![]() ![]() The rules are available at, but it almost seems as if the game assumes you already know how to play it.Ī single player mode can help you feel your way around against an AI opponent, but the real meat and potatoes here is competing head-to-head against other people. In one of the few drawbacks of this new online version, there’s no tutorial explaining all of this. Adding to the fun are bombs (which stay stationary but blow up attacking soldiers), Miners (low-ranking troops that can defuse bombs) and Spies (who can assassinate Marshalls but lose to everything else). The identity of each piece is only revealed when it tries to capture another piece, making bluffs and a good memory helpful tools to have in your arsenal. The object is to capture the other side’s flag, though part of the challenge is actually figuring out where it is. Each player has 40 pieces that represent soldiers, with ranks from Scout to Marshall. ![]() While it’s been around for ages, it’s never been given a treatment like Jumbo and Keesing Games just put together, playable on iPad or any web browser and with plenty of great new features.Įxplaining the complete rules of Stratego issomething I don’t want to get into here, but it’s a little like chess except you don’t know which pieces are which on the other side. It’s a classic board game of capture the flag that’s simple enough to learn quickly, but full of subtle strategies. ![]() But if you can't wait, well, I'll see you on the battlefield.If you’ve never played Stratego before, well friend, you’re a little late to the party. "Who puts a bomb there?!!") I'd consider waiting for the price to drop a few bucks and the bugs to get cleaned up. (If you remember it being aggravating, well, it's just as aggravating as you remember. The good news is that when you're playing against another person, Stratego is just as much fun as you remember. I won't say beating the AI is impossible, but at the very least the game should offer a choice of skill levels. Plus, the AI is what I'd call overly aggressive, as it never forgets the location of your pieces (once revealed) the way a human would. ![]() I also found Stratego to be pretty buggy, alternately crashing, producing error messages, or having trouble signing into Facebook. Unfortunately, I saw a lot of this message during testing. If it doesn't detect an Internet connection, it'll let you play offline. That's insanely annoying, but at least there's a workaround: turn off Wi-Fi (and/or 3G if you have it) before launching the game. The iPad version requires you to create an account or sign in via Facebook (sorry - no GameCenter support), even if you want single-player action against the computer. That would be fine if this were a freemium title, but here it seems a little greedy. (Use an app like Appsfire Deals to track its price.) What's more, you must buy "battle coins" if you want to unlock new avatars, battlefields, and other game content. That strikes me as a little steep, though it's a good bet it'll be cheaper down the road. On the iPad it'll cost you $6.99 for the privilege. Of course, Web and Facebook strategists (Stratego-ists?) get to play for free. Yep, the game supports cross-platform play, so you can tackle Facebook friends just as easily as you would your fellow iPad owners. For starters, you can create and save multiple board setups (i.e., troop deployments), a huge time-saver and a great way to test how various deployments work against your opponents.Īnd speaking of opponents, the app lets you play against a virtually unlimited supply of other humans, be they on Facebook, the Web, or another iPad. That curiosity aside, Stratego for iPad does a fine job recreating the original while adding some welcome digital touches. Granted, the board would be cramped on an iPhone or iPod Touch screen, but I've seen plenty of other games work around that. Remember Stratego? It's the classic capture-the-flag boardgame. ![]()
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