When the bomb is touched by any piece, that piece is removed immediately and the bomb remains. When a flag is touched by any piece, it is captured and the game ends in the captor's favour. The two exceptions are the flag and the bomb. If two pieces are of the same rank, they are both out of the game. When a piece of a higher rank attacks (or is attacked by) a piece of a lower rank, it defeats the piece of lower rank which is then removed from play. The pieces each contain a number, though exceptions to this rule do follow, and this number determines their rank. When the game begins, each army (red and blue) positions its pieces wherever they like on their side of the board, and neither player can see which opposing pieces are which. The fact that the board game is a stone-cold classic doesn't mean anything if the port itself is lousy so how, exactly, does Stratego: Next Edition fare? Pretty well, actually.įor those unfamiliar with the game, Stratego is played on a single board that’s laid out like a grid. With its fast setup and addictive play style, it's the kind of game you find yourself playing twenty rounds of when you only wanted to play one or two. A game with rules so simple you'll understand them fully the first time you play, and yet so open to strategy and cleverness that you'll never play the same game twice.
