How to Play Captain Sonar in 8 Minutes

8:13 If you've drawn outside the lines, the entire team needs to go again, not just the player who messed up (thanks to Writing with Spears for spotting this)
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Intro - 1:37
Set-up - 2:39
Captain's rules - 3:32
Radio Operator's rules - 4:20
First Mate's rules - 4:50
Engineer's rules - 5:30
Surfacing - 7:12
Using abilities - 8:19
Mines and Torpedoes - 8:41
Drones and Sonar- 9:36
Silence and Special - 10:08
The wrap up - 10:47
The next game I teach will be Gloomhaven (!!!) which people have been asking for for a bit now. It's going to be a big video, much like my Twilight Imperium ones, so I best get to work!
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[@writingwithspears9015]

Small correction about the drawing in the borders mini-game. If any part of the drawing is incorrect, the whole thing has to be erased and redone, not just the offending player's sector

[@RTFM]

Ah, quite right. Thanks for the spot!

[@vespera219]

Finally played this at our meetup. I told everyone who asked what it was that it was a Battleship LARP. The other team totally cheated.

[@RTFM]

Oh no!

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

How?

[@hardcorelevelingwarrior6324]

I was explaining the game to my friend yesterday and he literally asked how we could communicate our orders by radio while underwater and why we would do that. Love your video!

[@Vicious0Sephiroth]

Cant wait to pick this up. Also, thanks for teaching my friends and i how to play eldritch horror. Your videos are excellent.

[@RTFM]

No problem! Glad I could help.

[@tarotteaparty]

thank you for the awesome video Shea, we are planning to play this on Saturday and wanted to brush up on how to play 😀I remember it being super fun!

[@RTFM]

Glad to help! Have fun!

[@mikepaulus4766]

I played this several times. Lots of fun. I was usually the sonar in real time. I would track the opponent, wonder how it was working, but when we went to shoot we always hit.

[@BaggyMcPiper]

Love the intro!

[@RTFM]

Thanks!

[@Dwiggy4444]

Excellent video! I haven’t played this game in a few years so I was looking for a refresher. This video was perfect!!

[@RTFM]

Happy to help!

[@malumkharn8569]

Great video Shea. Love TheBrothersMurph cameo! :D

[@RTFM]

Thanks! Love filming with those guys.

[@Crovax123]

I teach my friends this game in the turn mode But when they got the rules and i say the that the real time is the best version of this game, they didn't want to try the game ever again >

[@RTFM]

Oh no!

[@geekworthy7938]

Thanks! I'm really excited! I learned a new word today! Scrap adjacent! From now on it's orthogonally all the way baby!

[@RTFM]

Haha! It's a good one, right?

[@philipthonemann2524]

Thanks for this nice summary!

[@dylanreinboth9577]

Great job with this!

[@RTFM]

Thanks!

[@jonathanfoster3797]

I didn't realize that RTFM and the Brothers Murf knew each other

[@RTFM]

Yep! Mike and I went to college together. I've also been a guest on their Twitch streams a few times.

[@TheLimestoneCowboy]

good overview, but like when? When during the captains turn can he use an ability? Before movement? After movement? When can the radio operator give hints to the captain? There’s a lot of info left out

[@jonaszkoran-mekka1454]

I've got a question - when you play turn-by-turn mode what is correct: - only one of action per turn (either moving or activating systems) is allowed and then the turn ends - before moving you can activate one of systems and turn ends after move - you can move and after that activate one of systems and then tell the opposing team that turn ends

[@RTFM]

You move first and then can activate one system. Unfortunately the rulebook is not entirely clear on this. I had to find this clarification on a BGG thread that the designers commented on.

[@jonaszkoran-mekka1454]

@@RTFM Thanks a lot ;)

[@lancemcque1459]

Turn by turn is for banana eating ensign!

[@GiygasMilk]

thanks for this man :)

[@RTFM]

No problem, glad I could help!

[@johnmichael642]

i cannot believe i accidentally bought "sonar" thinking it was "captain sonar" wtf people.. why do u do this to me

[@RTFM]

Oh noooooo

[@ahmedfares2017]

sick intro

[@zhengyang9265]

can torpedo go back wards?

[@RTFM]

Yeah, the torpedo can move away from you in any direction.

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

Do torpedoes blow up enemy mines?

[@RTFM]

They sure do. It doesn't trigger a mine explosion though, it just removes them from the map.

[@LoftOfTheUniverse]

@@RTFM awesome

[@kylejwright1]

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