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1. SwellJoe · 1790971326 · focus · HN ↗

   I loved Stratego so much as a kid. But, I eventually couldn't find anyone to play with me because I crushed everyone, including my dad who was much better than me at chess. But, I never would have thought it'd be a game that models would have a hard time with. It feels relatively simple. And, inexplicably, I never even thought that there might be serious players...I've kept the board game, one of the very few things I have from young childhood, but it's been twenty years since I played. I guess it's time to find an online Stratego. Surely someone in the whole world can beat me.

   Too bad I never played against an AI before they cracked it.

   1. FiatLuxDave · 1790982913 · focus · HN ↗

      Does anyone else remember playing Electronic Stratego? The version where the identity of each piece was encoded on the bottom with a series of bumps? It was an even more incomplete information game: attacking a piece would only let you know if the piece was higher, lower, or even, instead of revealing the piece's identity. I played it so much as a kid that I can't even think of Stratego without hearing that electronic bomb sound in my head. I feel it is actually a better game than the original.

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      1. AngryData · 1790983385 · focus · HN ↗

         That is the rules we used for playing stratego. Attacker reveales his piece number and the defender declared who won, or obviously if both died they were even.

         1. dcrazy · 1790984199 · focus · HN ↗

            Electronic Stratego didn’t even reveal the number.
      2. amenghra · 1791037621 · focus · HN ↗

         Would be fun to build this using cryptography (probably some kind of MPC).

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