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| publisher = [[Jumbo Games]]
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| years = 1946–present
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| players = 2
| setup_time = 1 to 5 minutes
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'''''Stratego''''' ({{IPAc-en|s|t|r|ə|ˈ|t|iː|ɡ|oʊ}} {{respell|strə|TEE|goh}}) is a [[chess]]-like [[Strategy game|strategy]] [[board game]] for two players on a board of 10×10 squares. Each player controls 40 pieces representing individual [[Army officer ranks|officer and soldier ranks]] in an [[army]]. The pieces have [[Napoleonic Wars|Napoleonic]] [[wikt:insignia|insignia]]. The objective of the game is to either find and capture the opponent's ''Flag'' or to capture all movable enemy pieces so that the opponent cannot make any further moves. ''Stratego'' has simple enough rules for young children to play but a depth of strategy that is also appealing to adults.

The game is a slightly modified copy of an early 20th century [[France|French]] game named ''[[L'Attaque]]'' ("''The Attack''"), and has been in production in [[Europe]] since [[World War II]] and the [[United States]] since 1961.  There are now two- and four-player versions, versions with 10, 30 or 40 pieces per player, and boards with smaller sizes (number of spaces).  There are also variant pieces and different {{boardgloss|ruleset|rulesets}}.

The International Stratego Federation, the game's governing body, sponsors an annual [[Stratego#Competition|Stratego World Championship]].

== Name and trademark==
''Stratego'' is from the French or [[Greek language|Greek]] ''[[strategos]]'' (var. ''strategus'') for leader of an ancient (especially Greek) army:<ref>Webster's Third New International Dictionary, strategus or strategos:1</ref> first general.<ref>Oxford English Dictionary, strategus or stragegos, source footnote</ref>

The name ''Stratego'' was first registered in 1942 in the [[Netherlands]].  The [[United States]] [[trademark]] was filed in 1958 and registered in 1960 to Jacques Johan Mogendorff and is presently owned by [[Jumbo Games]] as successors to Hausemann and Hotte, headquartered in the Netherlands. It has been licensed to manufacturers such as [[Milton Bradley Company|Milton Bradley]], [[Hasbro]] and others, as well as retailers such as [[Barnes & Noble]], [[Target Corporation|Target]] stores, etc.

==The contents of the game==
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This description is of the original and classic games; many variant shapes and colors of pieces and boards have been produced in the decades since.

The game box contents are a set of 40 gold-embossed red playing pieces, a set of silver-embossed blue playing pieces, and a folding {{cvt|15+1/2|x|18+1/2|in|cm|adj=on}} rectangular cardboard playing board imprinted with a 10×10 grid of spaces. The early sets featured painted wood pieces, later sets colored plastic.  The pieces are small and roughly rectangular, {{cvt|1|in}} tall and {{cvt|3/4|in}} wide, and unweighted.<ref>Milton Bradley 1961 edition (wooden pieces) and Milton Bradley 1967 edition (plastic pieces)</ref> More modern versions first introduced in Europe have cylindrical castle-shaped pieces. Some versions have a cardboard privacy screen to assist setup.  A few versions have wooden boxes or boards.

==Setup==
Typically, color is chosen by lot: one player uses red pieces, and the other uses blue pieces.  Before the start of the game, players arrange their 40 pieces in a 4×10 configuration at either end of the board.  The ranks are printed on one side only and placed so that the players cannot identify the opponent's pieces. Players may not place pieces in the lakes or the 12 squares in the center of the board.  Such pre-play distinguishes the fundamental strategy of particular players and influences the outcome of the game.

==Gameplay==
[[File:Stratego.png|right|thumb|250px|Computer software version of ''Stratego'']]

Players alternate moving; red moves first. The right to move first does not significantly affect game play ([[First-move advantage in chess|unlike chess]]). Each player moves one piece per turn. A player must move a piece in their turn; one cannot skip a turn. 

Two zones in the middle of the board, each 2×2, cannot be entered by either player's pieces at any time. They are shown as lakes on the battlefield and serve as [[choke point]]s to make frontal assaults less direct.

The game can be won by capturing the opponent's ''Flag'' or all of their moveable pieces. It is possible to have ranked pieces that are not moveable because they are trapped behind ''bomb''s. In unusual cases, it is possible to draw, for example, when both players' flags are protected by bombs and each player has one remaining piece which is not a miner.

The average game has 381 moves. The number of legal positions is 10<sup>115</sup>. The number of possible games is 10<sup>535</sup>.<ref name="ArtsStratego">{{cite thesis | author = A.F.C. Arts | title = Competitive Play in Stratego | year = 2010 | url = https://project.dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl/games/files/msc/Arts_thesis.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140306093926/https://project.dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl/games/files/msc/Arts_thesis.pdf | archive-date = 2014-03-06 | url-status = live }}</ref>  ''Stratego'' has many more moves and possible board states than other familiar games such as [[chess]] and [[backgammon]]; however, unlike those games where a single bad move at any point may result in loss of the game, most moves in ''Stratego'' are inconsequential as players think in "games not moves" (Boer, 2007<ref>{{Cite web |last=de Boer |first=Vincent |date=November 2007 |title=Invincible: A Strategy Bot |url=http://www.kbs.twi.tudelft.nl/docs/MSc/2007/deBoer/thesis.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2022-04-14 |website=TU Delft |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124223439/http://www.kbs.twi.tudelft.nl/docs/MSc/2007/deBoer/thesis.pdf |archive-date=2011-01-24 }}</ref>).

=== 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).<ref name=Stratego-1961/>{{rp|Movement:2}} A piece may not move onto a space occupied by a like-color piece.<ref name=Stratego-1961/>{{rp|Movement:4;5}}  ''Bomb'' and ''Flag'' pieces are not moveable.<ref name=Stratego-1961/>{{rp|Movement:7}} The ''Scout'' may move any number of spaces in a straight line (such as the [[Rook (chess)|rook]] in chess).<ref name=Stratego-1961/>{{rp|Movement:8}} In the older versions of ''Stratego'' the ''Scout'' could not move and strike in the same turn;<ref name=Stratego-1961/>{{rp|Movement:8}}<ref name=StrategoClassic-2002/> in newer versions this was allowed.<ref name=Stratego-1996/> Even before that, sanctioned play usually amended the original ''Scout'' movement to allow moving and striking in the same turn because it facilitates gameplay.

No piece can move back and forth between the same two spaces for more than three consecutive turns (two square rule).<ref name=Stratego-1961>{{cite web |url=https://imgur.com/gallery/oyyNQ3y/ |title=Rules of Stratego |publisher=Milton Bradley |date=1961}}</ref>{{rp|Movement:10}} Nor can a piece endlessly chase an opposing piece it has no hope of attacking (more square rule).

