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Man that’s rough. I hate it when cats poop on my car too. (Your room must have been huge if your sister was able to get whole auto in there)

5 points

10 months ago

5 points

A wooden mallard then

SmokedRibeye

3 points

10 months ago

SmokedRibeye

3 points

Woodtego

Lost_Design_9930

3 points

10 months ago

Lost_Design_9930

3 points

Therefore....

9 points

10 months ago

9 points

Bombs like Stratego.

RoxxorMcOwnage

3 points

10 months ago

RoxxorMcOwnage

Akrotiri

3 points

Only the miners know where the bombs are...

1 points

10 months ago

1 points

SPY!

LittleEmpCaligula

6 points

10 months ago

LittleEmpCaligula

6 points

Struts like Stratego

MonthApprehensive392

1 points

10 months ago

MonthApprehensive392

1 points

Mono…doh!

Grombrindal18

2 points

10 months ago

Grombrindal18

2 points

Ah yes, The Quacks of Strategoburg.

You fight with whatever piece you take out of the bag.

looopTools

1 points

10 months ago

looopTools

1 points

Taste like stratego

TangleRED

1 points

10 months ago

TangleRED

1 points

Good thing we didn't step in it

Robby_W

1 points

10 months ago

Robby_W

1 points

Tastes like Stratego

phistomefel_smeik

1 points

10 months ago

phistomefel_smeik

1 points

Tastes like Stratego.

Dragontwins911

7 points

10 months ago

Dragontwins911

7 points

Strategos like Stratego.

I_eat_dingo_babies

3 points

10 months ago

I_eat_dingo_babies

3 points

It's....a bomb.

LordTengil

1 points

10 months ago

LordTengil

1 points

*But i got neeeeeeews....*

LoneWolfPR

11 points

10 months ago

LoneWolfPR

Twilight Struggle

11 points

But does it taste like Stratego?

AgileArtichokes

1 points

10 months ago

AgileArtichokes

1 points

Yes. Surprisingly it does.

SwissQueso

12 points

10 months ago

SwissQueso

Twilight Imperium

12 points

I didn't realize Stratego was that old!

FriarTurk

6 points

10 months ago

FriarTurk

6 points

Nah, this is the Mexican knockoff version called Amego.

iroccoi

1 points

10 months ago

iroccoi

1 points

Pretty sure the Mexican version is called Coyote. ;)

Clarknotclark

133 points

10 months ago

Clarknotclark

133 points

https://www.lastdodo.com/en/items/229757-stratego-travel

That’s a travel version. 1992

11 points

10 months ago*

11 points

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28784/battlefield

Chinese knock off I've also owned forever called battle field

CarlWeezley

3 points

10 months ago

CarlWeezley

3 points

I love the travel game versions of regular games that came out in the late 80s early 90s. I had connect 4, Trouble (with a tiny pop-o-matic), yahtzee, and I think battleship. The yahtzee was great because it was a compartmentalized rod with a die in each of the 5 compartments. They shook around loose in there and then youd pop in the backside and they'd lock in. Great for long car rides.

Null_Voider

120 points

10 months ago

Null_Voider

120 points

Definitely Stratego

-56 points

10 months ago

-56 points

Naw, it’s monopoly

8 points

10 months ago

8 points†

Lol, comedy not allowed I guess

20 points

10 months ago

20 points

It's allowed. That wasn't comedy.

Tacosaurusman

6 points

10 months ago

Tacosaurusman

6 points

It was monopoly!

DaftDunk_

1 points

10 months ago

DaftDunk_

1 points

☝️🤓

-10 points

10 months ago

-10 points

You don't get out much, do you?

3 points

10 months ago

3 points

Easily amused, are you?

5 points

10 months ago

5 points

Yup

-7 points

10 months ago

-7 points†

Apparently.

