Electron Configuration Battleship

Alison and me playing Battleship:

Game face:

Since I'm #1:

Since she thinks she's #1:

My setup:

Her setup:

When our selfie game strong:

Playing Electron Configuration Battleship helped me become more fluent with the electron orbitals and configurations. Before this game, I had very little understanding of how electrons and orbitals worked, but now I feel much more confident identifying atoms with their electron configurations. My biggest challenge while playing this game was in remembering to subtract one for the d-block levels and two for the f-block levels, so Alison would correct me. However, I eventually got better at catching my own mistakes and it all worked out!