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When playing with four players, divide up into two teams. Teammates should sit across from one another. Each team will play from the perspectives of one pagoda, so only the pink and blue pagodas will be used.

Follow the setup rules as normal, except when placing tiles onto the Garden board.

1 Draw 4 tiles and place them on the 2 spaces adjacent to the central koi pond showing flowers, and on the 2 2 spaces adjacent to the central koi pond closest to the green flower. …

Three and four player version of the classic game. Published by Jumbo International.Rules translation by Chris Mellor. Transcription by Andy Daglish.

Components

• 1 board
• 80 game pieces in four colour sets
• 4 flags
• 4 recruitment cards with plastic sliders
• 1 castle

Object of the Game

The first player to place his flag on top of the castle wins.

Setup

Players set up as they wish within their respective start zones. The recruitment cards start with the slider on zero. These show the scale of ranks, in combat higher numbers beat lower numbers. …

How do you pronounce the word "Stratego?"

It is pronounced Struh-TEE-go or Stra-TEE-go. (The accent is on the second syllable).

Your setups are all wrong. My Stratego game has the Marshal with a numeral ranking of "1" not "10".

In this old versions, (used for the first 37 years) the Marshal is the strongest piece and is numbered with a "1". The General is numbered with a "2", etc.

Why did Hasbro change the numbering system?

Your guess is as good as mine. The only thing I can think of is that Hasbro must have thought the intelligence of today's "kids" couldn't handle understanding the fact that a "lower" number means a "higher" rank... so they reversed it. That, the cheap, see-through plastic, and the decals make the new version worthless to me. …

This game has a lot of details! Here are a few answers to common questions that have come up.

Attack and Defense Dice Pool: What is a dice pool? What if all Defense Dice are in use?

Your party shares the same general Attack and Defense Dice (white) that are used by the Baddies. Once in great while, the Defense Dice pool may run out (from dice on Baddies, Gearlocs, or in Backup Plans). If a party member runs out of Defense Dice to roll, others should exchange Defense Dice in their Backup Plans for Attack Dice to accommodate. …

Q: Can I direct attack Creatures in line before the campfire reveals them?

A: No, Creatures revealed trigger one at a time resolving any power text on the Creature cards first. When all Creatures that can be revealed by the campfire are revealed, then players may direct attack or use abilities.

Q: What happens when a First Position power reduces the number of creatures revealed?

A: As mentioned above, you reveal and resolve Creature powers one at a time. If you start a round with firewood at 7 revealing 2 creatures and reveal a Wyvern that reduces firewood below this threshold, you stop revealing creatures. …

Solo Mode

1. Proceed as above, starting your Time Point marker on Position 1 of the Time Track.

2. When taking the Recruit Help action, you may also pay one Gold to discard as many cards as you wish to refresh the display. Do this before selecting the person to recruit.

3. Choose a difficulty level and start with these resources.

Solo Objectives

Choose, or select at random one of the Solo Objective cards. …

Experienced players may choose to play with one or more of the following variations.

Auctions

Instead of buying or removing tiles, a player may choose to put their letters up for auction. Starting with the player to the left and moving clockwise, each player has the opportunity to make a bid, or to pass.

The auctioning player has the final opportunity to bid (and thus can always be sure to get the letter tiles, but cannot be sure what the final price will be). …