This
week at Flashbak I wrote about one of my favorite games, and one that my son
Joel and I play frequently. He actually
beat me on our second match, which suggests I’m either a terrible player, or
that he’s a really great one.
Or maybe
both.
Anyway,
here’s a snippet and the url for my retrospective of Milton Bradley’s Stratego:
“Created
in the Netherlands in the early 20th century, Stratego was first
licensed by Milton Bradley in 1960, and introduced to the public in 1961.
The
fifty-five year old game was marketed as a “fascinating
two-handed strategy game” in which the object was to “move hidden value pieces to outwit your opponent and capture his flag.”
Although
wooden pieces were used originally for the game, they were soon replaced with
red and blue plastic pieces (which didn’t fall over as easily…), and soon after
Stratego became part of the pop culture lexicon.
Over
the years there have been sf versions, nostalgia and ultimate versions, and in
1982, an electronic version was even introduced.
In
recent years, there have been Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Marvel,
Chronicles
of Narnia and Transformers Editions of the Milton
Bradley game as well.
Since
1991, Stratego competitions have been held around the globe.
On
The
X-Files (1993-2002), Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) has even
mentioned his love of Stratego occasionally. Indeed, it was the very game
Mulder and his sister Samantha were playing in the year 1973, on the night she
was abducted (ostensibly by aliens).
For
me, my love of Milton Bradley’s Stratego stretches back to the early 1980s, and
my teenage years. My father would come
home from work, and bring the Milton Bradley game down from the top shelf of
his office closet. Then we would sit down at a small table to play each other. I usually lost, but I loved the time we spent
together matching wits and armies (not to mention tripping over bombs)...”
Please
continue reading at
Flashbak.
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