I bought this as an introduction to strategy games for my six-year-old year son.  As others have said, this is different than the Stratego of the 1980's.  The old pieces were etched with the soldier's profile and number; the new pieces have stickers.  I no longer have the old version to compare it to, but the new pieces seem cheaply made.  The board is okay and has decent artwork.  The biggest difference is that all the numbers have been reversed.  My first thought was why do I have so many Marshalls?  How am I going to clear the enemy bombs with only two 8's?

The changes in numbers and the build quality do not make this an unplayable game by any means.  If I'd never played Stratego before I wouldn't have noticed the numbering difference (my son certainly didn't care).  So that change is just nostalgia kicking in and I won't knock the game down for that.  I will knock it for the build quality.  Stratego, for me, is a four-star game, but due to the quality of the pieces in this edition three stars seems fair.

My now eight year-old-son and I have moved on to more complex Eurogames, but we still play a round of Stratego every once in a while.  For about a year, this was our go-to game and we enjoyed many hours of gameplay.
I bought this as an introduction to strategy games for my six-year-old year son. As others have said, this is different than the Stratego of the 1980's. The old pieces were etched with the soldier's profile and number; the new pieces have stickers. I no longer have the old version to compare it to, but the new pieces seem cheaply made. The board is okay and has decent artwork. The biggest difference is that all the numbers have been reversed. My first thought was why do I have so many Marshalls? How am I going to clear the enemy bombs with only two 8's? The changes in numbers and the build quality do not make this an unplayable game by any means. If I'd never played Stratego before I wouldn't have noticed the numbering difference (my son certainly didn't care). So that change is just nostalgia kicking in and I won't knock the game down for that. I will knock it for the build quality. Stratego, for me, is a four-star game, but due to the quality of the pieces in this edition three stars seems fair. My now eight year-old-son and I have moved on to more complex Eurogames, but we still play a round of Stratego every once in a while. For about a year, this was our go-to game and we enjoyed many hours of gameplay.