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2018 Ranked #18,825

Pocket Sub

This submarine minefield strategy game has players move their vessels, lay mines, and keep their own submarines alive to win. The grid grows crowded with hazards, so each placement must protect a route while trapping opponents.

Abstract Strategy Nautical Area Movement Grid Movement

Players

2-4

Play time

10-15 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.25/5

Rating

5.70

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Pocket Sub is the submarine themed game which is highly strategic, quick, yet small enough to fit in your pocket. Players take on roles as cold war submarines engaged in a battle of wits by placing their own and avoiding others' mines on a nautical battle field.

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Pocket Sub is the submarine themed game which is highly strategic, quick, yet small enough to fit in your pocket. Players take on roles as cold war submarines engaged in a battle of wits by placing their own and avoiding others' mines on a nautical battle field. Each turn players will move any of their 3 submarines around the grid system and lay a mine in any position where the sub moved through or from. As the minefield gets crowded, players must use strategic yet forward planning, to ensure their submarines remain on the battlefield at the end of the game to ensure victory!

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
10–15 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.3/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Darrin Horbal

Artists

4
Piotr Forkasiewicz Sebastian Koziner Sabrina Miramon Pawe? Nizio?ek

Publishers

1
Alley Cat Games

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