Play Stratego Game is a small independent site with one job: give you a two-minute daily puzzle built on the best part of hidden-information wargames - the part where you cannot see the other side and have to decide what a look is worth.
The puzzle is called Daily Recon. It is our own design: twelve enemy pieces face down in two rows, three recon orders, one call on the flag. It is inspired by the tension of games like Stratego, not a reproduction of one.
What we are not
We want to be unusually clear about this, because it matters:
- We are not the official Stratego site, and we are not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Hasbro or Jumbo in any way.
- We do not host, link to, mirror or distribute any official Stratego game, app, rulebook PDF or download.
- We do not claim to teach the official rules. If you want those, get them from the trademark owner.
- STRATEGO is a registered trademark of Hasbro and/or Jumbo. We use the word only to describe what kind of game we were inspired by.
Why the site exists
Searching for a Stratego game online mostly lands you on the official pages, encyclopaedia entries, shops and video tutorials - very little you can actually play in the browser in under five minutes. We built the thing we wanted: no install, no account, no download, one round a day, and a scoring system that makes you think about information as a resource rather than a cheat code.
How it is put together
- The board is generated fresh each day, so the formation you face is not the one you faced yesterday.
- A round takes about two minutes on any device, phone included.
- Your streak and best score are stored in your own browser. We do not ask you to register.
- There is a comment section under the game if you want to post your result or argue about the maths on the strategy page.
Feedback
If something is broken, or a puzzle is unsolvable, tell us - the contact page explains the only reliable way to reach a human here.