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2022 Ranked #3,455

Bargain Basement Bathysphere

This solo diving game has an explorer pilot a notoriously leaky bathysphere into the depths. Every adventure risks failing to return safely to the surface.

Family Games Exploration Nautical Paper-and-Pencil Push Your Luck

Players

1-2

Play time

10-15 min

Age

12+

Complexity

2.24/5

Rating

7.32

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 1.4/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

You have recently become the owners of the leakiest bathysphere this side of Beachside Bay, but that doesn't stop your sense of adventure when it comes to exploring the depths! Well, unless you don't make it back to the surface....

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You have recently become the owners of the leakiest bathysphere this side of Beachside Bay, but that doesn't stop your sense of adventure when it comes to exploring the depths! Well, unless you don't make it back to the surface.... Bargain Basement Bathysphere, designed for the 2018 solitaire print-and-play contest on BGG, is a campaign-styled roll-and-write game with legacy elements; the game becomes more complex as you work your way through the maps. It's designed to be a "no build" game (at least initially), so once you print out the pages you can immediately jump in and play — but try not to look ahead! —description from the designer

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Play and group

Players
1–2
Best with
2
Play time
10–15 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Scott Slomiany

Artists

1
Scott Slomiany

Publishers

2
(Web published) WizKids (I)

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