Asmodee Matagot Captain SONAR Board Game - English Edition

If you're looking for a game that gets your heart rate up from the constant focus and stress but gives you everlasting memories of glory and downfall, this is the game to get. Just be sure that nobody in your group has any panic disorders lol. I had a friend run to the bathroom and vomit from the stress once.

Game was new, well packed and timely delivered.The game is so much fun but it's hard to get 8 players to play each time.Happy overall

Bought this game before a 6 months deployment with the Royal Canadian Navy. We had a bunch of people that really loved boardgames so we decided to give it a go (yes, cheezy isn't it ?). So here we are, stuck in a ship playing a boardgame about Hunting and destroying submarines.Well, that was a blast ! This was by far the most played game amongst the many we procured before leaving home. The game mechanics are just complicated enough to keep it most interesting and super fun through many replays.A normal game would take anywhere between 45min to 1h max, depending on strategies chosen.8 people is best as each player gets a role (4 per team). 4 players total (2 each team) can also be done, but much harder since each member has to take 2 roles etc.There are many different maps to play on and 2 modes : Turn-by-Turn or Real TimeTurn-by-turn : each team gets to play/move/take action one after the other. Makes the gameplay much simpler and easier to follow for the newcomers and we ended up playing mostly that mode.Realtime : each team moves and takes action when they so desire (very fast, confusing the other team !)You can replay that game almost indefinitely without getting ever bored with the many maps / modes and possibilities ! Each team captain will influence how the game works (maybe some will try stealth, some others will go all in for attacks etc.) and this makes it very dynamic. The game material is also very sturdy and durable.The only possible thing to think longterm is the need for whiteboard markers (8 provided with the game). We had to change those at some point after heavy uses (50+ games at 8 people)If you are able to gather 4+ people in one sitting for boardgames, buy it ! This gotta be a rare gem out there!

Captain Sonar es como un Battleship en esteroides y en equipo.Tu y tus, hasta otros 3 companeros, son la tripulacion de un submarino nuclear y el objetivo del juego es hundir el submarino enemigo, asi de sencillo.Cada miembros del equipo tiene un rol diferente, los cuales son:Capitan: Da las ordenes de hacia donde avanzar el submarino, mantiene el registro de el camino que han tomado en el mapa, y ordena cuando tomar una accion como disparar, escanear un cuadrante con el sonar, etc...Primer oficial: Cada vez que el submarino se mueve, el primer oficial decide que sistema cargar: minas, torpedos, dron, sonar, silencio, escenario. Ademas, lleva registro de la cantidad de danos del submarino y le informa al capitan sobre el estado de los sistemas.Ingeniero: Cada que el capitan mueve en una direccion, el ingeniero tiene que deshabilitar un sistema relacionado con esa direccion. Debe de intentar, a traves del primer oficial, convencer al capitan de moverse en una direccion deseada para intentar rehabilitar los sistemas.Operador de Radio: Posee una copia del mapa, ademas de una filmina transparente. Su rol es escuchar las direcciones que indica el capitan enemigo, trazar esa ruta en la filmina transparente, e irla acomodando sobre el mapa para descubrir donde encaja esta ruta y asi deducir donde se encuentra el submarino enemigo. Debe de estar en constante comunicacion con el capitan para asi poderle indicar a que coordenada conviene apuntar las acciones.Al principio habra caos, confusion, pero durante el primer juego todo se entiende. El rol del primer oficial podria resultar un poco aburrido asi que se podria combinar con el del capitan.El juego tambien tiene una modalidad de tiempo-real que es la forma en la que el juego se deberia jugar. Ambos equipos proceden a discrecion y el juego solo se detiene para confirmar acciones (un torpedo hizo dano? Un sonar detecto algo?, etc...)Lo recomiendo demasiado para jugarlo con un grupo de amigos pero no ninos ya que es un poco complejo para ellos.Diviertanse!

We played this turn based to understand the rules and found it ok, if not a little boring and long. We then played it real time and wow! The excitement, panic, shouting and laughing was on another level. I couldn't sleep for hours afterwards I was so excited! Works best with 6-8 and just jump into the real time. You learn soo much quicker.