Stratego
It's from 1961, before you were born.
- Maker
- Jumbo / Hasbro
- Type
- Board game (strategy)
- Debuted
- 1961
- Note
- All about hidden information and bluffing
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About
As of 2026, it's 65 years old.
Stratego marched to America in 1961 from the Netherlands, a battlefield game where every piece faces away from your opponent — so the whole war is fought blind, with bluffs, feints, and the constant dread of marching your Marshal straight into a hidden bomb. Capture the flag, but you can't see what's defending it.
The genius is the hidden information: a lowly Spy can take down the mighty Marshal, and a well-placed bomb can blow up your best plans, so reading your opponent matters as much as your pieces. It's poker with an army.
Hidden, bluff-heavy, and tensely strategic, Stratego is the war game where you fight an entire battle without ever seeing the enemy until it's too late.
