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They won’t know yours either, so an aggressive offensive maneuver could pierce their forces with devastating ease or be flummoxed before it begins. The game manages to allow for a lot of tactical nuance while maintaining a healthy amount of abject terror at not knowing what your opponent’s pieces are. The second reason is the tension and terror. Your forces feel like YOUR forces, not the prescribed starting setup that the game dictates for you. Obviously Stratego isn’t entirely unique in this regard, but how many modern games allow you to decide how to place dozens of starting pieces? It’s not just this freedom that’s nice, but that it allows for very different, unique strategies. The only other games I can think of that offer the same level of freedom in setup are either just as old and more dated in other unfortunate ways, or they’re far, far heavier war simulations. The first reason is the eminently variable setup. However, I have nostalgia for other games as well, games that I also played again as an adult and discovered that they didn’t hold up to modern standards. Let’s first establish that I do have a certain level of nostalgia for this game from my childhood. This is a dusty old game that doesn’t quite fit into the heavier wargames of dedicated grognards, but has a place in the hearts of a lot of people who grew up with it, myself included. In this way, it trends toward a mass market abstract game rather than anything that resembles modern board games.

This is an old game that shows its age, and if you’re playing, you’re playing for its experience, not its board or piece quality. The Componentsĭepends on the edition somewhat, but I’ve never seen a copy that will win any awards. As a note, depending on the version you play, lowest or highest numbers may be the most powerful pieces, but the gameplay is the same in either. Values are 1-9, plus a Spy and several Bombs. The winner is the player to capture the other player’s flag, which is usually (but not always) in the rear ranks, carefully guarded by bombs and strategically-valued pieced.

While you know none of your opponent’s piece values to begin, both sides gradually form a mental map of the other’s tactics and layout.

Then, players take turns moving individual pieces, and revealing values as they attack or are attacked. Their values are known only to the player controlling them. Stratego starts with two players placing their pieces on identical halves of the grid-based board. Playing Time: 60 Minutes Stratego – The Premise