When a player wants to attack, they "strike" by touching an opposing piece with their piece or by moving it onto the square the opposing piece occupies. Both players then reveal their piece's rank; the weaker piece (see exceptions below) is removed from the board.<ref name=Stratego-1961/>{{rp|Attack:5}} If the engaging pieces are of equal rank, both are removed.<ref name=Stratego-1961/>{{rp|Attack:7}} A piece may not move onto a square already occupied unless it attacks. The original rules also contained a provision that following a strike, the winning piece immediately occupies the space vacated by the losing piece.{{efn |However, due to a misprint, this meant that when the winning piece is the struck piece, it moves out of position to take the space previously occupied by the striker.<ref name=Stratego-1961/> The rules were amended later to make it clear that when the winning piece is the struck (defending) piece, it remains in place.<ref name=Stratego-1996/>}}<ref name=Stratego-1961/>{{rp|Attack:6}}

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 being destroyed itself.<ref name=Stratego-1961/>{{rp|Attack:10}} Each player also has one ''Spy'', which succeeds only if it attacks the ''Marshal'' or the ''Flag''. If the ''Spy'' attacks any other piece, or is attacked by any piece (including the ''Marshal''), the ''Spy'' is defeated.<ref name=Stratego-1961/>{{rp|Attack:9}}

=== Recording the game ===
Competitive play does not include recording the game, unlike chess.  The game is fast-paced, no standard notation exists, and players keep their initial setups secret, so recording {{boardgloss|over the board|over-the-board}} games is impractical.

However, digital interfaces such as web-based gaming interfaces may have a facility for recording, replaying and downloading the game. Those interfaces use an algebraic-style notation that numbers the rows ('ranks') 1 to 10 from bottom to top and the columns ('files') A to J from left to right.  Alternately, a few interfaces designate the files as A to K, omitting 'I'.  Moves are recorded as source square followed by destination square separated by a "-" (move) or "x" (strike).  Revealed pieces on strikes precede the square designation, and may be by either rank name or rank number for brevity, for example "major B2xcaptain B3". The bottom half of the board is by default considered to be the 'red' side, and the top half the 'blue' side.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

===Strategy===
Unlike [[chess]], ''Stratego'' is a game of [[imperfect information]].  In addition to calculated sequences of moves, this gives rise to aspects of [[The Art of War|battle psychology]] such as concealment, bluffing, lying in wait and guessing.

There are also strategic and tactical elements in the initial setup of the pieces.  Stylistic preferences ("aggressive" vs "defensive") also enter into setup.

==Pieces==

===Classic pieces===

There are seven immobile pieces – six ''Bombs'' and one ''Flag'' – and 33 mobile pieces per player. They can move to the adjacent square in horizontal or vertical direction, with exception of the ''Scout'', which moves any distance. From highest rank to lowest the pieces are:
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! US / EU Rank || "Classic" US Rank || Piece || Count per player || Special properties
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| B || B || ''[[Bomb]]'' || 6 || Immovable; any piece attacking a Bomb is removed from the game, unless the attacking piece was a Miner
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| 10 || 1 || ''[[Marshal]]'' || 1 || Most powerful piece, but vulnerable to capture by an attacking Spy
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| 9 || 2 || ''[[General officer#Specific rank of general|General]]'' || 1 ||
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| 8 || 3 || ''[[Colonel]]'' || 2 ||
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| 7 || 4 || ''[[Major (rank)|Major]]'' || 3 ||
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| 6 || 5 || ''[[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]]'' || 4 ||
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| 5 || 6 || ''[[Lieutenant]]'' || 4 ||
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| 4 || 7 || ''[[Sergeant]]'' || 4 ||
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| 3 || 8 || ''[[Sapper|Miner]]'' || 5 || Can defuse (i. e. capture) Bombs
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| 2 || 9 || ''[[Reconnaissance|Scout]]'' || 8 || Can move any distance in a horizontal or vertical straight line without leaping over pieces or lakes; originally unable to move and attack in the same turn,<ref name=StrategoClassic-2002/> later changed to allow movement and attack.<ref name=Stratego-1996/>
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| 1 || S || ''[[Espionage|Spy]]'' || 1 || Weakest piece, captured by any other attacking piece, but an attacking Spy can capture the Marshal
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| F || F || ''[[Flag]]'' || 1 || Immovable; capturing the opponent's Flag wins the game
|}
The higher ranked piece always captures the lower, except when stated otherwise. When a piece attacks another piece with equal rank, both are removed.<ref name=StrategoClassic-2002/><ref name=Stratego-1996/>

In the original versions published in the United States, the ranks were numbered with the most powerful ''Marshal'' piece ranked at '''1''', then numbers ascending as power fell until ''Scout'' was 9, and the ''Spy'' was not numbered but designated '''S'''.<ref name=StrategoClassic-2002>{{cite web |url=https://instructions.hasbro.com/api/download/40836_en-us_vintage-stratego-game.pdf |title=Stratego Classic Instructions |date=2002 |publisher=Milton Bradley |access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> In 2000, this was inverted, with the ''Marshal'' ranked as '''10''', descending to 2 for the ''Scout'', and the ''Spy'' ranked with number '''1'''.<ref name=Stratego-1996>{{cite web |url=https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Stratego.PDF |title=Stratego Instructions |date=1996 |publisher=Hasbro |access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> "Classic" versions have been released since then with the lower number strongest, as in prior versions of the game.<ref name=StrategoClassic-2002/>

===Variant pieces===

Variant versions of the game have a few different pieces with different rules of movement, such as the ''Cannon'', ''Archer'' (possibly a different name for the ''Cannon''), ''Spotter'', ''Infiltrator'', ''Corporal'' and ''Cavalry Captain''. In one version, mobile pieces are allowed to "carry" the ''Flag''.  In some variants such as ''Stratego Waterloo'' and ''Fire and Ice Stratego'', all or most of the pieces have substantially different moves.

==History==

===Japanese Military Chess===
[[File:Gunjin Shogi.jpg|thumb|''Gunjin Shogi'' (23-piece)]]
[[Japanese Military Chess]] (''Gunjin Shogi'') has been sold and played since as early as 1895, although it is not known by whom and when it was invented.<ref name=Takahashi-2016>{{cite journal |last1=Takahashi |first1=Hironor i|title=Military Chess in Japan and the World |journal=The Institute of Amusement Industry Studies Osaka University of Commerce No. 18 |location=JPN |date=2016 |url=https://ouc.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=571&file_id=22&file_no=1}}</ref>{{rp|129–130}} Dr. Christian Junghans reported this game in ''Monatshefte'' magazine in Germany in 1905.  It seems, only after reading his article, Julie Berg took out a patent on a war game in London and Paris in 1907.<ref name=FR379625A>{{cite patent |country=FR |status=Patent |number=379625A |inventor=Julie Berg |fdate=June 24, 1907 |pubdate=November 13, 1907 |title=Jeu de la guerre}}</ref> Similarly, [[Hermance Edan]] took a patent for ''L'attaque'' game in 1909<ref name=FR396795A/> and sold them in 1910.<ref name=Takahashi-2016/>{{rp|154–158}}

The main differences between ''Gunjin Shogi'' and ''Stratego'' are:
* ''Gunjin Shogi'' needs a referee to resolve the battles of the pieces, which are kept face-down throughout the game.<ref name=tanken/>
* The Flag is placed only on the headquarters and a player who successfully occupied the headquarters of the opponent shall win the game.
* There are no Scout pieces. The Engineers and Spy have the same movement as the Scouts in ''Stratego''.
* Only flag and senior officers can occupy the opponent's headquarters.
* Engineer (analogue of miner) can remove mines and tanks.

