Jumbo, Stratego - Original, Strategy Board Game, 2 Players, Ages 8 Year Plus

Excellent quality for a very reasonable price

I used to play stratego at the house of friends and always wanted one... I now ave one and it looks and feel like I wanted it to. The game itself can be learned pretty quickly also due to the addition of Arabic numbers which were not present in the version I used to play back in the 80s. I t took me half hour to explain the basics of the game to my 7 year old daughter and we played a round which she enjoyed a lot, there is something magical about Stratego.If you like Chess and other similar games where it is not only about LUCK, Stratego is a game you will enjoy!

The red engineers who defuse bombs are a slightly different shade of red from the rest of the red set. This means the other player can identify them and it spoils the game.I contacted Jumbo to address this, but they never replied. I therefore have had to return because you cannot play the game as intended.

I love this game, however what I cannot stand for is that the red pieces are different shades of red. This is only for the red scout pieces. This means that you are easily able to spot the scouts when playing. Love the game, but this is a huge disappointment.

We received one with some of the red pieces ver different colours making it unplayable. You can easily tell which the scouts are. We had hoped they'd fixed this as quite a few reviews had the same issue.

This looks complicated at first but it is really simple and fun to play. It’s a bit like chess meets battleships and you need to learn your opponents strategy which, if they don’t change it, means you can win easily. But if your opponent changes tack each game, it’s more of a challenge to read their approach. Loads of fun. The only downside is that the red pieces are 2 slightly different shades of red, so to the trained eye it’s possible to work out a couple of the pieces.