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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.