There are at least three different versions of ''Gunjin Shogi'', distinguished by the number of pieces controlled by each player as well as the size of the board. The 23- and 31-piece versions are similar, influenced by the technology of World War I, and the 25-piece version is a more recent development, incorporating technologies developed during World War II.<ref name=tanken>{{cite web |url=https://tanken.com/gunjin.html |title=日本軍人将棋連盟ホームページにようこそ |lang=ja |trans-title=Welcome to the website of the Japan Military Shogi Federation |website=tanken.com |access-date=18 July 2023 |quote=駒や盤の取り方などは時代によって（あるいは製造元によって）多少異なるようです。第1次大戦後にはタンクや地雷が、第2次大戦後には毒ガスや飛行機、原爆が登場するなど、現実の戦争に応じて、次々と進化を遂げてきました。[Pieces and boards differ slightly depending on when or who manufactured them. After World War I, tanks and mines were included, and after World War II, poison gas, airplanes, and atomic bombs were added.]}}</ref>

===French ''L'Attaque''===

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! Rank !! Piece !! Qty
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! B
| mine || 4
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! 1
| général chef d'armée || 1
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! 2
| général chef de brigade || 1
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! 3
| colonel || 2
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! 4
| commandant || 2
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! 5
| capitain || 4
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! 6
| lieutenant || 4
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! 7
| sergent || 4
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! 8
| sapeur || 4
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! 9
| éclaireur || 8
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! S
| espion || 1
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! F
| le drapeau || 1
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In nearly its present form ''Stratego'' appeared in France from [[La Samaritaine]] in 1910, and then in Britain before [[World War I]], as a game called ''[[L'Attaque]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lewin|first1=Christopher George|title=War Games and Their History|date=2012|publisher=Fonthill Media|location=UK|isbn=978-1-78155-042-7|page=159}}</ref><ref name="Board Game Geek: L'Attaque">{{cite web|title=L'Attaque|url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9246/lattaque|publisher=Board Game Geek|access-date=29 August 2011}}</ref>  Historian and game collector [[Thierry Depaulis]] writes:<ref name=Depaulis>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultraboardgames.com/stratego/history.php|title=The History of Stratego {{!}} UltraBoardGames|website=www.ultraboardgames.com|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref>

<blockquote>It was in fact designed by a lady, Mademoiselle [[Hermance Edan]], who filed a patent for a ''"jeu de bataille avec pièces mobiles sur damier"'' (a battle game with mobile pieces on a gameboard) on 1908-11-26. The patent was released by the [[French Patent Office]] in 1909 (patent #396.795). Hermance Edan had given no name to her game but a French manufacturer named Au Jeu Retrouvé was selling the game as ''L'Attaque'' as early as 1910.</blockquote>

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The French patent has 36 pieces for each player and also has a slightly different board layout, but it introduced the same hierarchical rules of attack and movement followed by modern versions of the game.<ref name=FR396795A>{{Cite patent|country=FR|number=396795 |status=patent |inventor=Hermance Edan |pridate=26 November 1908 |fdate=5 February 1909 |pubdate=20 April 1909 |title=Jeu de bataille ave pièces mobiles sur damier}}</ref> Depaulis further notes the 1910 version had two armies, divided into red and blue colors. The rules of ''L'attaque'' were basically the same as for the game we know as ''Stratego''. It featured standing cardboard rectangular pieces, color printed with soldiers who wore contemporary (to 1900) uniforms, not [[Napoleonic]] uniforms.  In papers of her estate, Ms. Edan states that she developed the game in the 1880s.<ref name=Depaulis/>

=== H. P. Gibson & Sons games ===

The publishing rights for ''L'Attaque'' were acquired for the United Kingdom by game maker [[Gibsons Games|H.P. Gibson and Sons]] in 1925,<ref name=Time-1942>{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,774147,00.html |title=Little Wars |magazine=[[Time Magazine|Time]] |date=14 December 1942}}</ref> retaining the French name through at least the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1155344/lattaque-board-game-hp-gibson/ |title=L'attaque |website=Victoria & Albert Museum |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/board-game-l-attaque-h-p-gibson-and-sons-ltd/PwFvPKR8lrig8A |title=Board game: L'Attaque! |publisher=Google Arts & Culture |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref> Gibsons also produced several modified forms of the game, at least one of which predates the acquisition of the rights:

* [[Dover Patrol (game)|Dover Patrol]] – a naval warfare game on a board of 12×8 squares devised by Harry A. Gibson in 1911, but very similar to L'Attaque (and hence Stratego)
* [[Aviation (game)]] – an air battle variation designed by Harry Gibson in 1925, with a variant called Battle of Britain sold in the 1970s
* [[Tri-Tactics (game)|Tri-Tactics]] – a game combining land, sea and air warfare on a 12×12 board, with 56 pieces per person, dating from 1932, evolved from the above games.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lewin|first1=Christopher George|title=War Games and Their History|date=2012|publisher=Fonthill Media|location=UK|isbn=978-1-78155-042-7|page=161}}</ref>

In 2019, Gibsons released a 100th anniversary edition of ''L'Attaque''. This edition included both the original and modern rules.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gibsonsgames.co.uk/blogs/news/gibsons-release-100th-anniversary-edition-of-lattaque |title=Gibsons release 100th anniversary edition of L'Attaque |date=February 5, 2019 |website=Gibsons Games |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>

===Stratego (classic)===
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''Stratego'' was created by [[Dutch people|Dutchman]] [[:de:Jacques Johan Mogendorff|Jacques Johan Mogendorff]] sometime before 1942. The name was registered as a trademark in 1942 by the Dutch company [[Van Perlstein & Roeper Bosch N.V.]] (which also produced the first edition of ''[[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]'').  After WW2, Mogendorff licensed Stratego to [[Smeets and Schippers]], a Dutch company, in 1946. [[Hausemann and Hotte]] acquired a license in 1958 for European distribution, and in 1959 for global distribution.  After Mogendorff's death in 1961, Hausemann and Hotte purchased the trademark from his heirs, and sublicensed it to [[Milton Bradley Company|Milton Bradley]] (which was acquired by [[Hasbro]] in 1984) in 1961 for United States distribution. It is introduced to the people of the United States as, "the American version of the game now popular on [[the Continent]]."<ref>Stratego box, 1961</ref> In 2009, Hausemann and Hotte was succeeded by Koninklijke Jumbo B.V. in the Netherlands.