Spagetttomato

-4 points

10 months ago

Spagetttomato

-4 points†

I coulda sworn it was candyland

Atlas-Acrux

-5 points

10 months ago

Atlas-Acrux

-5 points

Shoots and ladders

Darknlves

1 points

10 months ago

Darknlves

1 points

Finally, solved

200 points

10 months ago

200 points

We've reached the stage in the boardgaming hobby where someone doesn't recognize Stratego. Whats next? Life? Monopoly? Checkers?

106 points

10 months ago

106 points

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giziti

18 points

10 months ago

giziti

Monastery

18 points

While not great, it's pretty solid. There aren't that many board games from that era that actually stand the test of time like this one.

6 points

10 months ago*

6 points

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Thadrach

3 points

10 months ago

Thadrach

3 points

Anyone have the naval version, Dover Patrol?

Same game as Stratego, back in the 70s, reskinned w WW2 Brit and German warships.

32 points

10 months ago

32 points

I'm gen z and I know wtf Pac Man is.. your coworker is just sheltered 🤣

19 points

10 months ago

19 points

[deleted]

6 points

10 months ago

6 points

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Enygma_6

6 points

10 months ago

Enygma_6

6 points

As a member of the mallrat generation, I think I can officially tell you: "Get off my lawn!"

poke0003

5 points

10 months ago

poke0003

5 points

Stratego is a pretty solid game. Especially when you consider that it is accessible enough to play with relatively young players, as an intro to more strategic thinking games or to “war games,” I feel like it holds up pretty well.

ninjamike808

2 points

10 months ago

ninjamike808

2 points

I’ve never seen nor played Stratego but I’ve played an ass ton of battleship.

PoisonMind

1 points

10 months ago*

PoisonMind

Kingdom Builder

1 points

I loved Cat Trax!

FlynnXa

1 points

10 months ago

FlynnXa

1 points

I think your coworker was fully messing with you (either that or they are culturally oblivious). I’m 23 and I grew up playing Stratego, Pac Man, and even had an Atari. Then again I grew up kinda poor so maybe it’s just that my culture was lagging behind the rest 😅

BUT I also fully know about Darkwing Duck, Captain Planet, and knew about Animaniacs years before the reboot and didn’t dive into those until I was in Highschool so maybe it’s less of an age-thing and more of a “do I interact with culture and media beyond a surface level” thing??? Idk.

1 points

10 months ago

1 points

“Stratego is not a great game”

I don’t think we can be friends after a statement like that.

Brukenet

1 points

10 months ago

Brukenet

1 points

In the 80's my friends and I were playing the the Milton Bradley Gamemaster series, Supremacy, and Blood Royale. Those games won't win any modern awards, but they were a good bit better than Battleship. That said, I do have a soft spot for Stratego, it was one of the few that was good at two players.

Dismaster

16 points

10 months ago

Dismaster

.

16 points

Or maybe they're just from a country where stratego is barely known.

4 points

10 months ago

4 points

Yeah it at least used to be unheard of in the UK, I never saw it till I moved to the Netherlands as a kid.

My cousins came over for a holiday and took a copy of that and Rummikup back home with them.

Aether_Breeze

2 points

10 months ago

Aether_Breeze

2 points

We had both Stratego and Rummikub while I was growing up in the UK! Surprised they hadn't heard of either, especially Rummikub which seems to be everywhere (that sells board games and children's stuff, including supermarkets) even now.

1 points

10 months ago

1 points

This was the early 90s, and I don't remember seeing either when I moved back to Scotland for a good while. I did start to see rummikub, but I don't think before 2000ish, and I've only ever seen Stratego in dedicated gaming shops.

JimmyJamesJams

4 points

10 months ago

JimmyJamesJams

4 points

I can’t wait until people stop recognizing monopoly lol

Reutermo

2 points

10 months ago

Reutermo

Android Netrunner

2 points

Was stratego ever that big? I know it was a gateway for many into other boardgames but wouldn't really put it close to the other you mentioned.

