![]() The various strategies created and skills used by players in order to outwit an opponent make Stratego an exciting game to play over and over again. Each player must remember to be careful to not add attention to placement of any piece, especially his flag, unless bluffing. He then places his pieces onto the board accordingly. With the capabilities of the pieces known, a player carefully plans his strategy of attack and his clever defense of his flag. Bombs, unmovable, destroys all players if attacked, except for a Miner who ‘diffuses’ the Bomb and removes it from the board. A spy is defeated by any piece even the Marshal if attacked by him. ![]() The highest rank of Marshal can be defeated by a Spy if attacked by it. The higher ranked piece beats a lower ranked piece (most times). Players battle each other by moving their pieces onto the spaces of his opponent’s pieces. There is also one Spy, 6 Bombs, and one Flag. The game begins with each player secretly, and strategically, placing his pieces on the game board in a way that best allows him to protect his flag, while maneuvering his pieces around the board to seek out his opponent’s flag.Ī player’s pieces range and are numbered from 1 to 9 representing rank (1Marshal, 1General, 2Colonels, 3Majors, 4Captains, 4Lietenants, 4Sergeants, 5Miners, 8Scouts). The object of the game is to capture an opponent’s Flag. A player’s pieces consist of a Flag, Bombs, and of Soldiers of various ranks. In Stratego, each player is in control of 40 pieces on a 10×10 gridded game board. Players of Jungle have predetermined placements for their game pieces and these pieces are not hidden from an opponent’s sight whereas, Stratego allows a player to setup his pieces anyway he chooses, and the pieces are kept secret from an opponent. This goes back and forth, with the word value continuing to decrease. If they get it wrong, the other team gets to try for 9 points. Each time a clue is given, the other player can guess the password if they get it right, the team scores. Vintage STRATEGO Board Game 1962 Milton Bradley Complete (Plastic Pieces) 19.99. The object is for one person to get their teammate to say the password given a one-word clue for 10 points. ![]() Milton Bradley Stratego 1996 Complete Pre-owned. There are, however, major differences between the two games. New Listing Vintage 1977 STRATEGO Board Game Milton Bradley 100 Complete. And, like Jungle, Stratego has two central lakes to maneuver around on its board too. The rankings of the animals determine who wins the fights. In this game, animals battle other animals across a gridded board with two central lakes. The origins for Stratego can be traced back to an earlier Chinese game called Jungle, though. Stratego quickly became a favorite game of many and is one of the classic board games of today. Milton Bradley had taken notice of the popularity of the game being played in the Netherlands and felt it could become the next game sensation for America. The two player game of Stratego was licensed and first published in the United States by Milton Bradley in 1961.
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