Stratego Original - strategy game

Best game ever. It says for ages 8 and up, but I play it with my 5 year old son without any problems. He was even teaching my wife how to play all by himself. I loved playing this game as a kid and now it's nice to share the fun with my son. The only annoying thing is having to stick all the stickers to the game pieces. This isn't the version with the silver pieces. It is kind of cool to have a new piece called the infiltrator if you want to play a variation of the classic version. He is an extra piece that you would swap one of the other pieces for, so you don't have to use him if you don't want. Another thing that I found strange was the numbering system. When I used to play, the 1 was the highest ranking and 8's beat bombs. Now the 10 is the highest rank, and 3's beat bombs.

We really love this game and have been playing it a lot. It's like a cross between battleship and the card game war but much more fun to play with the kids than those other games. My kids can be heard cheering or yelling 'Aw Man!' in equal measure. There are no arguments or fighting with this one and they spend a lot of time setting up their boards and really put a lot of thought into where they want their pieces to go.The pieces do not come with the icons on them, they are little stickers that you have to add on yourself, but they are really easy to place and the one time I didn't line it up correctly I was able to peel off the sticker and put in on the right way without ripping the sticker. So it's really easy to 'put together' the first time.

Nothing like the original version of Stratego. If you are used to playing the original game, may I recommend not switching to the more recent version. The only difference is the numbers are in reverse order of rank and while that may not seem like much, it can take a while to adjust. Some of the pieces are very similar in looks. For example, the Miner, #8 becomes the Colonel, #3, and vice versa. Such confusion can lead to serious pain on the battle field.Stratego game has great memories for me. My dad would spend hours playing this with me, until he passed away with cancer when I was only 8 yrs old. I have passed down the love of the game to my own children. It is a family favorite and for me you can't get any better than Stratego for a game of challenge and whits.

I love this board game! It takes some effort and strategy, only meant for two players. Similar to chess in that respect. Relatively easy to get the hang of after playing a round. The pieces are not the highest quality plastic, and the labels that tell you the number for each one (important for the game!) are very small, which makes it difficult to quickly look across the board and locate where each piece is. This game is definitely one I'll play for many years to come, but it would be great if the playing pieces were of higher quality.

I LOVE this game! It is so much fun! We bought this game for my eight year old son after he played at a friends house, thinking it would make a good Christmas gift. It has been an amazing gift! My son loves challenging his cousins, and friends to games and even us. It’s kind of a mix of strategy between chess and risk.My teenage nephew came over and I pulled it out, and he got into the game too. We had the best time trying to deceive each other on where our spy was, or where our bombs were hidden. It’s a great game!

My son kept seeing the commercial for this game over the holiday season and asking for it. Being that he’s only 5 1/2, I thought he’d never be able to play. We set it up a few nights ago and was pleased to see there were different versions to play. We played the “Duel” version and he took to the game quite easily. If you like chess, you’d like this game.My only negative comment is that we are constantly having to turn the game pieces around because the stickers go on the front and all pieces are identical from the back.

This is a fairly-well made board game, but I have one gripe about it...Back in the 1970's, an older version of this game has SOLID plastic pieces with a relief image filled in with metallic paint to my best recollection.This version has stickers on hollow plastic pieces. While the graphics on the stickers are nice and possibly easier to read than the much older version of the game, my gripe is that YOU HAVE TO PUT ALL 82 STICKERS ON YOURSELF.No board game should take you an hour or more to assemble, in my humble opinion.It took me over an hour of tedious sticker application before I could play. It is an absolutely mind-numbing task, not to mention difficult to get the sticker to seated within the application area as the tolerance for error is low. (In other words, it's easy to put it on crooked.)I think that for that price that I paid they should have have some guy in China, where the game was made, apply the stickers for me.

So far so good. Lots of fun, laughter, suspense until the finish and cheers at the end. Fast paced game. I like the pieces are well constructed and can be gripped well. Stand well too. Rare instances the pieces fall off the spot. Personally it is harder for me to see the numbers on the pictures. Kids do a better job at identifying the pieces from a distance.The red and blue plastic stand which comes along to store the pieces is quite flimsy. It is possible to crack or break it if accidentally stepped upon. Overall it is a fun game. A must have for fun family times.