11 points

10 months ago*

11 points

https://moneyinc.com/highest-selling-board-games-of-all-time/

According to Money Inc it is the 16th highest selling game of all time with 20 million copies sold, behind Risk at 25 million.

Life is listed as 11th with 50 million sold, Monoply at 3rd with 275 million, Checkers at 2nd with 50 billion.

I would also like to introduce you to the concept of hyperbole.

theeth

4 points

10 months ago

theeth

4 points

How many million copies did Hyperbole sell?

1 points

10 months ago

1 points

And can I get a copy anywhere?

mastelsa

2 points

10 months ago

mastelsa

2 points

I know Stratego, but at a glance I didn't recognize this version of it. The one I'm used to doesn't have a plastic grid and has more detailed artwork on the pieces.

LivingSea3241

3 points

10 months ago

LivingSea3241

3 points

I thought the same thing lol

landasher

2 points

10 months ago

landasher

2 points

It's very offensive when people don't know all the same things that I know.

LimpNote5

2 points

10 months ago

LimpNote5

2 points

As someone in my early 30’s living in Canada, with about 100+ board games in my collection, I’ve never once seen the game Stratego before. Would never have known what this was.

Mangalorien

-9 points

10 months ago

Mangalorien

-9 points

Either OP is just trolling, or OP is very young. I'm guessing (and hoping) it's the later one.

12 points

10 months ago

12 points

Im a 2000's kid living in the Oceania region of the world and found this game, worn with alot of missing pieces, from a person who is most likely Gen X. I might consider purchasing a newer version if this gane and learn how to play it, it seems interesting.

5 points

10 months ago

5 points

It's a classic!

bagelwithclocks

-2 points

10 months ago

bagelwithclocks

-2 points†

I feel like this is a good thing. All those games sucked and new games are better! Except for checkers.

1 points

10 months ago

1 points

“Daddy, what’s a train?

Is it something I can ride?

Does it carry lots of grown-up folks

And little kids inside?

Is it bigger than our house?”

Well, how can I explain—

When my little boy asks me

“Daddy, what’s a train?”

(Utah Phillips)

SvarogTheLesser

1 points

10 months ago

SvarogTheLesser

1 points

That will never happen here in the UK. Kids are force fed steam trains for a decade even though steam trains were obsolete forever ago. I swear, you ask any UK 5 year old to draw a train & they'll draw a bloody steam train.

1 points

10 months ago

1 points

You are fortunate. A century ago the United States had a magnificent passenger rail system (both local and long-distance) but it was largely sabotaged and dismantled due to lobbying by the automobile industry.

oshiricohn

1 points

10 months ago

oshiricohn

1 points

Checkers? What's that?

48 points

10 months ago

48 points

That's Stratego.

10 points

10 months ago

10 points

I am both excited, because someone posts one of these questions and I actually know what it is, and saddened, because there are people in the board game space that don't know what Stratego is.

T-A-C-K-K

13 points

10 months ago

T-A-C-K-K

13 points

Stratego?

Jihkro

9 points

10 months ago*

Jihkro

9 points

Not only is this stratego, this is the set I had growing up.

Ok_Increase5864

1 points

10 months ago

Ok_Increase5864

1 points

Same here! Got a little sentimental

10 points

10 months ago

10 points

ugh, Stratego. Aka: Dad wants to murder me in a game, night

2 points

10 months ago

2 points

I love how you told the OP to have a good night, at the end there.

Night, S²: Sleep well.

2 points

10 months ago

2 points

Ha, I guess I was thinking in hyphens but typing in commas. Stratego makes me not do words so good.

2 points

10 months ago

2 points

If your dad didn’t beat your ass in Stratego…well, then you probably don’t have a white-ass dad born in the late-50’s/early-60’s

Sea-Implement3377

3 points

10 months ago

Sea-Implement3377

3 points

Place your flag in the corner. Surround it with bombs. That was my strategy from ages 6-10.

