Editing Stratego (section)

==Related and derivative games==
''Stratego'' and its predecessor ''L'Attaque'' have spawned several derivative games, notably one 20th century [[China|Chinese]] game, "Game of the fighting animals" (''Dou Shou Qi'') also known as [[Jungle (board game)|Jungle]] or "Animal Chess".

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 board, with two lakes in the middle, is also remarkably similar to that in ''Stratego''. The major differences between the two games is that in Jungle, the pieces are not hidden from the opponent, and the setup is fixed.  According to historian R.C. Bell, this game is 20th century, and cannot have been a predecessor of ''L'Attaque'' or ''Stratego''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

A more elaborate and complex Chinese game known as Land Battle Chess ([[Luzhanqi|Lu Zhan Qi]]) or Army Chess (Lu Zhan Jun Qi) is a similar board game to Stratego, with a few differences: It is played on a 5×13 board with two un-occupiable spaces in the middle, and each player has 25 playing pieces. The setup is not fixed, both players keep their pieces hidden from their opponent, and the objective is to capture the enemy's flag.[2] Lu Zhan Jun Qi's basic gameplay is similar, though differences include "missile" pieces and a [[xiangqi]]-style board layout with the addition of railroads and defensive "camps". A third person is also typically used as a referee to decide battles between pieces without revealing their identities. 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).[3] There is also a 4-player version of Lu Zhan Jun Qi that has players opposite to each other on the board be on the same team and try to capture the opposite teams' flags and can defend each other from the opposition's attacks.

* ''[[Tri-tactics]]'', by Gibson & Sons introduced in the 1950s combining ''L'Attaque'', ''Dover Patrol'' and ''Aviation''. The pieces represented fighting units (e.g. "division", "battalion", "brigade") rather than individual soldiers. The board consisted of land, ocean, rivers and lakes.
* [[Game of the Generals]], a Philippine variety of Stratego introduced in 1973 played on a modified (8×9) chessboard
*[[battle for the temple]], an Israeli game by Isratoys company
A [[capture the flag]] game called "Stratego" and loosely based on the board game is played at [[summer camp]]s.  In this game, two teams of thirty to sixty players are assigned ranks by distribution of coloured objects such as [[pinafore|pinnies]] or glowsticks, the colours representing rank, not team.  Players can tag and capture lower-ranked opponents, with the exception that the lowest rank captures the highest.  Players who do not know their teammates may not be able to tell which team other players are on, creating incomplete information and opportunities for bluffing.