1987 · World War I
The Far Seas
Two-player game depicting the global naval hunt for merchant raiders at the start of World War I. The map covers the world as the Allied player searches for and attempts to sink German raiders, while the German player attacks convoys and avoids the hunters. The German player secretly plots movement, the British player moves, then the German player reveals and carries out the plotted moves.
- Players
- 2
- Playing time
- 180 min
- Age
- 12+
- Complexity
- 2.4 / 5
About the game
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