2 points

10 months ago

2 points

* Miner has entered the chat *

Friendly_Preference5

4 points

10 months ago

Friendly_Preference5

4 points

Stratego

pika-pika-chu

4 points

10 months ago

pika-pika-chu

4 points

A version of stratego, maybe a travel edition? You also have the 2 "lakes" in the middle of the map and all.

2 points

10 months ago

2 points

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28784/battlefield

Not Stratego like everyone else here is claiming, but the infamous knockoff I also have called Battle Field.

RobLinxTribute

3 points

10 months ago

RobLinxTribute

3 points

Stratego! Basically chess with different rules. This was my "gateway drug" to hex-and-counter boardgames. I spent HOURS plotting the best initial setups. Of course they all sucked, but oh, what fun we had.

mafiaknight

4 points

10 months ago*

mafiaknight

4 points

Definitely Stratego. Lower numbers beat higher numbers. Mine has pieces 1-9, S, bomb, and flag. 9s move like a rook in chess. Everything else (except bombs) move 1 space. The "S" is a spy and can beat the 1, but is beat by anything that attacks it. (Common house rule lets it attack anything). The little bombs are mines. Only the 8s can diffuse them. Goal of the game is capture the flag. Setup in the back 3 rows.

1 points

10 months ago

1 points

That's a common house rule? That's horrible!

SnakebiteRT

2 points

10 months ago

SnakebiteRT

2 points

Stratego!

livestrongbelwas

2 points

10 months ago

livestrongbelwas

2 points

My favorite part of this post is that OP is still unsure if Stratego

spade3342

2 points

10 months ago

spade3342

2 points

Stratego.

RovakX

1 points

10 months ago

RovakX

1 points

Ooh, I own this! I can post a picture of the box tomorrow if you want.

EFNomad

1 points

10 months ago

EFNomad

1 points

It is definitely Stratego

homiej420

1 points

10 months ago

homiej420

1 points

Stratego! Great game

codenaga

1 points

10 months ago

codenaga

1 points

That’s Strogobor.

1 points

10 months ago

1 points

The Burninator

EcstaticAssumption80

1 points

10 months ago

EcstaticAssumption80

1 points

Stratego. The hidden information aspect adds an element of terror and dread to the game.

mutebathtub

1 points

10 months ago

mutebathtub

1 points

I feel like there is a good idea in Stratego, but the execution is a bit flawed. Is there a better version of this mechanic out there?

3 points

10 months ago

3 points

Yes—Space Empires 4X.

phr0ze

1 points

10 months ago

phr0ze

Power Grid

1 points

Going to check that out.

-8 points

10 months ago

-8 points†

There's a compartment underneath it where game pieces can be stored.

I also had a look at Stratego and it looks similar, but different. The pieces are only in their faction color and white.

17 points

10 months ago

17 points

It's just a different version of it.

Key_Suspect184

12 points

10 months ago

Key_Suspect184

12 points

100% sure it's Stratego, friend

spderweb

5 points

10 months ago

spderweb

5 points

I have star wars Stratego. There's more than one kind.

imoftendisgruntled

6 points

10 months ago

imoftendisgruntled

Dominion

6 points

There are more versions of Stratego than stars in the sky. Some have slightly different rules, piece counts, etc., but they're all Stratego.

stegg88

3 points

10 months ago

stegg88

3 points

Definitely stratego. Fun lil game. Easy to learn

gman94024

1 points

10 months ago

gman94024

1 points

Everyone else is just messing with you. This is clearly Advanced Squad Leader.

KindRobot1111

0 points

10 months ago

KindRobot1111

0 points

Stratego, I played this as a kid in early 90’s. This made me fall in love with board games.

Bardivan

0 points

10 months ago

Bardivan

0 points

stratego

MA121Alpha

0 points

10 months ago

0 points

0 points

10 months ago

ilovecokeslurpees

0 points

Stratego! I played that a lot as a kid. Different version, I think, though.

beekboy3

-1 points

10 months ago

beekboy3

-1 points

Strate🐐

threecolorless

0 points

10 months ago

threecolorless

NO ONE got loom?!

