Monday, February 17, 2014

More Stratego Stuff

My process finding out Stratego.

Perhaps you have gazed at something so long that the whole world disappears and all you can see is what is front of you. Of course you have! Everyone does!That's the way my own expirence is. Out of the blue the entire world is not made from suburban communities and cars and trucks but alternatively Generals and Marshals would be the high level and the technology of the world is still restrained.

 Precisely why must i ask Recently I acquired the game Stratego and I have fallen in love. I immediately searched the internet to uncover all the Tactic I possibly could. I stumbled upon lots of lousy setups and once I utilized them on on the web Stratego I managed to get smashed, nonetheless I also found good quality websites.It had some great information inside it. The writers generated lots of very good content material!

 I learned a great deal. This new understanding has provided me the opportunity to build my own strategy. I'll share a few of the info I have found for all of you! . Cement this ideas in your head. Don't put a pair of precisely the same pieces alongside each other. Major and Generals need to be 2nd and even 3 rd rows. Don't waste your 2's in the front row. Never leave your flag in the middle of the board.

The highest piece in your front, ever, should be a 6. Some tips of which I'm concentrating on:
Consider establishing with the objectives of assaulting from a section of the board. If you ever attain a high level of the game both players is going to be putting related pieces in the top and this is why you might want to make a move unexpected.

  Here's what I really do. I cover up 1 side with bombs and put all my major pieces on the right and center. In the front row I set a pair of sixes . Next I lotto the six I put in my personal top row and try to learn info about my adversaries side. Using the Six in the front row I lotto and attempt to learn about my opponents side. By lottoing you can learn lots with regards to your challenger side of the board you may also cause a great deal of harm.


Moreover I begin acquiring the ability to guess just where my oppositions pieces are usually. Listed below are some tips to find more check out Why this works. Several opponents will do every thing within their energy to take away your own 6. Whether or not he takes the 6 you will learn the place where a piece >6 is definitely ahead of time in the game. Let me know if this is helpful. Thank you

Monday, February 10, 2014

            Have you ever stared at something so long that the whole world disappears and all that exists is what you are staring at. Of course you have! Well that is what happens to me when I play Stratego. Suddenly the world isn't made up of suburban communities and cars but rather Generals and Marshals are the elite and the technology of the world is still limited.

              Why do I tell you this. Recently I picked up the game Stratego and I have fallen in love. I quickly searched the internet to find all the Strategy I could. I encountered a lot of bad setups and when I used them on online Stratego I got crushed, but I also found some good sites. StrategoStrategy had a free guide which I downloaded and tested out. It had some really great information in it. The authors clearly have spent a lot of time playing the game and even more time making the game teachable. The reason why I talk so highly of it is because before the book I was pretty much hopeless. After reading the book the games depth became a lot more vivid and consequently I gained a lot of insights of my own. I wanted to share some of the things I learned.

Some ideas that I'm working on:
     Openings that penetrate one side of the board. Once you get to a high level of the game both players will be playing, as Jonathan Hilton puts it, "systematically" so winning becomes about doing something unexpected.

    Here are some adjustments I've been making lately to apply this idea.
When playing systematically it is advised to keep your front rows full of 4s,one or two 2s, and 5s. The occasional 6 is okay but it is risky.

   I've been attempting to put two sixes in the front row and attack aggressively with one while staying passive with the other. I essentially lotto my 6 trying to ascertain as much information about my opponents structure as I can. (One thing to note is that as you get better you will be able to infer your opponents flag position with a lessening quantity of information.) By playing this way I one start training my mind to make these inferences and two I've found it to be very effective. The other player often jumps at the opportunity to take your six with a more powerful piece. When he does that you come at him with your ten and hopefully make a trade in which you lose a 6 at the gain of a 7 or higher. Of course the worst case scenario is that your opponent takes with a ten. This is unlikely though because it requires your opponent to take his ten deep into a wing, which one makes the opposite vulnerable to an attack. At the same time you have identified your opponents ten which is very beneficial.

   I hope to further elaborate this position in an upcoming post. Thanks for reading

John