Deep Blue

A dive-for-treasure family game: build a crew, claim wreck sites and gamble on every descent.

Designers: Daniel Skjold Pedersen, Asger Aleksandrov Granerud
Published by: Days of Wonder
Editions by: Hobby Japan

Buying the fabled map was a stroke of genius: the most ancient, legendary and extravagant underwater wrecks are waiting, the diving suits and oxygen tanks are aboard, and the ship is ready to weigh anchor. The catch is that other captains bought the same map. You hire a crew of divers, sailors and archeologists, race to wreck sites to claim the best diving spots and scout the seas for new wrecks. Then you dive, and every dive is a gamble: keep pulling treasure or stop while you're ahead? Other players can join your dive and share in your fortune. A family engine-builder with press-your-luck tension, 2019, from age eight.

Hire divers, sailors and archeologistsRace to claim the best dive spotsJoin other players' dives

Who it's for

You want a family-weight press-your-luck game with some engine growth, and a nautical treasure hunt for ages eight and up.

Not for you if…

You want a purely strategic game. Push-your-luck decisions and other players' dives bring luck to your treasure haul.

Vibe's take

Breezy but with a gambler's tension. The table keeps watching each dive to decide whether to hitch a ride, and pushing one dive too far is the kind of mistake everyone gleefully remembers.