The modern game of ''Stratego'', with its Napoleonic imagery, was originally manufactured in the Netherlands. Pieces were originally made of printed cardboard and inserted in metal clip stands. After World War II, painted [[wood]] pieces became standard.<ref name="Wagg">{{cite book |last=Waggoner |first=Susan |title=Under the Tree: the Toys and Treats That Made Christmas Special, 1930–1970 |publisher=Stewart, Tabori & Chang |date=2007 |isbn=978-1584796411}}</ref> Starting in the early 1960s all versions switched to [[plastic]] pieces. The change from wood to plastic was made for economical reasons, as was the case with many products during that period, but with Stratego the change also served a structural function: Unlike the wooden pieces, the plastic pieces were designed with a small base. The wooden pieces had none, often resulting in pieces tipping over. This was disastrous for that player, since it often immediately revealed the piece's rank, as well as unleashing a [[Domino toppling|literal domino effect]] by having a falling piece knock over other pieces. European versions introduced cylindrical castle-shaped pieces that proved to be popular. American editions later introduced new rectangular pieces with a more stable base and colorful stickers, not images directly imprinted on the plastic.

European versions of the game give the Marshal the highest number (10), while the initial American versions used the numbering system of ''L'Attaque'', giving the Marshal the lowest number (1) to show the highest value (i.e. it is the number 1, or most powerful, tile). More recent American versions of the game, which adopted the European system, caused considerable complaint among American players who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s. This may have been a factor in the release of a ''Nostalgia'' edition, in a wooden box, reproducing the [[classic]] edition of the early 1970s.

===Modern Stratego variations===

====Electronic Stratego====
''Electronic Stratego'' was introduced by Milton Bradley in 1982. To promote the release, the company hired two actors to play [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Leonid Brezhnev]], who played a match at the [[New York Public Library Main Branch]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_12_1983-02_Reese_Communications_US/page/n9/mode/2up |title=Stratego Summit Held |date=February 1983 |magazine=Electronic Games |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>

It has features that make many aspects of the game strikingly different from those of classic ''Stratego''. The board is 8 wide by 10 squares deep, instead of 10×10. The blocked "lake" areas are therefore 1×2 instead of 2×2. Each side has 24 pieces, instead of 40, deployed in the three rows closest to the player; instead of six bomb pieces, ''Electronic Stratego'' uses hidden bomb pegs.<ref name=E-Stratego-1982/>

Each type of playing piece in ''Electronic Stratego'' has a unique series of bumps on its bottom that are read by the game's battery-operated touch-sensitive "board".<ref name=E-Stratego-1982/>{{rp|7}} When attacking another piece, the attacking player hits their ''Strike'' button, presses their piece and then the targeted piece: the game either rewards a successful attack or punishes a failed strike with an appropriate bit of music.<ref name=E-Stratego-1982/>{{rp|22–25}} In this way the players never know for certain the rank of the piece that wins the attack, only whether the attack wins, fails, or ties (similar to the role of the referee in the Chinese game of ''[[Luzhanqi]]'').<ref name=Worley-review/> Instead of choosing to move a piece, a player can opt to "probe" an opposing piece by hitting the ''Probe'' button and pressing down on the enemy piece: the game then beeps out a rough approximation of the strength of that piece.<ref name=E-Stratego-1982/>{{rp|26–27}}

There are no ''Bomb'' pieces: ''Bombs'' are set using pegs placed on a touch-sensitive "peg board" that is closed from view prior to the start of the game.<ref name=E-Stratego-1982/>{{rp|16–19}} Hence, it is possible for a player to have their piece occupying a square with a bomb on it.<ref name=Worley-review/> If an opposing piece lands on the seemingly empty square, the game plays the sound of an explosion and that piece is removed from play. As in classic ''Stratego'', only a ''Miner'' can remove a ''Bomb'' from play.

The ''Scout'' is allowed to move diagonally, in addition to its usual horizontal and vertical moves. Again, as with the non-electronic ''Stratego'', scouts are not allowed to jump over pieces.<ref name=E-Stratego-1982/>{{rp|28–33}}

A player who successfully captures the opposing ''Flag'' is rewarded with a triumphant bit of music from the ''[[1812 Overture]]''.<ref name=E-Stratego-1982>{{cite web |url=http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Stratego,_Electronic.PDF |title=Electronic Stratego |date=1982 |publisher=Milton Bradley}}</ref>{{rp|36}}<ref name=Worley-review>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_01_Number_08_1982-10_Reese_Communications_US/page/n97/mode/2up |title=Lead the Electronic Army to Victory! |author=Worley, Joyce |date=October 1982 |magazine=Electronic Games |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>

====New pieces and versions====
In the late 1990s, the Jumbo Company released several European variants, including a three- and four-player version, and a new ''Cannon'' piece (which jumps two squares to capture any piece, but loses to any attack against it). It also included some alternate rules such as ''Barrage'' (a quicker two-player game with fewer pieces) and ''Reserves'' (reinforcements in the three- and four-player games). The four-player version appeared in America in 1997.

Starting in the 2000s, Hasbro, under its Milton Bradley label, released a series of popular media-themed Stratego editions.

Besides themed variants with substantially different rules, current production includes three slightly different editions: sets with classic (1961) piece numbering (highest rank=1), sets with European piece numbering (highest rank=10), and sets that allow substitution of one or two variant pieces such as ''Cannons'', usually in place of scouts.  Sets produced since 1970 or so have uniformly adopted the rule that scouts can move and strike in the same turn.

== Stratego AI ==
In July 2022, [[DeepMind]] announced the development of DeepNash, a model-free [[multi-agent reinforcement learning]] system capable of playing ''Stratego'' at the level of a human expert.<ref>{{cite web |date=9 July 2022 |title=Deepmind AI Researchers Introduce 'DeepNash', An Autonomous Agent Trained With Model-Free Multiagent Reinforcement Learning That Learns To Play The Game Of Stratego At Expert Level |url=https://www.marktechpost.com/2022/07/09/deepmind-ai-researchers-introduce-deepnash-an-autonomous-agent-trained-with-model-free-multiagent-reinforcement-learning-that-learns-to-play-the-game-of-stratego-at-expert-level/ |website=MarkTechPost}}</ref> ''Stratego'' has been difficult to model well because the opponent's pieces are hidden, making it a game of [[perfect information|imperfect information]], the initial setup has more than 10<sup>66</sup> possible states, and the overall game tree has 10<sup>535</sup> possible states. DeepNash was able to win 84% of 50 ranked matches in online matches hosted by Gravon over a period of two weeks in April 2022 against human players, and won at a minimum rate of 97% over hundreds of matches against previously-developed ''Stratego''-playing programs including Probe, Master of the Flag, Demon of Ignorance, Asmodeus, Celsius, PeternLewis, and Vixen.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1126/science.add4679 |author1=Perolat, Julien |author2=De Vylder, Bart |author3=Hennes, Daniel |author4=Trassov, Eugene |author5=Strub, Florian |author6=De Boer, Vincent |author7=Muller, Paul |author8=Connor, Jerome T. |title=Mastering the game of Stratego with model-free multiagent reinforcement learning |date=1 December 2022 |volume=378 |issue=6623 |pages=990–996 |journal=Science|pmid=36454847 |arxiv=2206.15378 |bibcode=2022Sci...378..990P |s2cid=250144392 }}<!--author-token to entire article: https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-887/full --></ref>

==Related and derivative games==
''Stratego'' and its predecessor ''L'Attaque'' have spawned several derivative games, notably one 20th century [[China|Chinese]] game, "Game of the fighting animals" (''Dou Shou Qi'') also known as [[Jungle (board game)|Jungle]] or "Animal Chess".

