making strong pieces available for attack.placing one's pieces initially so as to protect the Flag, while possibly misleading the opponent as to where it is.Psychological aspects are very important too. Collecting the information, planning, and strategic thinking play an important role in Stratego. In this respect it resembles somewhat such chess variants as Kriegspiel or Dark chess. In contrast to chess, Stratego is a game with incomplete information.
Some versions (primarily those released since 2000) make 10 (the Marshal) the highest rank, while others (versions prior to 2000, as well as the Nostalgia version released in 2002) have the Marshal piece ranked at 1.
No piece can move diagonally, or back and forth between the same two spaces for more than three consecutive turns. In more recent versions of the game the Scout can move several squares, ending with attacking an enemy piece. In older versions of Stratego the Scout could attack only if it began its turn adjacent to an enemy piece. The Scout may move any number of spaces in a straight line (such as the rook in chess). The Bombs remain on the board, unless removed by a Miner.Īll movable pieces, with the exception of the Scout, may move only one step to any adjacent space vertically or horizontally. The Flag and Bombs are the only pieces that cannot attack another piece due to being unable to move. Wins/loses the game when captured, cannot moveĮach player has six Bombs and one Flag. In the new Hasbro version, though just a variant and not intended to replace the original game: Rank #Ĭan fly in a straight line over occupied squaresĬan force a piece up to 2 squares away to revealĬan move 2 spaces in a straight line by revealing itselfĬan Hypnotize a piece to join you if it's a lower level and it's 1 or 2 squares awayĬan attack all adjacent and diagonal squaresĬan attack something up to three squares away without riskĬan defeat the Dragon, but is beaten by all including dragon if it is attacked firstĭestroys any piece except Dwarf, cannot move Immovable defeats any attacking piece except MinerĬan move any distance in a straight line, without leaping over pieces / lakesĬan defeat the Marshal, but only if the Spy makes the attack Classic versionįrom highest rank to lowest the pieces are: Rank If the Spy attacks any other piece, or is attacked by any piece (including the Marshal), the Spy is defeated. Each player also has one Spy, which succeeds only if it attacks the Marshal, or the Flag. It immediately eliminates any other piece striking it, without itself being destroyed. The most numerous special piece is the Bomb (each player has six note that the Bombs cannot move) which only Miners can defuse. Piecesįor most pieces, rank alone determines the outcome, but there are special pieces. Such pre-play distinguishes the fundamental strategy of particular players, and influences the outcome of the game. Players arrange their 40 pieces in a 4x10 configuration at either end of the board. The average game has 381 moves, The number of legal positions is 10 115, The number of possible games is 10 535. In the event that a player has no movable pieces, the opponent is the winner.
They are shown as lakes on the battlefield and serve as choke points to make frontal assaults less direct. Two zones in the middle of the board, each 2x2, cannot be entered by either player's pieces at any time. A piece may not move onto a square already occupied unless it attacks.
If the engaging pieces are of equal rank, both are removed. Each player moves one piece per turn, when the player wants to attack they move their piece onto a square occupied by an opposing piece, both players reveal their piece's rank the weaker piece (there are exceptions see below) is removed from the board. The ranks are printed on one side only and placed so that the players cannot identify the opponent's pieces. Typically, one player uses red pieces, and the other uses blue pieces. We close it out with some games we are excited about.The object of the game is to capture the opponent's flag or cause a surrender. Welcome to episode 19 of The Longest Turn Board Gaming Podcast! In this episode, Kevin, Tyler, & Tyson talk about the games we've been playing lately and then discuss our favorite games to play on Board Game Arena.
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