Nov
17
2007
Any Stratego Fans Out There?
I’m not much for board games. My brother-in-law and I got into some serious Monopoly competition during my fourth year in Romania, but that quickly faded once we had a baby in the house who could choke on the little houses. I’ve dabbled in Checkers, been intrigued by Chess… but that’s about it.
Except for one board game that I’ve never grown tired of. STRATEGO.
Stratego is a strategy-based board game that resembles “Capture the Flag” – only the other player’s pieces are not revealed to you until you attack them. Winning the game requires a unique combination of psychological deception, strategic placing of the flag, and a balance between agressive and passive fighting.
I first began playing Stratego when I was in junior high school. Eventually, I became very good at this game – so good that today, only my dad can beat me, and even that is on a rare occasion.
In the past few weeks, one of the deacons from our church (and my back-yard neighbor) has been coming over to the house and he has slowly begun to chip away at my long reign as “Stratego” Champ. No, he has not beaten me yet. But he’s gaining on me. And I’m starting to bite my nails.
Are there any other Stratego fans out there? Anyone know of a place to play Stratego online?