The game Jungle also has pieces (but of animals rather than soldiers) with different ranks and pieces with higher rank capture the pieces with lower rank. The board, with two lakes in the middle, is also remarkably similar to that in ''Stratego''. The major differences between the two games is that in Jungle, the pieces are not hidden from the opponent, and the setup is fixed.  According to historian R.C. Bell, this game is 20th century, and cannot have been a predecessor of ''L'Attaque'' or ''Stratego''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

A more elaborate and complex Chinese game known as Land Battle Chess ([[Luzhanqi|Lu Zhan Qi]]) or Army Chess (Lu Zhan Jun Qi) is a similar board game to Stratego, with a few differences: It is played on a 5×13 board with two un-occupiable spaces in the middle, and each player has 25 playing pieces. The setup is not fixed, both players keep their pieces hidden from their opponent, and the objective is to capture the enemy's flag.[2] Lu Zhan Jun Qi's basic gameplay is similar, though differences include "missile" pieces and a [[xiangqi]]-style board layout with the addition of railroads and defensive "camps". A third person is also typically used as a referee to decide battles between pieces without revealing their identities. An expanded version of the Land Battle Chess game also exists, adding naval and aircraft pieces and is known as Sea-Land-Air Battle Chess (Hai Lu Kong Zhan Qi).[3] There is also a 4-player version of Lu Zhan Jun Qi that has players opposite to each other on the board be on the same team and try to capture the opposite teams' flags and can defend each other from the opposition's attacks.

* ''[[Tri-tactics]]'', by Gibson & Sons introduced in the 1950s combining ''L'Attaque'', ''Dover Patrol'' and ''Aviation''. The pieces represented fighting units (e.g. "division", "battalion", "brigade") rather than individual soldiers. The board consisted of land, ocean, rivers and lakes.
* [[Game of the Generals]], a Philippine variety of Stratego introduced in 1973 played on a modified (8×9) chessboard
*[[battle for the temple]], an Israeli game by Isratoys company
A [[capture the flag]] game called "Stratego" and loosely based on the board game is played at [[summer camp]]s.  In this game, two teams of thirty to sixty players are assigned ranks by distribution of coloured objects such as [[pinafore|pinnies]] or glowsticks, the colours representing rank, not team.  Players can tag and capture lower-ranked opponents, with the exception that the lowest rank captures the highest.  Players who do not know their teammates may not be able to tell which team other players are on, creating incomplete information and opportunities for bluffing.

==Versions==
[[File:Essen 2008 0126.jpg|thumb|Stratego Fortress]]
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The game remains in production, with new versions continuing to appear every few years.  These are a few of the notable ones.  The first U.S. edition (1961) Milton Bradley set, and a special edition 1963 set called ''Stratego Fine'', had wooden pieces. The 1961 wood pieces had a design that looked like vines scaling a castle wall on the back. But later 1961 productions featured plastic pieces (not true first editions). All other regular editions had plastic pieces.  A few special editions as noted below had wooden or metal pieces.

===Classic versions===
These have 10×10 boards, 40 pieces per side with classic pieces and rules of movement.

'''Official Modern Version''': Also known as '''Stratego Original'''. Redesigned pieces and game art. The pieces now use stickers attached to new "castle-like" plastic pieces. The stickers must be applied by the player after purchase. Rank numbering is reversed in European style (higher numbers equals higher rank).  Comes with an optional alternate piece, the ''Infiltrator''.

'''Nostalgia Game Series Edition''': Released 2002. Traditional stamped plastic pieces, although the metallic paint is dull and less reflective than some older versions, and the pieces are not engraved as some previous editions were. Wooden box, traditional board and piece numbering.

'''Stratego 50th Anniversary''' (2011) by [[Spin Master]] comes in both a book-style box and a cookie-tin-like metal box, with original new artwork, pieces and gameplay. It includes optional ''Cannons'' (2 per player) playing pieces.

'''Library Edition''': Hasbro's Library Series puts what appears to be the classic Stratego of the Nostalgia Edition into a compact, book-like design.  The wooden box approximates the size of a book and is made to fit in a bookcase in one's library.  In this version, the scout may not move and strike in the same turn.

'''[[Michael Graves]] Design Stratego''' by Milton Bradley introduced in 2002 and sold exclusively through [[Target Corporation|Target Stores]].  It features a finished wood box, wooden pedestal board, and closed black and white roughly wedge-shaped plastic pieces.  Limited production, no longer available.

'''Stratego Onyx''': Introduced in 2008, Stratego Onyx was sold exclusively by [[Barnes & Noble]].  It includes foil-stamped wooden game pieces and a raised gameboard with a decorative wooden frame.  One-time production, no longer available.

'''Franklin Mint Civil War Collector's Edition''': In the mid-1990s, [[Franklin Mint]] created a luxury version of Stratego with an [[American Civil War]] theme and gold- and silver-plated pieces.  Due to a last-minute licensing problem, the set was never officially released and offered for sale.  The only remaining copies are those sent to the company's retail stores for display.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

===Variant Versions===
These have substantially different configurations and rules.

'''Ultimate Stratego''': No longer in production, this version can still be found at some online stores and specialty gaming stores. This version is a variant of traditional ''Stratego'' and can accommodate up to 4 players simultaneously. The ''Ultimate Stratego'' board game contained four different Stratego versions: "Ultimate Lightning", "Alliance Campaign", "Alliance Lightning" and "Ultimate Campaign".

'''Science Fiction Version''': [[Jumbo B.V.]] / Spin Master version of ''Stratego'', common in North American department stores. The game has a futuristic science fiction theme. Played on a smaller 8×10 board, with 30 pieces per player. Features unique ''Spotter'' playing pieces.

'''Stratego Waterloo''': For the [[wikt:bicentenary|bicentenary]] of the Battle of Waterloo in June 2015, the Dutch publishing group Jumbo published ''Stratego Waterloo''. Instead of using ranks, the different historical units that had actually fought at the battle were added as ''Pawns'' (Old Guard, 95th Rifles...) – each with their own strengths and weaknesses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jumbo.eu/media/products/assets/manuals/3224b426-89ba-5877-8c15-cb244e7f45cc.pdf |title=Stratego Waterloo: Rules of the game |date=2015 |publisher=Jumbo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914113650/http://www.jumbo.eu/media/products/assets/manuals/3224b426-89ba-5877-8c15-cb244e7f45cc.pdf |archive-date=September 14, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''Pawns'' are divided into light infantry, line infantry, light cavalry, heavy cavalry, artillery, commanders and commanders-in-chief ([[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Wellington]] and [[Napoleon]]). Instead of capturing the ''Flag'', the players must get two of their pawns on the lines of communication of their opponent.

