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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Battleship in Tabletop Games

Mar 19, 2018 (Updated Mar 19, 2018)  
Battleship
Battleship
1967 | Modern Warfare, Nautical, Wargame
8
6.2 (16 Ratings)
Tabletop Game Rating
One of the Classics
Battleship is one of my all time favourite games. It requires a balance of strategy, cunning and sheer luck to help find and defeat your opponents ships, before they find yours.

There's something very endearing and retro about the fact that you can still play this game the "old fashioned" way using real pegs and fold out cases. Call me nostalgic, but it's so much better to play this than an online/electronic version. And also the fact that shouting "you sank my battleship" never gets old.

The only drawback with this game is the replayability in the same session. Games aren't necessarily that long, however once you've played a couple of games against the same opponent, you get a good idea of how they look at strategically positioning their ships and the games can become a little predictable.
  
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David McK (3562 KP) rated Leviathan (The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier, #5) in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
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Leviathan (The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier, #5)
Jack Campbell | 2015
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Book #5 in the 'Beyond the Frontier' sub-set of the 'The Lost Fleet' series of books (so book # 11 if read in order, or roughly #14 if you include 'The Lost Stars' spin-off series), in which 'Black Jack' Geary is in pursuit of rogue AI ships, created by how own government, which have since malfunctioned and attacked Alliance ships.

Unlike the previous in the series ([b: Steadfast|17230200|Steadfast (Spellcaster, #2)|Claudia Gray|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1372091229s/17230200.jpg|23745045]), the majority of this is given over to (numerous) and relativistic space-time battles, instead of to the politicking of before. Perhaps too much so, however ...

(It's almost as if [a: Jack Campbell|55547|Jack Campbell|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1302415236p2/55547.jpg] has over-compensated from what appears to be a common criticism of the previous)
  
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David McK (3562 KP) rated Fearless (The Lost Fleet, #2) in Books

Jan 30, 2019  
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Fearless (The Lost Fleet, #2)
Jack Campbell | 2011
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Second entry in Jack Campbell's 'The Lost Fleet' series, and, if I'm honest: I don't really know what to say. Compared to the first book, it's pretty much more of the same: if you enjoyed that one you'll probably also enjoy this one.

Remember that the battles (and events) are described as being fought in real time: there's no instantaneous communication between ships, for example.
  
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Cumberland (1142 KP) rated Wonder (2017) in Movies

Jan 16, 2019  
Wonder (2017)
Wonder (2017)
2017 | Drama
8
8.4 (34 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Great movie
I really enjoyed this, but at times it was heart breaking. The other kids were horrible, but not unrealistic. My favorite thing about this movie was that it was told through multiple points of view. My opinion of some characters changed when I saw things from there shoes. It was a great reminder that everyone goes through hard ships that shape there actions.
  
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ClareR (5885 KP) Jan 16, 2019

My son loves this film and book - I should watch it really!
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Christine A. (965 KP) Jan 17, 2019

I don't know why I haven't seen the movie or read the book. It's on my list.