diff --git a/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Board.gd b/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Board.gd
index 6e6e3aa..d9a2f0b 100644
--- a/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Board.gd
+++ b/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Board.gd
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ var top_board    # Opponent board
 var ships       # list of Ships
 var ship_count   # number of 'active' (un-sunk) ships
 
+# a board is square. This is its side lengths
+var board_len = 10
+
 # Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
 func _ready():
 	ships = []
-	shipCount = 0
+	ship_count = 0
 
 # TODO: What state?
 func getState():
@@ -26,21 +29,26 @@ func getBottomBoard():
 	pass
 
 func getShipCount():
-	pass
+	return ship_count
 
 func _init():
 	# Initialize the bottom_board to a 10x10 array
-	for i in range(10):
+	for _row in range(board_len):
 		bottom_board.append([])
-		for _i in range(0, 10):
-			bottom_board[i].resize(10)
+	for column in bottom_board:
+		column.resize(10)
 	# Initialize the top_board to a 10x10 array
-	for i in range(10):
+	for _row in range(board_len):
 		top_board.append([])
-		for _i in range(0, 10):
-			top_board[i].resize(10)
+	for column in top_board:
+		column.resize(board_len)
 
 #   worldspace_to_boardspace: convert a Vector2 in world-space to board-space
 func worldspace_to_boardspace(coordinate:Vector2):
 	# subtract 36 to get the position relative to (0,0) on the board, and integer divide by 32
 	return Vector2(int(coordinate.x - 36) >> 5, int(coordinate.y-36) >> 5)
+
+# Coordinates of ship's center. Ship extends [-(size-1 >> 1), (size/2 >> 1)]
+func shiptoboard(ship:Ship):
+	for i in range (ship.)
+	pass
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Player.gd b/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Player.gd
index bb122bd..ca89ece 100644
--- a/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Player.gd
+++ b/godot_ship/script/game/Gameplay/Player.gd
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var Board = "res://script/game/Gameplay/Board.gd"
 # Player ID of this player
 var pid
 # board (an instance of the Board class)
-var board
+onready var board = Board.new()
 
 # Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
 func _ready():