Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We sail back into the North Atlantic on our 11th patrol with Raiders of the Deep, the World War 1 U-Boat Solitaire Board Game that lets you command a U-Boat for the length of World War 1.
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Known Errors
1 - 06:55 - Even if you're not on the surface, when escorts detect you they get a ramming attack first. So this sequence should have included a ramming attack in addition to a depth charge attack.
2 - 20:34 - I forgot to add the +1 DRM because the die roll was so high on the detection roll. So this should have been four hits instead of three.
3 - 26:11 - Same mistake as the previous one. I forgot to add the +1 DRM because the die roll was so high on the detection roll. So this should have been four hits instead of three.
4 - I got the crew wounds wrong in two ways. All wounds when submerged are considered light wounds, and unwounded crew spots must absorb wounds before wounded crew absorb new wounds. So, our crew was wounded four times, which would have left us with one Severely Wounded crew section and two Light Wounds crew sections. Also, our engineer, DMTim, would have been lightly wounded. None of this impacted the outcome.
5 - Not a mistake, but the designer has answered the question about the +1 Close Range modifier (after firing). It should not have applied here because we never fired torpedos.
Raiders of the Deep at Noble Knight Games:
nobleknight.com/P/2147695344/Raiders-of-the-Deep---U-Boats-of-the-Great-War-1914-18/?awid=1430
Raiders of the Deep on Board Game Geek:
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/227995/raiders-of-the-deep-u-boats-of-the-great-war-1914
Compass Games Website:
compassgames.com/product/raiders-of-the-deep-u-boats-of-the-great-war-1914-18
This video produced by Zilla Blitz.
Raiders of the Deep
Ian Cooper
Compass Games
World War 1 U-Boat Wargames Board Games
#wargaming #compassgames #raidersofthedeep
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Raiders of the Deep Solitaire Campaign | Episode 11 | May 1916 | WW1 U-Boat Board Game
We sail back into the North Atlantic on our 11th patrol with Raiders of the Deep, the World War 1 U-Boat Solitaire Board Game that lets you command a U-Boat for the length of World War 1.
If you'd like to help me make more historical wargaming videos, here are some ways:
Join our Patreon community: patreon.com/zillablitz
Buy a boardgame on Noble Knight Games store via this link: nobleknight.com/?awid=1430
Buy me a coffee via Kofi: ko-fi.com/zillablitz
I have a second PC simulation game channel here:
youtube.com/@ZillaBlitzPC
Thanks as always!
Known Errors
1 - 06:55 - Even if you're not on the surface, when escorts detect you they get a ramming attack first. So this sequence should have included a ramming attack in addition to a depth charge attack.
2 - 20:34 - I forgot to add the +1 DRM because the die roll was so high on the detection roll. So this should have been four hits instead of three.
3 - 26:11 - Same mistake as the previous one. I forgot to add the +1 DRM because the die roll was so high on the detection roll. So this should have been four hits instead of three.
4 - I got the crew wounds wrong in two ways. All wounds when submerged are considered light wounds, and unwounded crew spots must absorb wounds before wounded crew absorb new wounds. So, our crew was wounded four times, which would have left us with one Severely Wounded crew section and two Light Wounds crew sections. Also, our engineer, DMTim, would have been lightly wounded. None of this impacted the outcome.
5 - Not a mistake, but the designer has answered the question about the +1 Close Range modifier (after firing). It should not have applied here because we never fired torpedos.
Raiders of the Deep at Noble Knight Games:
nobleknight.com/P/2147695344/Raiders-of-the-Deep---U-Boats-of-the-Great-War-1914-18/?awid=1430
Raiders of the Deep on Board Game Geek:
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/227995/raiders-of-the-deep-u-boats-of-the-great-war-1914
Compass Games Website:
compassgames.com/product/raiders-of-the-deep-u-boats-of-the-great-war-1914-18
This video produced by Zilla Blitz.
Raiders of the Deep
Ian Cooper
Compass Games
World War 1 U-Boat Wargames Board Games
#wargaming #compassgames #raidersofthedeep
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My Current Wargaming Tools-
• Oregon 2.0mm Counter Clipper: amzn.to/3SUyDX7
• Oregon 2.5mm Counter Clipper: amzn.to/3SzYJPs
• Bent Tip Lighted Tweezers: amzn.to/3CqYmAU
• Long Tweezers (for bigger counters): amzn.to/45Oaw3Y
• Dice Tower #1: amzn.to/3EcoQHU
• Dice Tower #2: amzn.to/3RweSDS
• Black Dice: amzn.to/3dXLd92
• White Dice: amzn.to/3rmQcn1
• Laser Line Sight: (out of stock)
• Logitech Webcam #1, C922: amzn.to/44ZDnSD
• Logitech Webcam #2, C920: amzn.to/4dPlY2Z
Amazon links are affiliate links. If you’d like to help the channel, you can use those to purchase.
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Raiders of the Deep Solitaire Campaign | Episode 11 | May 1916 | WW1 U-Boat Board Game
