Never underestimate the power of a good drinking game. Most quality drinking games are built on a simple set of principles, presumably because a drunk person isn’t going to remember anything all that complicated. Because playing the same old drinking games at parties can get a bit old, people tend to turn just about anything they can into a drinking game. Usually it’s the simple stuff that tends to be the tried and true stuff at parties (Flip Cup) and the more complicated games get cast aside (Kings). Sometimes a courageous person might suggest making a board game a little more interesting by raising the stakes with a bit of booze. This can be a fantastic idea, but again, drunk people have a tough time remembering rules.

Now, the Battleships Drinking Game (Drinkstuff, £14.98) takes a classic board game and makes it very party friendly. Instead of having to add drinks to Battleship and remembering what rules you drunkenly decided on, the whole point of this game is to avoid getting tanked – both on and off the board. Each “ship” is really a shot glass with a ship on the side. There are 12 slots in which you will position your four “ships” in an effort to be the last one standing. The rules are simple – it operates just like a standard game of Battleship. You try to sink your opponent’s ships by calling out coordinates, and then your opponent does the same. Once one person’s ships are all sank, the game is over.

-Dimensions: 225mm x 180mm x 435mm (board extended)
                      95mm x 180mm x 225mm (board closed)
                      40mm diameter (shot glasses)
-Includes plastic Battleship board, 8 Battleship shot glasses, and game instructions
-Two player drinking game
-Twist on traditional Battleship game
-Great for parties
-Not available for delivery in the United States or Canada