From highest rank to lowest the pieces are:
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan=3 | Rank
! rowspan=2 colspan=2 | French (Blue) !! colspan=4 | Allied (Red)
|-
! colspan=2 | Initial forces !! colspan=2 | Prussian reinforcements (Black)
|-
! Name !! Count
! Name !! Count
! Name !! Count
|-
! 8/1
| ''[[Emperor Napoleon]]'' ([[France]]) || 1
| ''[[Duke of Wellington]]'' (Britain) || 1
| colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|-
! 7/2
| ''[[Marshal Ney]]'' (France) || 1
| ''[[Lord Uxbridge]]'' (Britain) || 1
| ''Field Marshal Von Bulow'' ([[Prussia]]) || 1
|-
! 6/3
| ''Empress's [[Dragoons]]'' ([[French Imperial Guard]]) || 2
| ''British [[Royal Guards]]'' || 2
| colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|-
! 5/4
| ''[[Polish Lancers]]'' (French Imperial Guard) || 4
| ''[[Scots Greys]]'' & ''Highland Regiments'' (Scottish cavalry and infantry, respectively) || 3
| colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|-
! 4/5
| ''[[Cuirassiers]]'' (French Imperial Guard) || 5
| ''Dutch Carabiniers'' (cavalry) || 3
| colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|-
! 3/6
| ''French [[Line Infantry]]'' || 15
| ''[[KGL]] Infantry'' (Britain) || 18
| Prussian Infantry || 3
|-
! 2/7
| ''[[Chasseurs]] a Cheval'' (French cavalry) || 6
| ''[[95th Rifles]]'' (British infantry) & ''KGL [[Hussars]]'' (British cavalry) || 8
| ''Silesian [[Landwehr]]'' (Prussian cavalry & infantry) || 8
|-
! 1/8
| ''French [[Light Infantry]]'' || 5
| ''Brunswick Leib'' ("Black Infantry") || 3
| colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|-
!
| Artillery || 8
| Artillery || 6
| Artillery || 1
|-
! Totals
! France || 47
! Allies || 45
! Prussia || 13
|}
The higher ranked piece always captures the lower

'''Stratego Conquest''': 1996, two- to four-handed game played on world map; alternate pieces cannons and cavalry

'''Stratego Fortress''': A 3D version of ''Stratego'' featuring a 3-level fortress and mystical themed pieces and maneuvers

'''Fire and Ice Stratego''': The Hasbro version called Fire and Ice Stratego has different pieces and rules of movement.  The game features a smaller 8×10 board and each player has 30 magical and mythological themed pieces with special powers.

===Promotional===
[[Hertog Jan]], a Dutch brand of beer, released ''Stratego Tournament'', a promotional version of ''Stratego'' with variant rules. It includes substantially fewer pieces, including only one Bomb and no Miners. Since each side has only about 18 pieces, the pieces are far more mobile. The scout in this version is allowed to move three squares in any combination of directions (including L-shapes) and there is a new piece called the ''Archer'', which is defeated by anything, but can defeat any piece other than the ''Bomb'' by shooting it from a two-square distance, in direct [[orthogonal]], or straight, directions only. If one player is unable to move any more of his or her pieces, the game results in a tie because neither player's ''Flag'' was captured.

===Themed===
These variants are produced by the company with pop-culture-themed pieces licensed from their respective owners:
{{Columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' (2009)
* ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia (film series)|Chronicles of Narnia]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)|Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Marvel Comics]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Sharpe (TV series)|Sharpe's Attack]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Duel Masters]]'' (2004)
}}
Produced by [[Avalon hill|Avalon Hill]]:
* ''[[Stratego: Legends]]'' (1999)

Produced by USAopoly:
{{Columns-list|colwidth=22em|
* ''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] vs [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] Stratego'' (2008)
* ''[[American Civil War|Civil War]] Stratego'' (2007)
}}

==Competition==
There are now many ''Stratego'' competitions held throughout the world. The game is particularly popular in the Netherlands, [[Germany]], Greece, USA and [[Belgium]], where live and online  championships are organized. The international ''Stratego'' scène is at this moment dominated by players from The Netherlands and Greece. Stratego World Championships have been held since 1997 and continue to be held almost yearly around August; the latest was last year in Nürnberg in Germany. In August the next World Championships will be held in Avenches in Switzerland.

''Stratego'' competitions are now held in all four versions of the game:

;Classic Stratego:Competitions in the original game include the "Classic Stratego World Championships", the "Classic Stratego Olympiad" and several National Championships from various different countries.

;Ultimate Lightning Stratego: In this version of the game, each side has only 20 pieces. A few pieces have variant moves and there are a few rule differences. Games take only a fraction of the time needed for Classic Stratego. Competitions in this version include the "Ultimate Lightning World Championships" and the "Ultimate Lightning European Championships".

;Duel Stratego:The version is played with 10 pieces per side on an 8×10 board. Competitions in this version now include the "Stratego Duel World Championships," which were held for the first time in August 2009 (Sheffield, England).

;Stratego Barrage:To force decisions in knock-out stages in tournaments, in 1992 Stratego Barrage was developed by Marc Perriëns and Roel Eefting. In this "Quick-Stratego" a setup can be made in one minute and played in 5 minutes. The eight pieces with which Barrage is played are the Flag, the Marshall, the General, 1 Bomb, 1 Miner, 2 Scouts and the Spy. Since 1992 Dutch Championships and since 2000 World Championships in Barrage have been organised. Cambodian Champion is Sor Samedy, Dutch Champion (2014) is Ruben van de Built, World Champion (2013) is Tim Slagboom.

