Stratego
Sign in to saveStratego ( ) is a chess-like strategy board wargame for two players on a board of 10×10 squares. Each player controls an army of 40 pieces representing individual officer and soldier ranks through a numbering scheme. The pieces have Napoleonic insignia. The objective of the game is to either find and capture the opponent's Flag or to capture all movable enemy pieces so that the opponent cannot make any further moves. Stratego has simple rules but a depth of strategy.
Key facts
- Game.name
- Stratego
- Game.logo
- Stratego logo.svg
- Game.image
- Essen 2008 50016.jpg
- Game.caption
- Two games of Stratego in session
- Game.publisher
- Jumbo Games
- Game.years
- 1946–present
- Game.genre
- Board game Strategy game War game
- Game.players
- 2
- Game.setup_time
- 1 to 5 minutes
- Game.playing_time
- 10 minutes to 1.5 hours
- Game.random_chance
- None
- Game.ages
- 8+
- Game.skills
- Strategy, tactics, memory, bluff
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- Image
- Stratego.png
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1942-00-00
- name
- Stratego
- Commons category
- Stratego
- minimum number of players
- 2
- maximum number of players
- 2
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32 sectionsContents
- Name and trademark
- The contents of the game
- Setup
- Gameplay
- Rules of movement
- Recording the game
- Strategy
- Pieces
- Classic pieces
- Variant pieces
- History
- Japanese Military Chess
- French ''L'Attaque''
- H. P. Gibson & Sons games
- Stratego (classic)
- Modern Stratego variations
- Electronic Stratego
- New pieces and versions
- Stratego AI
- Related and derivative games
- Versions
- Classic versions
- Variant Versions
- Promotional
- Themed
- Competition
- Tournaments
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Stratego ( ) is a chess-like strategy board wargame for two players on a board of 10×10 squares. Each player controls an army of 40 pieces representing individual officer and soldier ranks through a numbering scheme. The pieces have Napoleonic insignia. The objective of the game is to either find and capture the opponent's Flag or to capture all movable enemy pieces so that the opponent cannot make any further moves. Stratego has simple rules but a depth of strategy.
The game is a slightly modified copy of an early 20th century French game named ''L'Attaque'' ('The Attack'), and has been in production in Europe since World War II and the United States since 1961. There are now two- and four-player versions, versions with 10, 30 or 40 pieces per player, and boards with smaller sizes (number of spaces). There are also variant pieces and different .