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A group of poor explorers hoping to get rich quickly heads out to recover treasures from some undersea ruins. They're all rivals, but their budgets force them all to share a single rented submarine. In the rented submarine, they all have to share a single tank of air, as well. If they don't get back to the sub before they run out of air, they'll drop all their treasure. Now it's time to see who can bring home the greatest riches.
Game Objective
The game takes place over 3 rounds, and the player to gain the most points over the 3 rounds is the winner. In order to gain points, you must bring the most ruins chips back to the submarine. You can only return to the submarine once per round, and you cannot progress more after returning. You cannot return to the submarine without bringing any ruins chips.
Turn Progression
On their turns, players conduct steps 1-4 listed below. Players take turns, going clockwise around the board, and the round ends when all players have returned to the submarine, or if the air runs out at the beginning of someone's turn.
1) Declare if you will turn back or not.
2) Reduce air.
3) Roll the dice and advance your game piece.
4) Search. (When you have stopped moving, select one of A-C below)
A) Do nothing.
B) Pick up ruins chip.
C) Place a ruins chip.
Year Published
2014
Transcript Analysis
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Board Game Club playthrough at 1:08 sentiment: positive
video_pk 13472 · mention_pk 39438
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fast setup and playtime
- High interaction and tension among players
- Simple core rules that support多人 play
Cons
- Heavy reliance on luck at times
- Can be punishing when players are left behind
- Discussion during turns can slow the game pace
Thematic elements
- Treasure hunting under time pressure with oxygen as a constraint
- Underwater exploration in the Mariana Trench
- Lighthearted banter with chaotic, push-your-luck stakes
Comparison games
- Tower of Destiny
- Space Agency (MM)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice-based movement with space limitation — Roll a die, move the meeple that many spaces; treasures can be replaced with blank tokens to alter future movement.
- Oxygen depletion tied to treasures — Carrying treasure reduces movement each turn, representing oxygen consumption.
- Push your luck / dive depth gambit — Players attempt to dive deeper to collect treasure, risking oxygen and dice results to move more spaces.
- Token replacement and strategic dropping — Blank tokens allow players to offload treasures strategically to manage oxygen and movement.
- Treasure scoring and end-of-round scoring — Treasures are worth points; players who perish or fail to return can drastically affect final tallies.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This week we are playing Deep Sea Adventure
- the aim of the game is to try to make it as deep into the ocean as you possibly can
- the oxygen supply gets all the way to zero
- we're going to be diving into the ocean's depths in order to recover these little treasure tokens
- Greedy guts Blair Shepherd
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Unknown Channel top_12_list at 11:39 sentiment: positive
video_pk 12279 · mention_pk 35842
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- A compact, family-friendly push-your-luck game with accessible rules
- High-tunnel tension and beautiful presentation; easy to teach
- Good balance of luck and strategy; great as a gift option
Cons
- Restricted to shorter play sessions; longer campaigns may feel limited
- Air-tracking component can be abstract for newcomers
Thematic elements
- pushing luck and resource management in a perilous environment
- Underwater exploration with divers sharing air supply, attempting to reach treasure and return safely.
- tension-filled and strategic with a compact, sea-adventure feel
Comparison games
- Clank
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- push-your-luck risk-reward — Diving deeper yields better treasure but drains air and increases risk of failure.
- Shared resource management — All players draw from a common air pool; decisions affect everyone, creating social negotiation.
