UBOOT: The Board Game

Onkel Neal · 03-05-17, 09:50 AM

Looks really good. My daughter and friends play board game, I look forward to bringing this to a game night.

Can you describe the "companion app" in a little more detail? I am interested in the mechanics of your game.

Hawk66 · 03-05-17, 12:58 PM

Hi Artur,

from a component perspective this looks really awesome ! If the game is full cooperative, can it played also solo like the recent u-boat games from GMT ?

Pilot_76 · 03-08-17, 09:32 AM

I'd like solo-play rules as well.

Artur Salwarowski · 03-08-17, 10:57 AM

Yes, the game will definitely feature a solo mode!

@Onkel Neal:
Have you had the chance to look at the Designer Diary on our website? It tells a little bit more about the app. In short, the mobile app is going to be something like 'Silent Hunter Lite', yet presented in a format that keeps a lot of the information secret, unless players make an effort to reveal it. Like, for instance, when the weather is bad for a few days in a row and you can't use the sextant to determine your position, then you will have to rely on where the navigator BELIEVES the U-boat actually is. Without using the sextant, you can only calculate based on your course, speed, and the passage of time. Of course, once you use it, then you will be able to say approximately where you are, but it is not that you will see the boat's position on the map at all times

Simply because... there is no map in the app - the navigator has to determine and draw the course on the paper map

And there are tons of such things in the game - we are really thinking outside the box with this one. Have I mentioned that you will have to tamper with the Enigma to decipher messages, and also engage in a guitar hero-style rhythmic game to send messages using the Morse Code?
And that is still the tip of the iceberg

Pilot_76 · 03-08-17, 10:59 AM

:Kale un_Cheers:

:salu te:

perdu · 03-08-17, 12:04 PM

this is something i will have to keep an eye on

Quasimodo · 03-10-17, 03:48 PM

This looks terrific! I'll be following this for sure!

03-05-17, 09:50 AM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Looks really good. My daughter and friends play board game, I look forward to bringing this to a game night. Can you describe the "companion app" in a little more detail? I am interested in the mechanics of your game. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

03-08-17, 10:59 AM	#5
Pilot_76 Chief Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: São Paulo, Brazil Posts: 321 Downloads: 462 Uploads: 0	:Kale un_Cheers::salu te:

03-05-17, 12:58 PM	#2
Hawk66 Commodore Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 609 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Hi Artur, from a component perspective this looks really awesome ! If the game is full cooperative, can it played also solo like the recent u-boat games from GMT ?

03-08-17, 09:32 AM	#3
Pilot_76 Chief Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: São Paulo, Brazil Posts: 321 Downloads: 462 Uploads: 0	I'd like solo-play rules as well.

03-08-17, 10:57 AM	#4
Artur Salwarowski Iron Wolf Studio Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 74 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Yes, the game will definitely feature a solo mode! @Onkel Neal: Have you had the chance to look at the Designer Diary on our website? It tells a little bit more about the app. In short, the mobile app is going to be something like 'Silent Hunter Lite', yet presented in a format that keeps a lot of the information secret, unless players make an effort to reveal it. Like, for instance, when the weather is bad for a few days in a row and you can't use the sextant to determine your position, then you will have to rely on where the navigator BELIEVES the U-boat actually is. Without using the sextant, you can only calculate based on your course, speed, and the passage of time. Of course, once you use it, then you will be able to say approximately where you are, but it is not that you will see the boat's position on the map at all times Simply because... there is no map in the app - the navigator has to determine and draw the course on the paper map And there are tons of such things in the game - we are really thinking outside the box with this one. Have I mentioned that you will have to tamper with the Enigma to decipher messages, and also engage in a guitar hero-style rhythmic game to send messages using the Morse Code? And that is still the tip of the iceberg

03-08-17, 12:04 PM	#6
perdu A-ganger Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 79 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	this is something i will have to keep an eye on

03-10-17, 03:48 PM	#7
Quasimodo Watch Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 15 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	This looks terrific! I'll be following this for sure!