Pieces have a rank and represent individual officers and soldiers in an army. In addition to those ranked pieces you can use bombs to protect your flag. Pieces move 1 square per turn, horizontally or vertically. Only the scout can move over multiple empty squares per turn.
What color goes first in Stratego?
red
Players alternate moving; red moves first. Each player moves one piece per turn. A player must move a piece in his turn; there is no “pass” (as in the game of Go).
Can the flag move in Stratego?
Rules of movement All movable pieces, with the exception of the Scout, may move only one step to any adjacent space vertically or horizontally (but not diagonally). A piece may not move onto a space occupied by a like-color piece. Bomb and Flag pieces are not moveable.
How many bombs do you get in Stratego?
Bombs are unmovable pieces in Stratego that blow up any attacking piece except for miners. The only way that a bomb can be removed from the board is if one of the opponent’s miners attack it. Each player gets 6 bombs, and at least 2 or 3 of them are usually used to defend the flag.
How many pieces does each player get in Stratego?
Stratego /strəˈtiːɡoʊ/ is a strategy board game for two players on a board of 10×10 squares. Each player controls 40 pieces representing individual officer ranks in an army.
What kind of strategy game is Stratego for?
For all those real-time strategy game players out there, Stratego is the game for you! Filled with battlefield strategy where everything ultimately depends on capturing the flag, set about as you are the commander-in-chief of an army of pieces with different ranks.
Which is too valuable to lose in Stratego?
Your Marshal, General, and to a lesser degree your two Colonels are too valuable to lose and therefore should rarely go exploring into enemy territory. These pieces should only attack pieces that a) have already moved and b) you know or strongly suspect are of a lesser rank.
