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[Alex52]

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I have found AF 1 - LC LS LB 3 - XC IC OC MC 4- VL VP 2 - ML MP 2.

What's next?

[Stevetw]

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work out on the grid where the missing squares are for the 4 square battleship is and the two missing squares for the 3 square battleship is

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use the top row of the grid for the first coordinate Start from top down and going right, write down what the two letter coordinates are

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write down the 4 sets of coordinates up and you’ll get a word

Now please help me again on 132?

[Alex52]

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if you push in the web page 112143 you hear the song birthday. For 131 i' m looking for Word with how many letters? How it begins?

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work out on the grid where the missing squares are for the 4 square battleship is and the two missing squares for the 3 square battleship is

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use the top row of the grid for the first coordinate Start from top down and going right, write down what the two letter coordinates are

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Line the 4 sets of coordinates up and you’ll get a word

Now please help me again on 132?

[Alex52]

Can you give me more help?

[Stevetw]

Thank you for 132!

Now for 131

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4 coordinates of two letters each =8 letter word

Begins with

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LO

[mariosgeo]

I know how

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the battleship mechanic works for either both solitaire (which I think is the case) or normal boardgame

Yet I am still looking for what I am doing wrong

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If I know correctly there should be no ships around their borders horizontally vertical and diagonally
We are looking for a word from the positions of the ships that are missing aka the 4 and 3 wide ship and thus decypher which of the positions can hold those 2

But what confuses me is

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are we actually limited by the options given on the first page or we have the whole board and thus do multiple scenarios and anagram the letters

[Madchemic]

Can someone please post clear steps to the solution and solution please? Completely lost here

[gracefuldays]

This one was a journey... I will post my steps.

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So, it is already established that this is indeed a game of Solitaire Battleships

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The rules of the game that we need are:
1) all ships are placed before the start (one 1 square, two 2 squares, one 3 squares and one 4 squares) ;
2) each ship has a buffer zone that encloses it on all sides + corners and is 1 square thick;

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Use the couples of letters from the first page and cross them off the board. Be mindful of where the "empty" coordinates land because

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this will help you identify which are the ships that have already been eliminated

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we are left with one 2-square and one 1 square ships that really are the unsunken 3 and 4 squares ones from the previous page

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Again, be mindful of the "empty" coordinates + the buffer zones and you will be able to see which is which and how they are oriented

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the coordinates needed to sink those ships form a word

[Tallis]

Great post by gracefuldays on how to solve this difficult and enjoyable puzzle. I'm posting the solution below. DO NOT CLICK IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW THE SOLUTION!

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lollipop