Stratego

When a battle ends, leave the surviving piece face-up for the rest of the game. This reduces the memory burden and helps new players learn the rank order.

Piece backs should be indistinguishable within an army so that wear, marks, or orientation do not reveal identities. If a piece is visibly marked, place all pieces in matching opaque holders or agree on another fair remedy before beginning.

A single casual game normally produces a winner, but the players may declare a draw by mutual agreement. A draw is also reasonable when an unchanged cycle repeats and neither player can force progress under the repetition rule chosen before play.

A classic Stratego game requires one 10-by-10 game board containing 100 squares. Two lake areas occupy the center of the battlefield.

Stratego does not require numerical scoring for a single game. For a multi-game match, use a simple system of 1 match point for a win, one-half point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.

Every piece that participates in combat remains openly identified thereafter. Its owner may still move it normally, but both players can track it.

After setup, each player reveals the location of their Flag while all other pieces remain hidden. This creates a direct siege-and-defense game and makes Bomb placement easier to infer.

Marshal, General, Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Sergeant, Miner, and Spy move exactly one square horizontally or vertically.; Pieces may not move diagonally.; A piece may not enter a square occupied by another friendly piece.