- short playtime with meaningful choices — Typically around 20 minutes; quick turns with impactful outcomes.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's quick it's really really funny and it has some twists and turns
- which actually is a public domain game
- it's simple it's straightforward
- it's very quick and funny
- one player plays the victim... another player plays the criminal and all the other players play detectives
- the other team has a summary
- you have to sing the opposition
- it's silent game where you can't talk and create this story by texting each other
- the cinematic music in the background
- it's meditative for sure as well
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Chairman of the Board top_10_list at 0:31 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- easy to teach
- scales well from 2-6 players
- engaging tension from shared oxygen
Cons
- dice luck can influence outcomes
Thematic elements
- cooperation under pressure, resource management
- underwater exploration aboard a submarine with shared oxygen
- light and breezy
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dice-driven movement — movement along tracks is determined by dice on each turn
- push-your-luck — players decide how far to push to collect loot while oxygen dwindles
- shared resource pool — oxygen decreases as loot is collected, creating tension among players
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's breezy and quite relaxing to be honest
- it's so easy to teach
- it's never really let me down with whoever i brought this out
- it's inviting being easy to play but still having the interest there
- it's a hidden gem in terms of being a gateway game
- I really do just sit back and enjoy the process of a game like this
- the best deduction game i've ever played
- it's a 30 to 45 minute game that can be tailor-made to how you want to play it
- it's almost like a step up from a game like Scrabble
- it's a puzzle style game with pirate theme
- the layout of these tiles is extremely interesting
- this game has a unique twist that adds a lot of interest
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Video OwcCsCuPR-s
No Rolls Bar top_10_list at 5:06 sentiment: positive
video_pk 10711 · mention_pk 31642
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Clear tension and decisions
- Tiny footprint, big feel
Cons
- Hard to balance with more players
Thematic elements
- underwater exploration and oxygen management
- submarine treasure hunt
- tense and strategic with player interaction
Comparison games
- Qwirkle
- Ticket to Ride under a stretch?
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- shared track and oxygen risk — Move along a track to collect treasure; returning to the submarine costs oxygen; deeper treasure yields more points.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a tense juicy little bastard a gamer pushing your luck
- it's a goddamn tiny game and will fit in just about any pocket
- agonizing choices in this game in only a tiny amount of space
- a perfect blend of hubbub lies funny voices and getting to walk around like your puaro jacques
- the crew mission deep sea is brain burning
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Going Analog quiz_show at 6:36 sentiment: positive
video_pk 10754 · mention_pk 31722
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- High tension for a tiny footprint
- clever mechanic mix
Cons
- Player count scaling can feel uneven
Thematic elements
- risk and oxygen management
- underwater treasure hunt
- tight, tense push-your-luck
Comparison games
- Oink Games catalog staples
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- push-your-luck — players dive deeper for treasure while managing dwindling air supply
- Shared resource management — eye on oxygen tokens and treasure payout relative to teammates
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Cartographers my favorite part is monsters
- you score a rhubarb pie out of all pies
- I learned something today thank you
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ballgames 4k game_review at 0:00 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Very compact box yet substantial gameplay; high game density for a small package.
- High interaction where carrying tiles can hinder others and force risky plays.
- Clear escalation of risk and reward as the game progresses; tension increases the deeper you go.
Cons
- Setup is wordy and somewhat tedious for such a small-box game.
- The first-turn rules are not clearly explained, which can cause initial confusion.
- Difficulties can be very punishing due to dice randomness; no adjustable difficulty to smooth early games.
Thematic elements
- Treasure-hunting in a cramped submarine environment with escalating risk as depth increases.
- Underwater exploration from a central submarine; divers descend to collect ruin tiles while managing air supply.
- Light-hearted, humorous, and tense due to push-your-luck decisions; rulesleads to a fast, arcade-like feel.
Comparison games
- Diamond
- Pink and Gold
- Zombie Dice
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Endurance/resource management — A fixed air marker is reduced by the number of tiles carried, creating pressure to return to the submarine before running out.
- Player interaction through resource denial — Carrying more tiles not only slows you but also impedes others by decreasing the shared air pool and increasing the risk of others being forced to drop tiles.
- push-your-luck — Divers descend deeper based on dice outcomes while air reserves diminish with each tile carried, forcing tough trade-offs between risk and reward.
