This is what it looks like when you first open it. You have to choose were you place your ships. While the first player is choosing the second player should not look. and vice-versa for the second player. You place it by picking your ship and then selecting the Letter and Number coordinate of the first ship (trust me it is faster this way.) then you choose which direction. you can also enter your name in the text box that has name over it if you want to. This is the play screen. don't worry you guys won't have to turn around for each players turn the ships locations aren't revealed unless you hit them. Your enemies ship grid is on your side and so are their ship's status When you hit part of a ship it turns red and the Hit/Miss Label says you hit. when you miss it turns blue and the Hit/Miss Label says you missed. When you sink a ship like the patrol boat the Patrol Boat sunk turns red. When someone sinks all the enemy ships you get a nifty label that pops up telling you which player won. Nobody can fire anymore