The placement of the flag or bombs follow with risks, if a lot of bombs are in the same place there is a chance that the flag is there too. There is a side role here too, if the marshal is spotted, the spy will have a mission to kill him as he is the strongest piece on the game board To do that the player has to figure out where the flag is being hidden and start clearing the way to the flag. This is the main goal of the game, to capture the enemy flag. This is also a turn based game where each player has to make his move and also plan for the next move to make. This is one of the main core systems of the game as moving and placing your “checkers” is the way to proceed, this is the only way to find the opponents flag. The first one to capture the enemy flag wins, however… if a player can’t move any piece, which will be when every movable piece has been taken out, the player loses the game. The piece with number 2 is called a scout, this piece can move across numerous tiles in a straight line. The second is the piece with number 3 which is the miner, this one is the only one that can deactivate the bombs, otherwise the bomb finishes off every other piece. The game board contains of 10*10 square tiles, whereas two 2*2 tiles in the middle of the board can’t be entered (the lakes) and also serve as choke points as you are forced to move around them.Įach player has to plan, set the tiles and fill their end of the board behind the lakes before the game starts, and the red player will start the game.Įach player moves one piece each turn, if a piece meets an opponent the player have to reveal the correspondent piece, the piece with the higher number will win against the lower number, if the pieces have equal numbers then they both will be picked off the board, but there are also exceptions įirst is the piece with number 10, also called a “marshal”, can be killed by a spy (piece number 1) but only if the spy attacks first, at the same time the spy cannot kill any other player (but himself of course), and the marshal can also be killed by a bomb. Every piece has either a number from 1 to 10, a bomb or a flag. In this strategy board game two players will face each other from opposite side of the board, from where one player possesses the red pieces and the other will play as the blue pieces, one side would be visible to the player which carries a picture and a number and the back of the piece will face the opponent. ![]() In earlier versions there are a some minor rules differences but they are not mentioned in this analysis. ![]() I will go through the gameplay and rules and down to the very core mechanics through this review. There is a lot of different “future” versions available but not much differs in the gameplay but the design. ![]() Stratego remains a popular game, and this version brings back many memories for those who played it.This is a Two player battlefield strategy, much alike the traditional chess where one has to capture the enemy flag (the king in chess), but the difference is that each player has a set of 40 pieces to place strategically before the game starts. Two sets of 40 army pieces, one in blue and one in red, consisting of:Īside from the inner cardboard filler to help hold all the pieces in an orderly fashion, that’s it. Two plastic trays to fit the game pieces in ![]() The game board (featuring a map of the geography in which the battle will take place in the center, bordered on either side with 12 squares showing the piece values.) The game box (with a large picture of a uniformed older gentleman, perhaps a Field Marshall, about to make a move on the Stratego game board).
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