(2) General 500 pts (4) Marshall 300 pts-this is just a point card (4) Colonel 250 pts-this is just a point card (4) Major 200 pts-this is just a point card (8) Bomb 50 pts Can destroy anyone except a General Can only be destroyed by a bomb squad A bomb cannot tag anyone, but they can be tagged to be in effect. Feel free to up the # of cards of a particular rank or # to suit your desires. The # in parenthesis is the number of cards you should have of each rank for your record keeping. Ranks and #’s Each team gets half of the # in parenthesis. Feel free to announce the score of each round, but not the cumulative total of each round. The final score is not announced till the end of the 4th round. OR If the flag is obtained and taken back to your side the round is over. If the general is defeated, the round is over. The game will be played in 10-15 minute rounds. They may then turn and immediately attack the person they just challenged or were challenged. If a person looses his card he must retreat from the field of battle to obtain another card. However, a bomb cannot tag, but must be tagged. Bombs are used against anyone except a bomb squad and the General. So the exchange allows for points to be awarded. When a person comes into contact with an enemy, they can tag them. The only one who cannot switch cards is the General. A person may swap the cards out for strategic purposes. No person may have two cards at any one time. Each team gets a stack of cards with the same cards as the other team. One person on the team distributes the cards before and during the game. Each team goes to the opposite end of the field where their flag is located. If you are new to Stratego, I honestly recommend playing with the classic rules a few times before you even sample this variant’s extra flavor.Equipment: Wide open playing field (preferably in the woods or obstacles) two different colored flags game cards It would take a while to get into them all…but they affect gameplay immensely. Fire and Ice adds special abilities to all of the ranked personnel rather than just giving extra movement to the “2″ pieces and trap busting to the “3″ pieces. That’s all there is to it…at least…in regards to the classic rules that we all know and love. Pieces can’t share spaces nor can they jump over each other…so setting up your army well before play begins is ideal. The rest of the army is limited to moving one space. The flag and traps are unable to move and the “2″ / Scout pieces can move as many spaces as they want after revealing that they are scouts. In regards to movement, players move one piece per turn. The flag can be captured by any movable piece, even the slayer. The flag is still the flag…like traps, it cannot be moved after it is first placed in your initial setup. They can remove traps without resulting in their demise. The traps (this variant’s version of bombs) automatically kill anyone foolish enough to run into them with the exception of the “3″ / Dwarf pieces. The slayers (this variant’s version of spies) can capture the “10″ / Dragon piece but automatically loses against anyone else. Keeping your flag in the back and well protected is generally a good idea. There are, of course, exceptions to this rule…namely the trap and slayer pieces. In the case of a tie, both pieces are removed. When two pieces of different colors meet, they are both revealed and the higher number wins. In this version, the highest rank is “10″ and the lowest rank is “2″. For the sake of this review and to keep things consistent, I’ll be using the Fire and Ice variant’s rank system. Their rank determines a win or loss during a battle, in most cases. Players are given units that are numbered between “1″ and “10″, depending on what variant of Stratego you are playing. Like the rest of your army, the flag is hidden from the enemy so that players will be forced to guess on where it is located. No matter how badly you are losing, capturing the flag will still net you a win. The goal of Stratego is to capture the enemy flag. Pieces are blank on the side facing the enemy…this is so that players can’t see what their enemy is up to and how they are deploying their troops. Stratego is a two player game that gives players an army of equal size, which are setup any way they like before play begins. Players who have a good memory and pay attention do well in this game.
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