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1987 · 2-2 players · 180min · weight 2.43 · 147 ratings
v2 —v3 —v4 wide —v4 deep —
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ID
4270
Name
The Far Seas
Year
1987
Rank
10191
Min players
2
Max players
2
Playing time
180
Min playtime
180
Max playtime
180
Avg weight
2.4348
Num weights
23
Bayes avg
5.5857
Average
7.14252
Users rated
147
Num owned
609
Wanting
16
Wishing
61
Num comments
117
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (5)
Area MovementDice RollingHidden MovementPaper-and-PencilSimultaneous Action Selection
Categories (3)
NauticalWargameWorld War I
Description (523 chars)
2 player game depicting the hunt for Merchant raiders at the start of World War I. The map shows the whole world. Objective is to sink the German raiders (Allies) or attack convoys and avoid the hunters (Germans). The German player plots his movement, then the British player moves, and then the German player reveals and makes his moves. This game was later covered by Tactics magazine #49 in Japan. I heard this version used a different developper, probably Japanese designer, Akira Ishikawa. Strategy & Tactics #125
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).
LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)
Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).
LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)
Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.