Duels
Deadreckoning
Somewhere in the dark water sits a fleet you cannot see; call your shots, read the misses, and sink it before it sinks you.
Deadreckoning is a free naval strategy game you play inside ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. A hidden-fleet naval duel against an AI whose layout is sealed and verifiable. For solo play, about 20–30m a session, it needs no signup — paste one game card into your assistant to play.
- Players
- 1
- Length
- 20–30m
- Rating
- All ages
- Version
- 1.0.0
Works with ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini. Free, no signup.
Open in ChatGPT Open in Claude
Opens your assistant with the game loaded — review the prompt, then send.
How to start
- Open your AI. Start a new chat in ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. No paid plan required.
- Paste the duel starter. The AI seals its fleet layout and shows you the hash before the first salvo.
- Trade salvos. Call coordinates, read the pattern of hits and misses, and corner the hidden fleet.
- Verify the seal. After the duel, check the revealed layout against the hash to confirm it never moved.
Questions
- What stops the AI from moving its ships when I get close?
- The AI fixes its fleet at the start and commits to it with a SHA-256 hash it shows you before the first shot. It answers hits and misses from that locked layout, and you verify the hash after the duel to prove nothing moved.
- How long does a duel take?
- Twenty to thirty minutes for a single duel. You and the AI alternate salvos on a shared grid, and the game ends when one fleet is sunk. It is short enough to replay a few rounds and long enough to plan a hunt.
- Can I play it on my phone?
- Yes. It runs entirely in a chat with ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, so any device that opens one of those works. There is no app to install and no account beyond the chat itself.
- Is it suitable for kids?
- Yes, it is rated all ages. The theme is naval strategy, deduction and grid tactics with no graphic content. Younger players get a clean logic duel, and the sealed-layout twist adds a fairness angle older players tend to appreciate.