 
Stratego-Milton Bradley Board Games
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Combine the simplicity of checkers with the suspense of clue and the moves of chess, and you have Stratego.
This is an awesome game, and I am normaly not a board game finatic.
The object is to capture an enemy's flag.
You have different ranking pieces (10 beats a 9 etc. only a spy beats the 10)
Which you attack the enemy pieces with.
Have a good setup, or just good strategy, and you might get past your opponent's bombs and avoid their powerful pieces ( Namely the 10 9 and two eights)
And you might just capture the enemy flag.
This game is incredibly easy to learn, but hard to master.
Overall, it is one of the best games I have ever played.
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The good:
1. Good way to practice planning skills, decision-making, and strategic risk-taking.
2. The pieces themselves will last a long time.
3. More complex than checkers, on a par with chess, challenge-wise.
The bad:
1. Requires a lot of patience to play
2. Takes a long time to set up
3. Pieces tip over and/or slide around easily, if board is bumped (unintentionally or otherwise)
The ugly:
1. The pieces used to have their ranks engraved into them; now you glue them on. Yeah, that's going to last a long time!
I'm not sure why they decided to reverse the rank-numbering system. It won't bother new players, but will confuse those of us accustomed to the old way, at least for a while.
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If your like me and played strartego from way back where the best piece was number 1 and not number 10 as it is in this version. All kid shall enjoy this game and this plus checker can be fun begining way to learn strategy before you teach your kid chess.
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I think Stratego is a great game. It really is like veiled chess and it's an excellent challenge to place between two people -- so many board games improve with three or more people but this one is head-to-head combat.
But recently I bought a new copy of the game and learned that not only did they recently a) switch the ranking system from low to high numbers [which makes perfect sense for younger players] but that b) they've changed the pieces so that now tiny adhesive stickers must be applied to each individual piece.
That means that before the first game can start, the players have to put 80 STICKERS on the pieces. Not only is this an extreme drag but now the pieces are more vulnerable to wear and tear and moisture than they were before, and the stickers are lame portraits. I was always partial to the iconic silver-and-gold emblems used in the past.
To be sure, it's a quibble, and the game is just as much fun as it always was. But if you buy a new copy just remember that before the fun starts there's a little matter of a sheet full of tiny adhesive stickers than have to be applied to every single gamepiece. Doesn't Hasbro have, like, machines that can do that?
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I grew up playing this game with my six brothers (I was the only girl!) and loved it then. I got it for my 7 yr. old son for Christmas and he loves it just as much as we did. A friend in his 50's was over Christmas evening and he just went crazy when he saw it. He couldn't wait to play again as it brought back so many great childhood memories. This is one of "those games" that you never forget. Great for kids and adults, you get to use your brains but a little luck never hurts!
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