The rules of L'attaque were basically the same as the game we know as Stratego. Hermance Edan had given no name to her game but a French manufacturer named "Au Jeu Retrouvé" was selling the game as L'Attaque as early as 1910.ĭepaulis further notes that the 1910 version divided the armies into red and blue colors. The patent was released by the French Patent Office in 1909 (patent #396.795 ).
Thierry Depaulis writes on "Ed's Stratego Site": It was in fact designed by a lady, Mademoiselle Hermance Edan, who filed a patent for a 'jeu de bataille avec pièces mobiles sur damier' (a battle game with mobile pieces on a gameboard) on 11-26-1908. In its present form Stratego appeared in Europe before World War I as a game called L'attaque. An expanded version of the Land Battle Chess game also exists, adding naval and aircraft pieces and is known as Sea-Land-Air Battle Chess (Hai Lu Kong Zhan Qi). Lu Zhan Jun Qi's basic gameplay is similar, though differences include "missile" pieces and a Chinese Chess-style board layout with the addition of railroads and defensive "camps".Ī third player is also typically used as a neutral referee to decide battles between pieces without revealing their identities. The major differences between the two games is that in Jungle, the pieces are not hidden from the opponent, and the initial setup is fixed.Ī modern, more elaborate, Chinese game known as Land Battle Chess (Lu Zhan Qi) or Army Chess (Lu Zhan Jun Qi) is a descendant of Jungle, and a cousin of Stratego: the initial setup is not fixed, both players keep their pieces hidden from their opponent, and the objective is to capture the enemy's flag. The board, with two lakes in the middle, is also remarkably similar to that in Stratego.
The game Jungle also has pieces (but of animals rather than soldiers) with different ranks and pieces with higher rank capture the pieces with lower rank. The origins of Stratego can be traced back to traditional Chinese board game Jungle also known as "Game of the Fighting Animals" (Dou Shou Qi) or "Animal Chess". In 1961 the game was sublicensed to Milton Bradley, which was acquired by Hasbro in 1984, and first published in 1961 in the United States.
The first version of Stratego was distributed by Smeets and Schippers in 1946 (United States Court, 2005).
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In 1958 the license was granted to Hausemann an Hotte. Indie Showcase | Turn-Based RPGs Roguelikes Roguelite & Strategies 2022 | KAEOI45
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