReplyDeleteHide and go seek and cards.
ReplyDeleteMy brother and I loved to play dodgeball outside, and for board games we loved battleship and trouble.
ReplyDeleteKatie Wurn
kunfu_kt@yahoo.com
@kpop_junki
i love all your games!
ReplyDeleteI loved to play Candy Land and Monopoly!
ReplyDeleteinfo(at)mijalphotography(dot)com
monopoly was one
ReplyDeletegkuroda(at)gmail.com
We played Sorry and Monopoly. dwelchert@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteMonopoly
ReplyDeleteJoe M.
thedarkknight300@yahoo.com
I loved Connect 4.
ReplyDeleteastormer at comcast dot net
i always love monopoly!
ReplyDeletechristinejessamine at hotmail dot com
Clue was my favorite.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance.
mogrill12@gmail.com
I loved playing monopoly as a child
ReplyDeletejennifer marie
lilnursejen at yahoo dot com
Always enjoyed Monopoly
ReplyDeleteMonopoly was (and still is) the favorite
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed playing Sorry! with my mom and brother. Thanks.
ReplyDeletepartymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
I used to love Life.
ReplyDeleteI liked playing Operation.
ReplyDeletemonster6236 at gmail dot com
candyland
ReplyDeleteCandyland :)
ReplyDeletemonopoly ruled our household back in the day
ReplyDeletemverno@roadrunner.com
I loved playing Candyland when I was little.
ReplyDeleteScrabble.
ReplyDeleteChutes and Ladders!
ReplyDeletealexisgrau1 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Candy Land
ReplyDeletejennifer (at) jennifervandahm.com
Battleship
ReplyDeleteTrouble! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeletemrsmchappell at gmail dot com
I liked Operation
ReplyDeleteMy sisters and I would stay up to early in the morning playing Pay Day.
ReplyDeletesflickinger at rocketmail dot com
i loved monopoly x
ReplyDeleteOperation was my favorite
ReplyDeletemelissalucky43@yahoo.com
With two older brothers? Risk!
ReplyDeleteMonopoly with my dad and life with my mom.
ReplyDeleterendancechick at yahoo dot com
My sister and I loved The Game of Life and Scrabble. Even as adults we still love a competitive game of Scrabble.
ReplyDeletebekki1820cb at gmail dot com
Clue!
ReplyDeleteLoved playing Trivial Pursuit Junior Edition!
ReplyDeleteI would play Candy Land with my dad every Sunday!
ReplyDeletei loved playing mad libs. i'd laugh so hard.
ReplyDeleteI liked to play Life. My kids love Battle ship.
ReplyDeleteClue
ReplyDeleteI loved to play checkers and chess
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting this giveaway
Louis
pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com
I couldn't get enough of Candy Land as a kid.
ReplyDeleteHide and Seek
ReplyDeleteseyma_bennett@hotmail.com
Loved playing Sorry and checkers.
ReplyDeletealwaysneedhim4evr@yahoo.com
We always played Sorry!
ReplyDeletemframe00@gmail.com
i loved playing Trouble
ReplyDeleteyanktheese@yahoo.com
Monopoly was the favorite
ReplyDeletechutes and ladders
ReplyDeletei loved twister
ReplyDeleteI used to love a game called Torpedo Run, which I believe was Hasbro.
ReplyDeleteYahtzee!
ReplyDeleterjwhiggins@aol.com
I loved chutes and ladders
ReplyDeleteccole3375@hotmail.com
I loved Uno, thanks!
ReplyDeleteHotsnotty2@hotmail.com
guess who
ReplyDeleteI loved trouble
ReplyDeletei liked sorry - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
ReplyDeletescrabble
ReplyDeleterussrpm@gmail.com
We all enjoyed Monolpoly!
ReplyDeleteptavernie at yahoo dot com
I loved SORRY!
