[andrewchoi]

Not a single mention for Battleship, the game that (I would warrant) introduced most current American 20-somethings to the concept?

[NoNotTheDuo]

I think you're probably right about the concept, but I didn't know that it was "a thing" until the documentary The Fog of War[1]. Excellent retrospective about Vietnam.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fog_of_War

[splawn]

Wargamers tend to have narrow elitist focus when it comes to boardgaming. I think its because they see their hobby as more than simply playing a childrens game for the fun of it, rather they see it as a more serious exploration of history. Since it has a war theme, I agree with you that Battleship completely revolves around FOW.. Stratego is another example of a classic boardgame that does this as well. Neither one of those games touch on "friendly" FOW mentioned in the article though. If you want to try a lighter game that implements "friendly" FOW give Memoir 44 a spin. Hidden information is also a standard feature of many games that don't have anything to do with war...poker for example.

[scrumper]

Is that the old paper game where you place shots on grid references to sink your opponent's ships? Or something else?

[smacktoward]

Milton Bradley made a very popular mass-market version of the paper game using a plastic gameboard and ships that has been a longtime bestseller: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2425/battleship