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Airplanes

Hide your planes. Find theirs before they find yours.

Three planes on a ten-by-ten sheet. Air, hit, or shot down — and the cabin takes the whole plane with it.

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How to play Airplanes

Try the visual guide: use a miss to rule out a cabin →

Airplanes is a game of deduction: you are looking for three cabins, not trying to hit every square of your opponent’s planes. Each shot gives a clue about the shapes still hidden on the 10×10 grid.

Set up your sky

Choose a bot opponent or create an online game and share its invitation. On the placement screen, use Shuffle for a complete formation or Clear to place your own. The facing button rotates the next plane. Keep every part inside the grid and avoid overlapping planes, then press Ready.

Read each shot

  1. On your turn, tap an untried square on Their sky. Your own board shows where the opponent has fired.
  2. Air means the square contains no part of a flying plane. Hit finds a wing, body, or tail, but leaves the plane flying.
  3. A cabin hit takes down the whole plane. Find all three cabins before your opponent finds yours to win.

Use the shape, not just the nearest square

A body hit can belong to several differently rotated planes. Compare those possible shapes with your earlier misses before choosing the next shot. A miss can rule out an entire orientation; a second hit can narrow down the possible cabin positions. After bringing a plane down, look elsewhere: its remaining squares no longer count as a flying plane.

Spread your own cabins around the grid and vary their facing to avoid an obvious repeated pattern. For a different deduction challenge, try Battleships, where every segment of a ship must be hit.

Questions players ask

Do I have to hit every part of a plane?
No. A cabin hit brings down the entire plane. Find all three cabins to win.
Can I shoot the same square twice?
No. Choose an untried square. Once a plane is down, its unshot squares answer as air, so move on to another shape.
Can I rearrange my planes before playing?
Yes. During setup, use Clear, the facing control and the grid, or Shuffle for a complete formation. Press Ready when your three planes are valid.

Keep playing and learning

Try the worked cabin deduction, then compare it with Battleships, where a hit starts a search for every segment.