===Tournaments===
'''World Championships Stratego Classic (40 pieces)'''
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Host
|align="center" bgcolor="gold"| '''Gold'''
|align="center" bgcolor="silver"| '''Silver'''
|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966"| '''Bronze'''
|-
| 1997
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[London]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Peter van Bodegom
| {{flagicon|NED}} George Franka
| {{flagicon|NED}} Erik van den Berg
|-
| 1998
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[London]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Luc Adriaansen
| {{flagicon|NED}} Sander Rinzema
| {{flagicon|NED}} Erik van den Berg
|-
| 1999
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[London]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Johnny van Geffen
| {{flagicon|NED}} René Helmus
| {{flagicon|NED}} George Franka
|-
| 2000
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[London]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Erik van den Berg
| {{flagicon|NED}} André Pols
| {{flagicon|NED}} Wim Snelleman
|-
| 2001
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Berlin]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Erik van den Berg
| {{flagicon|NED}} René Helmus
| {{flagicon|NED}} Vincent de Boer
|-
| 2002
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Rotterdam]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Erik van den Berg
| {{flagicon|NED}} Dennis Baas
| {{flagicon|NED}} Wim Snelleman
|-
| 2003
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Vincent de Boer
| {{flagicon|NED}} André Pols
| {{flagicon|NED}} Wout Gulden
|-
| 2004
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Antwerp]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Vincent de Boer
| {{flagicon|NED}} Erik van den Berg
| {{flagicon|NED}} Luc Adriaansen
|-
| 2005
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; | '''Not held'''
|-
| 2006
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Antwerp]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Erik van den Berg
| {{flagicon|NED}} Ricardo Kik
| {{flagicon|GER}} Mark Blockhaus
|-
| 2007
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Antwerp]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Vincent de Boer
| {{flagicon|GER}} Ralf Sandkuhle
| {{flagicon|NED}} Erik van den Berg
|-
| 2008
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kyiv]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Pim Niemeijer
| {{flagicon|NED}} Tim Slagboom
| {{flagicon|NED}} Vincent de Boer
|-
| 2009
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Gladbeck]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} Steffen Annies
| {{flagicon|NED}} Tim Slagboom
| {{flagicon|NED}} Pim Niemeijer
|-
| 2010
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Maastricht]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Pim Niemeijer
| {{flagicon|NED}} Tim Slagboom
| {{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Bonnermann
|-
| 2011
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[North Shields]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} Richard Ratcliffe
| {{flagicon|NED}} Tim Slagboom
| {{flagicon|NED}} George Franka
|-
| 2012
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Haastrecht]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Pim Niemeijer
| {{flagicon|UK}} Richard Ratcliffe
| {{flagicon|CZ}} Martin Ehrenberger
|-
| 2013
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Berlin]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Tim Slagboom
| {{flagicon|GER}} Steffen Annies
| {{flagicon|GER}} Axel Hangg
|-
| 2014
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Thessaloniki]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Tim Slagboom
| {{flagicon|NED}} George Franka
| {{flagicon|NED}} Ruben van de Bilt
|-
| 2015
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Waterloo, Belgium|Waterloo]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Pim Niemeijer
| {{flagicon|NED}} Johnny van Geffen
| {{flagicon|NED}} Vincent de Boer
|-
| 2016
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rendsburg]]
| {{flagicon|GRE}} Stavros Sekertzis
| {{flagicon|NED}} Tim Slagboom
| {{flagicon|NED}} John Schepers
|-
| 2017
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Marmari]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Anjo Travaille
| {{flagicon|NED}} Tim Slagboom
| {{flagicon|GRE}} John Vandoros
|-
| 2018
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Naarden]]
| {{flagicon|GRE}} John Vandoros
| {{flagicon|NED}} Vince van Geffen
| {{flagicon|NED}} Sem van Geffen
|-
| 2019
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Sheffield]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Tim Slagboom
| {{flagicon|NED}} Pim Niemeijer
| {{flagicon|USA}} Angel Baron
|-
| 2020
| rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="text-align:center; | '''Not held due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''' 
|-
| 2021
|-
|2022
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Kalavryta]]
| {{flagicon|GRE}} Gerasimos Karelas
| {{flagicon|NED}} Max Roelofs
| {{flagicon|NED}} Anjo Travaille
|-
|2023
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Amsterdam]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Vince van Geffen
| {{flagicon|NED}} Max Roelofs
| {{flagicon|NED}} Sem van Geffen
|-
|2024
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Nüremberg]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Vince van Geffen
| {{flagicon|NED}} Tim Slagboom
| {{flagicon|NED}} Max Roelofs
|-
|2025
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Avenches]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Vince van Geffen
| {{flagicon|NED}} Max Roelofs
| {{flagicon|NED}} Sem van Geffen
|}

'''World Championships Stratego Juniors Classic (40 pieces)'''
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Host
|align="center" bgcolor="gold"| '''Gold'''
|align="center" bgcolor="silver"| '''Silver'''
|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966"| '''Bronze'''
|-
| 2001
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Berlin]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Roel Verleysdonk
| {{flagicon|NED}} Thomas Kok
| {{flagicon|NED}} Niels Hardorff
|-
| 2002
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Rotterdam]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Roel Verleysdonk
| {{flagicon|NED}} Niels Hardorff
| {{flagicon|NED}} Jordy de Raef
|-
| 2003
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Vienna]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Roel Verleysdonk
| {{flagicon|NED}} Jordy de Raef
| {{flagicon|NED}} Peter Verleysdonnk
|-
| 2004
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Antwerp]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Roel Verleysdonk
| {{flagicon|NED}} Pim Niemeijer
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Julien Alexis
|-
| 2005
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; | '''Not held'''
|-
| 2006
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Antwerp]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Peter Verleysdonk
| {{flagicon|NED}} Bert Verleysdonk
| {{flagicon|GER}} Vincent Pausch
|-
| 2007
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; | '''Not held'''
|-
| 2008
| {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kyiv]]
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Maksym Malyshevsky
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Yuriy Mykhalyuk
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Nazariy Klyuzhnyy
|-
| 2009
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Gladbeck]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} Ansgar Pausch
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Filip Andriessen
| {{flagicon|GER}} Benedikt Abel
|-
| 2010
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Maastricht]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Steven van den Enden
| {{flagicon|GER}} Wilhelm David Weber
| {{flagicon|GER}} Ruben Trittin
|-
| 2011
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[North Shields]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} Adrian Hangg
| {{flagicon|GER}} Ruben Trittin
| {{flagicon|UK}} Emerson Ratcliffe
|-
| 2012
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Haastrecht]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} Simon Quinn
| {{flagicon|GER}} Wilhelm David Weber
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Filip Andriessen
|-
| 2013
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Berlin]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} Wilhelm David Weber
| {{flagicon|GER}} Timon Abel
| {{flagicon|GER}} Nighel Apostel
|-
| 2014
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Thessaloniki]]
| {{flagicon|GRE}} Ioannis Takatinis
| {{flagicon|GRE}} Anastasia Takatiui
| {{flagicon|GRE}} Iosif Fragkou
|-
| 2015
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Waterloo, Belgium|Waterloo]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Vince van Geffen
| {{flagicon|NED}} Sem van Geffen
| {{flagicon|NED}} Bram Geelhoed
|-
| 2016
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rendsburg]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} Nils Abel
| {{flagicon|GER}} Lasse Baasch
| {{flagicon|GER}} Mads Sievers
|-
| 2017
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Marmari]]
| {{flagicon|GRE}} Elissaios Vandoros
| {{flagicon|GRE}} Ernestos Pilalis
| {{flagicon|GRE}} Filippos Mpanitsiotis
|-
| 2018
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Naarden]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Thomas Geelhoed
| {{flagicon|NED}} Daniel Geelhoed
| {{flagicon|UK}} Woody Melbourne
|-
| 2019
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Sheffield]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} Woody Melbourne
| {{flagicon|UK}} Elly Melbourne
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Alexander de Almeida
|-
| 2020
| rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="text-align:center; | '''Not held due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''' 
|-
| 2021
|-
|2022
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Kalavryta]]
| {{flagicon|GRE}} Phaedon Kougiemitros
| {{flagicon|GRE}} Ermis Metaxas-Mariatos
| {{flagicon|GRE}} Evangelia Arkoumani
|-
|2023
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; | '''Not held'''
|-
|2024
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Nüremberg]]
| {{flagicon|AUT}} Lio Birnbaumer
| {{flagicon|GER}} Ilyan Jánváry
| {{flagicon|GER}} Andor Jánváry
|}