- Tile collection and scoring — Ruins tiles are collected and later scored based on their face values, with rounds stacking up points when players return to the submarine.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is a great little push-up luck game
- in the same sort of vein as Diamond or Pink and Gold
- the setup is a bit of a pain in the ass really
- the game is bloody difficult
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Adam Porter top_100_list at 18:08 sentiment: positive
video_pk 5463 · mention_pk 16274
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Compact, tense, and easily sharable with groups
- Excellent social interaction in a tiny package
Cons
- Luck element can frustrate strategic players
- Very light, may bore some players over time
Thematic elements
- push-your-luck exploration and coin-pocketed dives
- submarine treasure hunt with oxygen as a shared resource
- tense, social, compact
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- push-your-luck / dice-driven depth — dice rolls determine how far you can dive; treasures weigh you down and oxygen dwindles for all players
- resource-management / timing — treasures reduce oxygen; you must balance risk and return to return to the submarine
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a crazy system but it works really well
- really chaotic it's really fun and funny
- Peanut Club really highly recommended
- you can just see it in action and you know what you're supposed to do
- King Domino lovely little filler looks like a children's game but actually there's enough substance here
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Video 1kWAa1fLsrk
Going Analog general_discussion at 13:38 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- portable
- fast play
Cons
- player elimination risk
Thematic elements
- risk and push-your-luck
- underwater exploration
- short, tense
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Push Your Luck — dive deeper to collect treasure with risk
- set collection — collect treasures for points
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- sanity
- you are hundred percent in this so far
- the components are great
- cloud nine
- it's an epic, but heavy
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Adam Porter (Board Game Designer) analysis at 17:07 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Perfect example of push-your-luck with roll and move
- Creates tension between greed and safety
- Multiple strategic decisions despite simple mechanism
- Effectively demonstrates risk/reward dynamic
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Treasure diving
- Ocean depths
- adventure
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Air Management — Air levels reduce each turn equal to amount of treasure held
- Encumbrance — Treasure carried reduces movement (subtract one pip per treasure token per roll)
- Push Your Luck — Collect treasure but must return to surface before air runs out
- Resource Loss — Failure to reach surface results in loss of all treasures and points
- roll and move — Dive down seabed, roll dice to move toward deeper depths
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Where once randomness ruled modern games prioritized player agency designers strived to incorporate meaningful decisions into their games and role and move became a dirty word among the modern tabletop community
- I myself put out a video called dicer not the answer back in 2017 one of my most watched lamenting role and move
- In 2022 i feel like maybe just maybe we've tipped too far in the other direction thrown the baby out with the bath water
- This video is a quest for redemption
- When done well roller move is one of the most intuitive exciting mechanisms out there
- In a pure roll and move game the player rolls a die or spins a spinner and moves their playing piece according to the result
- In talisman you roll the die and then you choose to move clockwise or anticlockwise around the board that one deviation from the purest role of move games the decision to go left or right immediately put talisman head and shoulders above most board games on the market at the time
- Hero quest showcases the strength of the roller move mechanism its elegant simplicity and the excitement of a successful role outrunning an ogre
- It can be really frustrating to lose a long game which you were totally invested in purely because you rolled badly
- Spooky stairs is a great example of a game where the roll and move mechanism itself isn't tampered with but the basic race mechanism is turned on its head by incorporating a chaotic memory mechanism
- This game beautifully highlights the intuitive nature of roll and move as a mechanism
- More than any other on this list this game demonstrates how such a simple mechanism can create agonizing decisions and a hugely interactive variable board game experience I can't recommend this one enough
- Roll and move games don't have to be devoid of meaningful choices
- Formula d has a great roll and move mechanism which i haven't seen replicated in any other game
- Push your luck and roll and move complement each other nicely
- Among hobby gamers roll a move is widely considered something of an untouchable mechanism in 2022 and that's a shame
- Roll and move isn't a cursed mechanism
- Like every mechanism roller move has strengths and weaknesses
- It can be used effectively to create an exciting intuitive system or it can be used ineffectively to create a wildly random experience which feels primitive and unfair
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top_10_list at 8:31 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- compact and portable
- easy to teach
Cons
- player interaction can be high
Thematic elements
- shared oxygen pool and treasure hunt
- underwater exploration
Comparison games
- Cockroach Poker
- Quacks of Quedlinburg
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- push-your-luck / shared pool mechanic — divers share a single oxygen pool and push their luck to collect treasure
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the simplest game that I could call strategy for me was Cascadia
- it's a story driven quick pace story game that takes quite a while to play
- this is a heavy heavy game AR NOA
- you can pull it out I play whenever wherever almost with anyone except my grandma
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Corporate Cardboard general_discussion at 1:15:57 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- charming, compact, and tense endings
- accessible push-your-luck with a strong tactile component
Cons
- some players may feel repetitive after multiple plays
Thematic elements
- pursuit of treasure under oxygen constraints
- underwater submarine expedition
- tense push-your-luck with shared oxygen mechanic
Comparison games
- Clank!
