Stratego UL (Ultimate Lightning) (e)

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STRATEGO ULTIMATE LIGHTNING

Stratego UL follows the classical Stratego Rules, but has only 20 pieces and some extra rules.

[edit] The difference between Classic Stratego and U.L. Stratego.

Ultimate Lightning plays like Classic Stratego apart from these 6 differences.

• Less pieces:

Ultimate Lightning contains 2 armies with Only 20 pieces on each side. (Compared with Classic Stratego which has 40 pieces on each side)

• Rescue:

Rescue is a similar feature to the chess rule of getting a pawn to the opponents back row. When you move any of your Pieces onto a square in the opponent’s back row, you may Rescue any Piece from among those previously captured by your opponent. Immediately place the Piece you Rescue on any space on your half of the Game Board. That ends your turn. Note: Scouts may not make a Rescue. You can make two Rescues per game. One Piece cannot make both Rescues.

• Aggression:

Ultimate Lightning plays with Aggression as standard. Aggression is where: When two pieces of the SAME RANK fight.........the winning piece is the ATTACKING piece. This differs to other Stratego variations, as when a piece of same rank attacks another piece of same rank- BOTH pieces are removed. This is NOT the case in Ultimate Lightning. NO TRADING down in U.L. (There will always be a winning piece and a losing piece, when 2 pieces fight in U.L.) Obviously this makes draws VERY unlikely.

• One Time Bombs:

Unlike Classic Stratego.......Ultimate Lightning uses "One Time Bombs". These are more realistic and helps create a more attacking game. (When a bomb is hit, it blows up and is removed from the board) In other Stratego games, the bombs would remain and only the piece attacking the "bomb" would be removed. (unless the attacking piece was a minor)

• Captains:

These horsemen can move two spaces per turn, either in a straight line, or by changing direction after the first space moved. Cavalry may attack as part of its move, but may only attack once per turn. If a Cavalry Piece attacks after moving one space, his turn is over.

• Scouts & Miners:

In Ultimate Lightning there are NO Minors. The Scout is the only Piece which is not defeated if it attacks a Bomb. The added ability of the Scout being able to defuse Bombs makes the Scout a Very Useful piece in Ultimate Lightning.

• Other Pieces:

All the other pieces in the game of Ultimate Lightning behave as in the classic game.

• Any Other Rules (not covered above):

There are NO other differences. Everything else is just as in Classic Stratego.

• For the FULL RULES of the game (for anyone who doesn't know the rules of the Classic game), please visit the Webside of the BSA "Rules for beginners" page.
• This page has detailed Rules about Ultimate Lightning for anyone who is Totally New to Stratego.
• For dutch rules please visit the Dutch Ultimate Lightning Page