Strategy Games are a chance to prove your brilliance in the face of the enemy. Whether you’re fighting off Orcs like in Clash of the Worlds, re-creating World War 2 like in World Wars or blasting off into the stratosphere with Uber Battles the game will remain the same: Dominance through master planning. Allocate resources, take over. These basic ideas are the foundation of good Stratego strategy. Don’t be careless with your higher-ranked pieces. Try to identify the rank of your opponent’s piece before attacking it with your Marshal. If you’ve determined you have the highest-ranking piece on the board, you can safely attack and defeat any piece that moves.
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3. PLAY DEFENSIVELY. Refrain from attacking pieces that do not move. When attacking, attack with the lowest number that will do the job. If it is a Major, attack it with a Colonel. If it is a Seargent, attack it with a Lieutenant. Use hit and run tactics. Kill the piece whose identity you know and then retreat. If you don't know what a piece is, use a scout to find out what it is. Use scouts to scout. Use your other pieces to kill the piece whose identity the scouts reveal. Kill pieces as quickly and efficiently as possible. 4. REMEMBER. It's probably impossible to remember the location of every piece, but if they are ever revealed, remember the location of the Marshall, the General, the Colonels, and the Majors. That's only 7 pieces. 5. EXPLOIT YOUR ADVANTAGE. Once you have a slight advantage, exploit it. If your opponent loses both Colonels, try to trade Marshalls and Generals with your opponent so that the Colonel is the high person on the board and you are the only one with a Colonel remaining. 6. RAMPAGE RESPONSIBLY. Once you have the highest piece on the board (and the opponent's spy is gone), the game is nearly won. Use your high piece to attack anything that moves.
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Platforms:
PC
Publisher:
Hasbro Interactive
Developer:
Minds Eye Productions
Genres:
Puzzle / Board Games
Release Date:
1998
Game Modes:
Singleplayer
Stratego, a recreation of the board game with the same name, is basically a war-themed board game. First, you set up your side of the board with your assortment of bombs, miners, spies, generals and other military units. Then each side takes turns trying to capture the opponent’s flag which is hidden among the units. The tricky part is that each unit is assigned a number. When you attack a unit with a lower rating as yours, it disappears off the board. Spies always win if they attack but loose if attacked, and can also take down the most powerful unit – the Marshal.
Gameplay is quite simple and easy in Stratego. Anyone can count, after all, and once you understand that then the game will flow quite naturally. The higher the unit value, the less you have of them but the more powerful they are. On your turn you must move a piece to an adjacent square, or attack an opponent’s piece on an adjacent square. You lose if you can’t do either.
Pieces move forward, back, left and right. They can’t move diagonally or jump over another piece. Also, a single piece can’t move back and forth for three consecutive turns. Two pieces have special attack powers. One special piece is the Bomb which only Miners can defuse. It immediately eliminates any other piece striking it, without itself being destroyed. The game is all about strategy. Some may find it boring, but like the real board game, it retina some charm and is easy to learn.
System Requirements: Pentium 90 MHz, 16 MB RAM, Win95