The Far Seas (1989)

Strategy & Tactics magazine #125.

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.

Nominee for the 1989 Charles S. Roberts awards for Best Pre-World War II Boardgame (Charles S. Roberts Awards).

MOVES magazine issue #62 (April-May 1991), pgs. 36-37, published "Expanding Horizons for Strategy & Tactics The Far Seas (#125)" by James E. Meldrum, which provides for 6 variants {1 historical, 4 what-ifs, and 1 optional rule}.

MOVES magazine issue #75 (April-May 1993), pgs. 43-44, published a "Goeben Variant" by William M. Marsh, which is not a separate scenario, but is incorporated into "The Far Seas" by adding a Pregame Turn, as well as new units, rules, options, and VPs. This Variant also provides for overseas deployment of German and British BCs, with increased possibility for a North Sea showdown.