Let's Play - Raiders of the Deep: U-boats of the Great War, 1914-18 (July 1915 Patrol)

[@cbblackard]

2 and 1/2 years after this video, I finally have the game on the table. Thanks for posting.

[@WayneHansen]

Bahaha... better late than never! It's a good game, hope you enjoy it!

[@billthornton2852]

Thanks for the video Wayne....Good Job. I haven't played this in a few years now and plan on doing so. Your video helped me refresh the old mind.

[@joshdavis3743]

Rolling for patrols so much more fun!

[@spr5858]

Excellent vid. I have a fascination with Submarines and submarine warfare, so these games are of great interest to me, I have just Bought Raiders of the Deep. And this has helped me get a better understanding of the game

[@WayneHansen]

I'm glad it helped Stephen! I think Raiders of the Deep is an underrated game.

[@AkiraFist]

This was excellent. Thank you for posting it!

[@WayneHansen]

And thank you for the kind comment! I have another patrol I just uploaded as well. I bend the rules a little bit to show an encounter with an escort.

[@DoctorMintz]

Great video, thanks a lot! Btw: z. S. means "zur See" in German, i.e. "at sea", so your guy is a "Lieutenant at sea".

[@davidsheedy3709]

Dude, Thank you! Very helpful!

[@WayneHansen]

Glad to hear it David! Man, I miss these sub games. I need to get playing them again. Maybe one of Greg Smith's?

[@Beery1962]

Great "Let's Play"! I'd be really interested to see you play through an escort encounter. Also, I think I noticed one error - the rules say only small freighters can be taken as prizes. If I recall, the prize you took was a large freighter. 38:07 In real life, the Anglo-Californian's captain got a posthumous Victoria Cross for his successful attempt, on 4 July 1915, to save his cargo from the U-boat attack! ( uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/310.html ) So you changed history! :D

[@WayneHansen]

Thanks Prometheus! Doh, I should have known it was too good to be true to collect all that prize tonnage. That is an awesome bit of history. That's one (of the many) reasons I love wargames. You learn new things about "real" history while also having the potential to change it.

[@wildape3210]

i'll have to buy it.

[@majama72]

Thank you for show, but zoom problems make many elements invisible or unreadable

[@WayneHansen]

I'll go back in time four years to 2018 me and let him know to step up his production game ;)

[@rodento3220]

Looks a lot like "Hunters". Not saying thats bad very similar mechanics and flow of play. I am thinking about picking it up.

[@WayneHansen]

Yep, the designer said he wanted to make a Hunters style game but set in WW1. He succeeded, it's a good game.

[@barrakliberal8539]

14:00 to skip to the start of the patrol. You're welcome.

[@Liopot68]

The Hunters is 33 euros, The Hunted is 55 euros, and Raiders of the deep is 120 euros. Why such a significant difference in price for what is technically the same game?

[@WayneHansen]

I don't work for Compass Games, so I don't have an answer for you, unfortunately. I can only speculate. Lower production run? Higher quality components? Use of a more expensive domestic printer instead of a Chinese printer? Who knows.

[@Liopot68]

@@WayneHansen Thanks for your answer. I own the 3rd printing of the Hunters and the quality is very good. Well, GMT is always very good. Compass Games have a tendency to beef up the prices of their games, though. Great review anyway!

[@WayneHansen]

@@Liopot68 I appreciate the kind comments!