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Year Published
1947
# of Players:
2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(23 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(9 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(13 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Stratego
Alternate Names
Battaglie Strategiche
Combate
Estrategia
Maršál a špión
Original Stratego
Sabotage
Стратего
戦略大作戦ゲーム
Expanded By
Families
Description Edit | History

From the box:

"The gameboard is your battlefield. You have an army of men at your disposal and six bombs. Your mission--protect your flag and capture your opponent's flag.

"Secretly place your men, bombs, and flag on the gameboard with these objectives in mind. But remember your opponent is doing the same thing, so you must plan a defense as well as an offense.

"Once the armies are in place, advance your men. When you're one space away from an enemy, attack. You and your opponent declare ranks. The lower-ranking man is captured and out of play.

"You control your pieces and risk your men in battles where the strength of your enemy is unknown. The suspense builds as your men move deeper into enemy territory. Move with caution and courage. The next piece you attack could be a bomb. And when attacked, it could "blast" your man off the board and out of play.

"The first to capture an enemy flag is the winner!"

This game is similar to, and almost certainly derived directly from, the H.P. Gibsons (UK) game L'Attaque (1909). It is not exactly the same, but not far from it (numbered pieces, spy (same name) can kill the strongest piece but only when attacking, flag, bombs, etc.)

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Contents:

  • Gameboard
  • 40 Red Army Pieces
  • 40 Blue Army Pieces
  • Display Tray
  • Instructions
  • Assembly Items:
    • Label Sheet

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18 The Strategy of Stratego.pdf
The Strategy of Stratego: a guide and essay on gaming depth
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Stratego Rules 1 page PDF (print duplex)
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2 LUNA1.pdf
Stratego clone gameset I made myself. Smaller w/space marines vs. Martians theme. A few popular variant rules used. My own drawings.
2005-02-04
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 1832
Num Ratings: 4072
Average Rating: 5.94
Standard Deviation: 1.40
Num Views: 156658
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Personal Comments: 1349
Users Owning: 4653
Users Wanting: 14
Users Trading: 180
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