'''World Championships Stratego Barrage (8 pieces)'''
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Host
|align="center" bgcolor="gold"| '''Gold'''
|align="center" bgcolor="silver"| '''Silver'''
|align="center" bgcolor="cc9966"| '''Bronze'''
|-
| 2006
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[London]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Roel Eefting
| {{flagicon|UK}} Richard Ratcliffe
| {{flagicon|NED}} Dennis Baas
|-
| 2007
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; | '''Not held'''
|-
| 2008
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[London]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} Richard Ratcliffe
| {{flagicon|UK}} Chris Sergeant
| {{flagicon|UK}} Luke Daniels
|-
| 2009
| rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="text-align:center; | '''Not held''' 
|-
| 2010
|-
| 2011
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} Richard Ratcliffe
| {{flagicon|NED}} Kees de Vos
| {{flagicon|NED}} Mark Baardman
|-
| 2012
| rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="text-align:center; | '''Not held''' 
|-
| 2013
|-
| 2014
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Thessaloniki]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Ruben van de Bilt
| {{flagicon|UK}} Richard Ratcliffe
| {{flagicon|NED}} Theo Gerrits
|-
| 2015
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Waterloo, Belgium|Waterloo]]
| {{flagicon|GER}} Axel Hangg
| {{flagicon|NED}} Pim Niemeijer
| {{flagicon|NED}} David Bouten
|-
| 2016
| rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="text-align:center; | '''Not held''' 
|-
| 2017
|-
|-
| 2018
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Naarden]]
| {{flagicon|NED}} Pim Niemeijer
| {{flagicon|GER}} Axel Hangg
| {{flagicon|NED}} Roel Eefting
|-
| 2019
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Sheffield]]
| {{flagicon|UK}} Richard Ratcliffe
| {{flagicon|USA}} Angel Baron
| {{flagicon|NED}} Dennis Baas
|-
| 2020
| rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="text-align:center; | '''Not held due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]''' 
|-
| 2021
|-
|2022
|{{flagicon|GRE}} [[Kalavryta]]
|{{flagicon|NED}} Pim Niemeijer
|{{flagicon|NED}} Dennis Baas
|{{flagicon|GRE}} Gerasimos Karelas
|-
|2023
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Amsterdam]]
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Sébastien Crot
|{{flagicon|UK}} Joshua Critchlow
|{{flagicon|GER}} Axel Hangg
|-
|2024
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nüremberg]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} Axel Hangg
|{{flagicon|GER}} Nils Tiedemann
|{{flagicon|GER}} Yannick Müller
|-
|2025
|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Avenches]]
|{{flagicon|SUI}} Sébastien Crot
|{{flagicon|GRE}} Dimitris Karamanis
|{{flagicon|GER}} Nils Tiedemann
|}

'''Other tournaments'''
[[File:2024 Patras Battles Boards.jpg|thumb|Stratego boards set at the 2024 Patras Battles tournament.]]
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* ''1991 First Dutch Championship''. In 1991 the first Dutch Stratego Championship was being organized by Johan van der Wielen, Roel Eefting and Marc Perriëns. One hundred and eight players participated in this event in Nijmegen. Wim Snelleman was the winner. Several Dutch Championships would follow.
* ''1997 First Cambodian Championship''. In 1997 Cambodia had the scoop to be the first Asian country in which its national Classic Stratego Championship was being organized. Organizer Roel Eefting defeated runner-up Max van Wel.
* ''1998 Second Cambodian Championship''. In 1998 Roel Eefting surprisingly lost his title to fellow Dutchman Marc Nickel (Derks), who ironically was invited by him on a journey together through Cambodia.
* ''2007 World Team Cup''. The World Team cup is played annually at the World Championships. It is a four player event with teams competing for their country. Holland defeated Germany in the 2007 World Team Cup.
* ''2007 Stratego Olympiad''. The 2007 Stratego Olympiad was held as part of the list of events within the Mind Sports Olympics. The 2007 event was held near London, England on 25 and 26 August 2007. Roel Eefting won both the event and the World Title on Barrage (Quick-Stratego which is played with 8 pieces).
* ''2007 Stratego World Team Championship''. The Stratego World Team Championship is held as part of the events at the Mind Sports Olympics.<ref name="MSO_game">{{cite web|url=http://www.boardability.com/game.php?id=stratego |title=Mind Sports Olympiad – Stratego|publisher=Boardability.com |date=2012-08-19 |access-date=2012-11-27}}</ref> This event is a three player event with teams competing for their country. Great Britain defeated Holland in the 2007 World Team Championships.
* ''2007 Computer Stratego World Championship''. [[StrategoUSA]]<ref>StrategoUSA, formerly at http://www.strategoUSA.org, is a defunct organization</ref> conducted the first open tournament ever held for Stratego AI programs during December 2007. Programs played Classic Stratego rules in a [[Round-robin tournament|round robin]] format. The tournament was a demonstration of state-of-the-art Stratego AI, with the hope it would spur new research into Stratego AI methodology. The winning program was Probe, which finished with a record of 17–0–3 (W–L–D).
* ''2008 Computer Stratego World Championship''. The 2008 tournament was held during December with six programs participating. Once again, StrategoUSA hosted the tournament online. Probe repeated as the champion, with a record of 22–3–0 (W–L–D).
* ''2009 Computer Stratego World Championship''. The 2009 tournament was held in December. Once again, StrategoUSA hosted the tournament online. The winner was Master of the Flag II, with a record of 30–3–2 (W–L–D).
* ''2010 Stratego World Championship''. The 2010 tournament was held in August, in Maastricht, Netherlands, Pim Neimejer (Netherlands) won the World Championship (overall score). Lady Kathryn Whitehorn (England) won the Women's Stratego World Championship. In team play, The Netherlands National Team won Gold (first), Germany Silver (second), and England Bronze (third).
* ''2010 Computer Stratego World Championship''. The 2010 tournament was held in December. Once again, StrategoUSA hosted the tournament online. The winner was Probe, with a record of 24–3–3 (W–L–D).
* ''2016 - today Patras Battles''. Since 2016 almost every year in [[Patras]] the local team Patras Stratego Team organizes this international tournament inviting the best players from all over the world.

== See also ==
* [[List of abstract strategy games]]
* [[Game complexity]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==Reviews==
*''Family Games: The 100 Best''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/familygames100be0000unse/page/308/mode/2up | isbn=978-1-934547-21-2 | title=Family games : The 100 best | date=2010 | last1=Lowder | first1=James | publisher=Green Ronin }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* Stratego Piece by Piece: History, Strategy, Tactics and Deployment, 1999, Prof. Michael Ziegler, Manor College, PA (private printing and distribution, not generally available)

==External links==
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* [http://www.stratego.com Royal Jumbo (Stratego trademark owner) Stratego marketing website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990125103542/http://www.stratego.com/ |date=1999-01-25 }}
* [http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/Stratego.pdf Official rules of Stratego] by Hasbro (U.S. licensee)
* [http://www.probe.imersatz.com/ Probe], an online Stratego automaton (3 time Computer Stratego World Champion)
* [http://www.icga.org International Computer Gaming Association], whose ''[[ICGA Journal]]'' publishes occasional current research on computer Stratego

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