⚓ Ciphership ⚓
Encrypt. Attack. Defend. Dominate!
📜 How to Play Ciphership
🎮 Game Setup
- Each team places 10 ships on their 5×5 grid
- Each team creates a cipher (scramble of a,b,c,d,e) - this encrypts your moves!
- Opponents see your encrypted coordinates, but must decode your cipher to understand them
⚔️ Turn-Based Combat
- Round 1: Player 1 ATTACKS → Player 2 DEFENDS
- Round 2: Player 2 ATTACKS → Player 1 DEFENDS
- Players alternate roles each round
🎯 Attack Phase
- The attacker chooses one cell on the opponent's grid to attack
- Your attack is broadcast using your encrypted coordinates
🛡️ Defense Phase
- The defender tries to predict where the attack will land
- Choose one cell on your own grid to defend
💥 Combat Resolution
- If attack hits a ship AND defender guessed correctly → 🛡️ Ship is SAVED! (Nobody knows what happened)
- If attack hits a ship AND defender guessed wrong → 💥 Ship is SUNK! (Marked red on both boards)
- If attack hits empty water → 🌊 MISS! (Attack fails)
🏆 Winning Conditions
- Instant Win: Sink ALL of opponent's ships
- Timer Win: When 30 minutes expire, most ships sunk wins
- Tiebreaker: If scores are equal, the team that decoded the opponent's cipher wins!
🔐 Cipher Strategy
- Your cipher encrypts your coordinates (e.g., if cipher is "baecd", then 'a' becomes 'b')
- Watch the chat - try to decode opponent's cipher from their moves!
- Decoding their cipher helps you predict their attacks!
⏱️ Time Limit
- Total match duration: 30 minutes
- Timer turns yellow at 5 minutes remaining
- Timer turns red at 1 minute remaining