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- push-your-luck — roll dice to advance and collect loot while managing oxygen
- risk management — decide when to hurry back to sub or push for more loot
- shared oxygen resource — the oxygen pool depletes as loot is taken by anyone
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's so simple to play where you are literally you've got a spread of five tiles at your disposal
- the board looks absolutely fantastic and you are trying to do lots of different things
- this is the living game where the next setup is based on how you played the prior game
- the engine-building in Deus is really tight and rewarding
- the app integration in Chronicles of Crime adds ongoing content and keeps the game fresh
- Deep Sea Adventure is charming and tense with the oxygen mechanic
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Video lwP1yKQoByQ
Unknown Channel general_discussion at 2:18 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Accessible to non-gamers and families
- Compact, quick plays
- Clear thematic hook and tension
Cons
- Low player interaction in larger groups
- Luck-driven at times may frustrate some players
Thematic elements
- risk management under oxygen constraints, treasure collection
- Underwater, aboard a shared submarine, treasure diving
- light, humorous, thematic with a cooperative undercurrent
Comparison games
- Clank!
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Push Your Luck — Players choose depths and actions that risk oxygen depletion for treasure.
- Shared resource management — All players draw from a common oxygen pool; deeper dives increase risk for everyone.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- not all board games are perfect for all situations but some are
- we're all on the same submarine and we're all trying to get treasure as much as possible
- it's a very simple dice rolling treasure collecting game
- it's the perfect pick for this task
- Quacks of Kwellingberg is basically a bag building game or pool building the game
- it's not fully luck based i mean people listening oh it's just fully locked based or what are you suggesting no it isn't
- deep sea adventure small box not a party game
- canopy this could be perfect fit for both of you
- my husband only wants to play romicoop i think i'm doomed
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Adam Porter Board Games analysis at 15:31 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Quick to play
- Engaging push-your-luck decisions
- Good game mechanics
Cons
- Prototype-like appearance
- Aesthetically unappealing production
Thematic elements
- Deep sea diving
- Ocean
- Light
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Push Your Luck — Dive deeper for more treasure but risk running out of oxygen
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the reason I wanted to talk about this topic was one was because I've just picked up the quacks of qward Lindbergh expansion the herb witches which is a really good expansion just to add some more of the same really more variety to that game which was my favorite game of last year
- so push your luck or press your luck games as they tend to be called in America
- it's looking at the odds and trying to make a mathematical decision is it worth me taking this risk or is it not and of course the presence of other people around the table changes that because it's not just about the maths it's also about knowing the psychology of those other people
- I love all the messin about you doing captain carcass you turn over one card it allows you to do something else and then you can use this special power to do something else
- the pushier luck stuff is strong in throne that's where the fun in the game is it's recognizing how many does to throw
- I love this honour of games I wish there were more of them
- thank you very much for watching I hope this was interesting for you if you enjoyed it please watch some of my other videos on BoardGameGeek I'm Adam 78 on YouTube I'm Adams Borg in wales on twitter i'm at board game wales
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