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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. m463 · 1790981061 · focus · HN ↗

      > But, I eventually couldn't find anyone to play with me because I crushed everyone

      I think this is a problem with many deeper games. I remember going over to other people's houses and they would pull out obscure-board-game-xyz. The rest of the night for me was trying to figure out how to play, while others were 30 steps ahead of me.

      I think you need something like chess club - stratego club - where people have all gotten to the nuance level and you can play with people of appropriate level.

      1. kulahan · 1790990624 · focus · HN ↗

         Board games really get so much better once you get a vaguely-regular group. If nothing else, you can walk in one night and everyone just knows how to play a lot of really great games right off the bat.

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