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Captain Sonar
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Best with 8 players 288 of 345 votes Player-recommended age: 12+ 15 of 43 votes
2-8
45'
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Captain Sonar

A board game by Roberto Fraga Yohan Lemonnier
Publisher: Matagot
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Description Description

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 they each take a particular role on the submarine, with the division of labor for these roles being dependent on the number of players in the game: One player might be the captain, who is responsible for moving the submarine and announcing some details of this movement; another player is manning the sonar in order to listen to the opposing captain's orders and try to decipher where that sub might be in the water; a third player might be 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.

Additional information Additional information
Mechanics: Co-operative Play Grid Movement Partnerships Secret Unit Deployment
Categories: Deduction Fighting Nautical Real-time
Alternative names: Capitan Sonar Captain Sonar Polaris Капітан Сонар Капитан Сонар キャプテン・ソナー 深海諜影
BARCODE: 3760146643741
The item is in 17 carts In 13 wishlists In 3 collections This was seen 18131 times
Description Description

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 they each take a particular role on the submarine, with the division of labor for these roles being dependent on the number of players in the game: One player might be the captain, who is responsible for moving the submarine and announcing some details of this movement; another player is manning the sonar in order to listen to the opposing captain's orders and try to decipher where that sub might be in the water; a third player might be 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.

Additional information Additional information
Mechanics: Co-operative Play Grid Movement Partnerships Secret Unit Deployment
Categories: Deduction Fighting Nautical Real-time
Alternative names: Capitan Sonar Captain Sonar Polaris Капітан Сонар Капитан Сонар キャプテン・ソナー 深海諜影
BARCODE: 3760146643741
The item is in 17 carts In 13 wishlists In 3 collections This was seen 18131 times

What players say

How many players it plays best with · 345 votes on BoardGameGeek

  • 1 0 0 say it plays best, 0 recommend it, 250 do not recommend it
  • 2 9 9 say it plays best, 53 recommend it, 214 do not recommend it
  • 3 0 0 say it plays best, 16 recommend it, 249 do not recommend it
  • 4 12 12 say it plays best, 113 recommend it, 139 do not recommend it
  • 5 0 0 say it plays best, 53 recommend it, 206 do not recommend it
  • 6 105 105 say it plays best, 177 recommend it, 18 do not recommend it
  • 7 8 8 say it plays best, 136 recommend it, 114 do not recommend it
  • 8 288 288 say it plays best, 34 recommend it, 4 do not recommend it
  • 8+ 0 0 say it plays best, 5 recommend it, 191 do not recommend it

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