The First Officer’s squad also sends and receives Enigma messages, as well as administers first aid to sailors. This player enters all course and depth changes of the boat, uses the periscope and binoculars to identify enemy vessels, and fires the large cannon at targets. The First Officer takes charge of the companion app, handling all the input of all actions taken and announcing any of the events reported by the app. Morale can be improved by sinking enemy vessels, but falls whenever sailors are overworked, injured or killed. Torpedo management is a multi-step process that requires working with the other officers to get into a good firing position. Guiding the overall tactics of the ship, the Captain directs the other officers on what actions they should be following. The Captain is responsible for the overall command of the ship, procedures for torpedo launch, and keeping up crew morale.
The First Officer has a lot going on, between managing the app, decoding new orders, and providing first aid. Sailors can only perform a limited number of actions without resting or relief from a change in watch, so players must monitor their squad to ensure the availability of actions in case of unforeseen events. All decisions and actions are entered into a companion app that provides prompts and alerts, whether it be engine malfunctions, sonar contacts, or damage reports that require the attention and action of the players.Įach player controls a squad of sailors that they can deploy in the various compartments of the boat to take actions. As a real-time game, actions are taken without a turn order, depending on what are the priorities of the officers at any given time. In UBOOT, players take on the role of four different officers serving on a German U-boat during WWII: Captain, First Officer, Navigator, and Chief Engineer. UBOOT: The Board Game is a real-time worker placement submarine simulation for 1-4 players, that plays in 90-120 minutes. All ahead flank, flood the ballast tanks, make your depth 25 meters and let’s dive in! UBOOT: The Board Game, by Phalanx Games, speaks to me at a primal level, putting me on the deck of a World War II-era unterseeboot engaged in warfare in the European theater.
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I marveled at the cramped quarters, the loud alarms, and the soft-serve ice cream machine (quite literally, the most important piece of equipment onboard.) I re-read The Hunt for Red October until the spine broke, and that movie probably remains my most-watched film. As a child, I can remember visiting the WWII-era USS Ling docked in Hackensack, New Jersey. Ever since their introduction into modern naval warfare, submarines have captured my imagination with a mystique about them steeped both in reality and in pop culture.
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