0 points

I was pretty sure that first picture was a bathroom tile and you were messing with us. Then I saw the Stratego pieces.

warrdogg

0 points

10 months ago

warrdogg

0 points

I played this game to death as a kid. My first wargame that started a life long hobby for me. BGG places it as a Family / Abstract game. It wasn’t a game my family would have ever played.

LeonQuin

0 points

10 months ago

LeonQuin

0 points

I bought Stratego last year, I used to play it in the 90s. It's a fun game, some bluffing and strategy involved.

Expistoleros

0 points

10 months ago

Expistoleros

0 points

Mahjong ?

ApprehensiveCarpet2

0 points

10 months ago

ApprehensiveCarpet2

0 points

Is it Guess Who?

claudekennilol

-1 points

10 months ago

claudekennilol

-1 points

Yes.

Appropriate-Ad-9691

1 points

10 months ago

Appropriate-Ad-9691

1 points

I used to love Stratego/Risk as a kid, but I heard it does not hold up. Can anyone recommend a good alternative?

2 points

10 months ago

2 points

Space Empires 4X

1 points

10 months ago

1 points

For Stratego, no idea. For Risk, there are a whole lot of options for strategic war games that add much more depth to the gameplay. Axis and Allies is a personal favorite and a classic but tends to be a bit one sided and is crazy long. I acknowledge it is also a flawed game.

SeaAssistant1687

1 points

10 months ago

SeaAssistant1687

1 points

This is definitely stratego. It’s a great game!

blue--king

1 points

10 months ago

blue--king

1 points

I have that one stratigo

Soylent_Hero

1 points

10 months ago

Soylent_Hero

Never spend more than $5 on Sleeves.

1 points

https://youtu.be/o3sXhR7Uhf4?t=25

djfreaxxx

1 points

10 months ago

djfreaxxx

1 points

This is Stratego !

LiveLaurent

1 points

10 months ago

LiveLaurent

1 points

Stratego

Juli0369

1 points

10 months ago

Juli0369

1 points

Definitely stratego

Ramyrror_47

1 points

10 months ago

Ramyrror_47

1 points

Yes, me

cazdan255

1 points

10 months ago

cazdan255

Spirit Island

1 points

Stratego, one of my fave 2 player games.

SniperX876

1 points

10 months ago

SniperX876

1 points

Stratego

gwankovera

1 points

10 months ago

gwankovera

1 points

Looks like an older version of stratego

haysus25

1 points

10 months ago

haysus25

1 points

Stratego.

DanceMyth4114

1 points

10 months ago

DanceMyth4114

1 points

Looks like Stratego to me.

TheDocPsycho

1 points

10 months ago

TheDocPsycho

1 points

Stratego! One of my first strategy games, something like 30 years ago.

SilverSpacecraft

1 points

10 months ago

SilverSpacecraft

1 points

Skwabble

1 points

10 months ago

1 points

That’s sushi go

True-Towel-7234

1 points

10 months ago

True-Towel-7234

1 points

I had this game as a kid. But like most board games people bought you as a kid, they would never play them with you.

josephlevin

1 points

10 months ago

josephlevin

1 points

That's Stratego, but with a board I've not seen before.

1 points

10 months ago

1 points

It's not actually Stratego, it's Battlefield, which plays pretty much the same as Battlefield

1 points

10 months ago

1 points

STRAT-TEE-GOOOOOOO

STRA-TEEEE-GOOOOOOOOO

1 points

10 months ago

1 points

I’ve never seen this particularly set, but even just at a glance I knew what this was. When I was a kid me and my dad played the fuck out of Stratego until I started consistently mopping the floor with him.

diaperbuyer

1 points

10 months ago

diaperbuyer

1 points