The Spy loses if it is attacked by any piece, including the Marshal and except for the opposing Spy, in which case both are removed.įrom highest rank to lowest the pieces are:ĭestroys any piece except Miner, cannot move Each team also has one Spy, which only wins when it attacks the highest-ranked piece (the Marshal).
The most numerous special piece is the Bomb, which only Miners can defuse and which immediately eliminates any other piece that strikes it, but cannot move. Such pre-play distinguishes the fundamental strategy of particular players, and influences the outcome of the game.įor most pieces, rank alone determines the outcome, but there are special pieces. Players may arrange their 40 pieces in any configuration on a designated 4 ×10 section of the playing board. They are shown as lakes on the battlefield and serve as choke points to make frontal assaults less direct. Two zones in the middle of the board, each 2 × 2, cannot be entered by either player's pieces at any time. Pieces may not move onto a square already occupied by another piece without attacking. If the engaging pieces are of equal rank, they are both removed. If a piece is moved onto a square occupied by an opposing piece, their identities are revealed, the weaker piece is removed from the board, and the stronger piece is moved into the place formerly occupied by the weaker piece. Ranks are printed on one side only and placed so that players cannot identify specific opponent's pieces. Pieces are colored on both sides, so players can easily distinguish between their own and their opponent's. The verdict - although largely based on chance, it is still a very attractive "strategy-puzzle" game.Typically, one player uses red pieces, and the other uses blue pieces. It's simply not worth talking about the graphics - in such games it does not become outdated, although one cannot fail to mention the excellently drawn backgrounds on which our bloodless battles take place (they can be chosen from a small set). A scoreboard is located in the upper right part of the screen, which helps to keep track of all current game events (who is walking now, what move is in a row, how many soldiers are left in the battle, and so on). It is pleasant to note that the interface in this game is very clear and “friendly”. The goal is to destroy all enemy units in this way, or most of them, reaching the enemy flag. If units of equal rank converge, both of them are “removed”. The square with the defeated military unit is "removed" from the game (the square disappears). There is no way to know which unit is on the attacked square of the enemy until we attacked it, so there is a rather significant element of randomness in the game. When we make our move to the cell occupied by the enemy (that is, already marked with “not our” color), the battle begins, the one with the stronger unit always wins (that is, if, for example, “general” and “marshal” grabbed then the “marshal” will always win, regardless of who attacked first). The spy is interesting in that, as such, he is completely defenseless, but if he attacks the enemy marshal first, he always kills him. In addition to the troops themselves, there are also special "parts" - spies and the aforementioned sappers. The flag cannot be moved, its capture, as already mentioned, automatically brings victory.
Also in the game there is a cell occupied by the flag of the army. Bombs cannot be moved, but they are extremely dangerous - any soldiers are blown up on them, with the exception of sappers. The game is turn-based, in one move each military unit (except the weakest - the "scouts": they can move as many cells as they like) can only move one cell. Initially, forty such "pieces" of land are under our control (they look like cells marked on the playing field with squares of "our" color), five bombs and nine types of soldiers placed on these squares (all of them correspond to any military ranks, the highest - "marshal", lower - "scout"). The ultimate goal is to capture the enemy's flag and keep your own. The task is to capture the territory of the opponent in “parts”. Stratego - "Desktop" strategy (although to be honest - much closer to the puzzle), so to speak, a variant of Capture the Flag.
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