ReplyDeleteWe played Life a lot...and Sorry...and Clue (though I got in trouble for using the weapons to poke holes in the cards. Oops! I blame my brother) :)
ReplyDeleteChinese checkers and chutes an ladders
ReplyDeletevmkids3 at msn dot com
I loved chutes and ladders and a lesser known game called girl talk
ReplyDeleteMonopoly
ReplyDeletedarkmysticnight at hotmail dot com
love Yahtzee.
ReplyDeletekat_emerick@yahoo.com
My grandparents and I were always playing skip-bo!
ReplyDeleteweta1972@yahoo.com
I loved aggravation
ReplyDeletemstoolman173@aol.com
I loved to play life
ReplyDeleteI loved SORRRY
ReplyDeleteI loved SORRRY
ReplyDeleteI liked to play monopoly
ReplyDeletecranky30[at]hotmail[dot]com
We loved playing Monopoly and Candyland.
ReplyDeleteI loved to play Clue!
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Monopoly..
ReplyDeleteCandyland
ReplyDeletetannerboyle12@hotmail.com
Monopoly was my favorite
ReplyDeleteI loved the game "Guess Who"
ReplyDeletecherriesjessilee at gmail dot com
I like playing the game of LIFE
ReplyDeleteddx155 at gmail.com
Operation
ReplyDeleteI use to like playing Risk.
ReplyDeleteericacarnes(at)gmail(dot)com
I loved playing Monopoly.
ReplyDeletehuge yahtzee fan here.
ReplyDeletedanielle b
ferriza2(at)yahoo(dot)com
monopoly
ReplyDeletejdmimi at gmail dot com
I loved playing Uno!
ReplyDeleteI loved scrabble.
ReplyDeleteI liked the game of life. julie hawkins
ReplyDeletehoneypie411 at yahoo dot com
I loved scrabble when I was a kid
ReplyDeleteMonopoly was the game my siblings and I played most often...and argued about most often. :-) Thank you.
ReplyDeletejaquerichards at yahoo dot com
My favorite game was Candyland!
ReplyDeleteI loved playing life
ReplyDeletemightynaynay(at)cs.com
I loved playing Sorry!
ReplyDeletepauline15_01(at)hotmail(dot)com
I loved to play Monopoly
ReplyDeleteHungry Hungry Hippos
ReplyDeleteConcentration
ReplyDeletethanks for the contest
bahjeep@aol.com
I liked playing Operation.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
I used to play all the classics - connect 4, chutes and ladders, candyland, risk, clue, etc. I miss the simple goodold days where things didn't always require batteries, dvds, internet, and 9 other players...
ReplyDelete-mike s.
I always loved Candy Land. Thanks for the awesome giveaway
ReplyDeleteRenee
fattybumpkins at yahoo dot com
candyland and sorry!
ReplyDeleteeaglesforjack@gmail.com
i loved Sorry!
ReplyDeletekrysta_salyan@yahoo.com
I loved checkers
ReplyDeleteltlbit1 at hotmail dot com
I liked playing Monopoly.
ReplyDeletekhmorgan_00 [at] yahoo [dot] com
When I was a child I loved playing Hi-Ho Cherry-O.
ReplyDeleteginaferrell3 at yahoo dot com
Clue
ReplyDeleteMy favorites were Yahtzee and Monopoly
ReplyDeleteClue
ReplyDeleteCandyland was my fav.
ReplyDeletejcristig@hotmail.com
Candyland.
ReplyDeletejcristig@hotmail.com
I liked Sorry!
ReplyDeletemsurosey@yahoo.com
My favorite games were a tie between Candyland and Trouble.
ReplyDeleteCandyland!!!
ReplyDeleteI loved playing Clue. Got so good at it, no one would play with me:(
ReplyDeletemichedt at yahoo dot com
i loved life.
ReplyDeletepintworks at hotmail dot com
i loved to play mouse trap as a child :)
ReplyDeletenatashagt (at) live (dot) com
Candyland
ReplyDeletecandyland
ReplyDeleteconnect 4
ReplyDeleteI loved to play Monopoly and Scrabble as a kid.
ReplyDeletelongbarb1@aol.com