Stevie: when you accept an invite, if the first move goes to your opponent, they see your message. If you get the first move, you get the message and they never see it- I've always had to type it again with my first move. Thanks for fixing that Fencer! : )

Amber- yes, I am losing too many games!!! You weren't supposed to tell, and all over that little stinker , the 2 boat!!!! LOL
RamblinMan, yes, you can see the finished game, but only the ships of your opponents that you have hit. You can't see where the ones you missed were. I understand what Amber's saying about the winner not having to reveal his strategy, that makes sense. I figured there was a reason for the set up that we have here, I just wondered what it was. And the reason I asked wasn't because I wanted to know the strategy of the winning board, but more for the reason rod said, that I spent 15 or more moves looking for the little bugger and want to know where it was!!!

I haven't read back to previous posts before I joined, so this has probably been addressed and I'm not aware of it. Would anyone else like to see on the game boards of Battleboats and it's variants the position of your opponent's ships at the end of the game? In some sites I used to play at, I could see them at the end of the game and found it helpful and also satisfied my curiosity, especially when I am looking a long time for that little boat. Is there a reason why it is set up as it is here?