Searching for Subs....

 And not the sandwich kind! 

Last week I shared a dud of a game that was thrown in with an purchase that I really did want? The wanted game? Sub Search by Milton Bradley! 

Sub Search was launched in 1973 as a "3D version" of Battleship. In reality, it's a better game, since there is more strategy involved. Let's take a look, shall we?

The box is in kind of rough shape. I think it was sitting in the same basement as the Recall game. 

Upon opening the big box, we see a lot of big parts!

This game didn't come with the instructions, but fortunately you can look up all of Milton Bradley's game instructions online and print them off! That's what I did here...

The Sub Search game board is a thing of beauty! Four levels of game playing fun! Each player gets three ships (with white peg "depth charges"), three subs, and a mine. 

Notice that the end pieces are translucent plastic. This is a smart idea so that the lower levels will have light. Also note that the different depths of the game board get darker the lower you go. 

Simulated game play!

Here are the instructions. They are actually pretty easy. The 3D aspect of near misses and torpedo attacks add quite a bit of excitement to game play. By the way, a torpedo attack is kind of a desperation move, since it shows where your sub is. Oh, and subs can't move. Bummer!

You can win by either taking out all three of your opponent's ships or subs (the subs are more likely). All in all, it's an exciting strategy game!

As boring as Recall may be, Sub Search more than makes up for it. So, I guess I can forgive those people for slipping in the clunker game with it. 

Sub Search is, sadly, out of production so if you want a copy Ebay is your friend. They seem to go for around fifty bucks, which is fair. 

Until next time, keep searching for treasure!