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1st Mate Map
Captain Sonar, Matagot, 2016 — front cover (image provided by the distributor)
Captain Map
Engineer Map
a dignified solution for nuclear submarine control stations: wooden cubes instead of marker pens - in this case for the first mate
9 player game, it was not a bad idea to have also a referee in the first game.
Dive dive dive!
Artist Sabrina Tobal painted me an amazing picture inside my box.

Captain Sonar (2016)

Players
2–8
Best: 8
Playing time
45–60 min
Age
14+
7.50
Average rating
24,100
Ratings
2.20/5
Weight
#248
BGG rank
Top 1,000
Alternate names:Capitán Sonar +5 more
Designer:Roberto Fraga, Yohan Lemonnier
Artist:Sabrina Tobal, Ervin, Piotr Forkasiewicz
Publisher:Pegasus Spiele +14 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 7, Complexity 4.4, Theme 7
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction7.0
Complexity4.4
Theme7.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

At the bottom of the ocean, no one will hear you scream!

In Captain Sonar, you and your teammates control a state-of-the-art submarine and are trying to locate an enemy submarine in order to blow it out of the water before they can do the same to you. Every role is important, and the confrontation is merciless. Be organized and communicate, because a captain is nothing without his crew: the Chief Mate, the Radio Operator, and the Engineer.

All the members of a team sit on one side of the table, and each takes a particular role on the submarine, with the division of labor for these roles being dependent on the number of players in the game. Roles include the Captain, who is responsible for moving the submarine and announcing some details of this movement; the Radio Operator listening to the opposing captain's orders and try to decipher where that sub might be in the water; and the Engineer working in the munitions room to prepare torpedoes, mines and other devices that will allow for combat.

Captain Sonar can be played in two modes: turn-by-turn or simultaneous. In the latter set-up, all the members of a team take their actions simultaneously while trying to track what the opponents are doing, too. When a captain is ready to launch an attack, the action pauses for a moment to see whether a hit has been recorded — then play resumes with the target having snuck away while the attacker paused or with bits of metal now scattered across the ocean floor.

Multiple maps are included with varying levels of difficulty.

Expansions

Captain Sonar: Foxtrot Map
Captain Sonar: Chicago Map
Captain Sonar: New York Map
Captain Sonar: Upgrade One
Captain Sonar: Operation Dragon
Super Power
Captain Sonar: Bermuda Triangle Map
Captain Sonar: Mission Vectrum
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