diff --git a/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Board.gd b/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Board.gd
index 90dc099..adb134a 100644
--- a/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Board.gd
+++ b/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Board.gd
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 extends Node
 
+# Path to Ship class, for instantiating new Ships in code
+onready var Ship = load("res://script/game/Gameplay/Ship.gd")
+
 var bottomBoard # Player board
 var topBoard    # Opponent board
 var ships       # list of Ships
@@ -7,17 +10,16 @@ var shipCount   # number of 'active' (un-sunk) ships
 
 # Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
 func _ready():
-	pass # Replace with function body.
-
-
-# Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
-#func _process(delta):
-#	pass
+	ships = []
+	shipCount = 0
 
+# TODO: What state?
 func getState():
 	pass
 
-func placeShip():
+# Place a ship on the board at board-space coordinates
+func placeShip(in_position, in_size, in_orientation):
+	ships.append(Ship.new(in_position, in_size, in_orientation))
 	pass
 
 func getBottomBoard():
@@ -25,3 +27,18 @@ func getBottomBoard():
 
 func getShipCount():
 	pass
+
+func _init():
+	for i in range(10):
+		bottomBoard.append([])
+		for _i in range(0, 10):
+			bottomBoard[i].resize(10)
+	for i in range(10):
+		topBoard.append([])
+		for _i in range(0, 10):
+			bottomBoard[i].resize(10)
+
+func worldspace_to_boardspace(coordinate:Vector2):
+	coordinate -= Vector2(36, 36)
+	coordinate /= Vector2(32,32)
+	return coordinate
diff --git a/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Game.gd b/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Game.gd
index 5289713..1af66d2 100644
--- a/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Game.gd
+++ b/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Game.gd
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 extends Node
 
+# Path to Player class, for instantiating new Players in code
+var Player = "res://script/game/Gameplay/Player.gd"
+
 var players # = player1, player2, ...
 var turnCount = 0
 var wasHit = false
@@ -8,7 +11,6 @@ var isMultiplayer = false
 # Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
 func _ready():
 	gameStart()
-	pass # Replace with function body.
 
 
 # Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
diff --git a/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Player.gd b/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Player.gd
index ddaa32c..72ca7f6 100644
--- a/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Player.gd
+++ b/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Player.gd
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 extends Node
 
+# Path to Board class, for instantiating new Boards in code
+var Board = "res://script/game/Gameplay/Board.gd"
+
 var pid
 var board
 
diff --git a/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Ship.gd b/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Ship.gd
index d8799b8..a7502f1 100644
--- a/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Ship.gd
+++ b/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Ship.gd
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 extends Node
 
-# This is the rendered element of a "ship", auto-generated when 
+# This is the rendered element of a "ship", generated when the game transitions from the placing state to the gameplay state
+
+#
+enum Orientation {X = 1, Y = 0}
 
 var size = 0 # Size of ship in units
 var position # Coordinates of ship's center. Ship extends [-(size-1 >> 1), (size/2 >> 1)]
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ func getSunk():
 func setSunk():
 	sunk = true
 
-func makeShip(in_position, in_size, in_orientation):
+func _init(in_position = Vector2(0,0), in_size = 2, in_orientation = Orientation.X):
 	position = in_position
 	size = in_size
 	orientation = in_orientation