# Free Stratego? Does it exist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 20, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stratego-does-it-exist/255994 "2004-07-20T14:13:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stratego-does-it-exist/255994/1 "2004-07-20T14:13:56Z")
Lately, I’ve been looking for online versions of some of my favorite childhood games. I’ve been able to find Mille Bornes ([http://www.games.com](http://www.games.com)), Canasta ([http://games.yahoo.com](http://games.yahoo.com)), and I found a downloadable version of Risk (link forgotten). Now I’m looking for Stratego, the game I believe was by Milton Bradley. Is there a free online version, or a downloadable version? I’ve searched the web and haven’t come up with anything except some odd variant at [http://www.itsyourturn.com/](http://www.itsyourturn.com/) which isn’t what I’m looking for. Can anyone help me? ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stratego-does-it-exist/255994/2 "2004-07-20T14:42:58Z")
[http://www.metaforge.net/](http://www.metaforge.net/) seems to have what you need. Which, of course, means I’ll have to play this incessantly. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stratego-does-it-exist/255994/3 "2004-07-20T14:44:45Z")
Hmmm… doesn’t seem to be free other than a trial, though. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stratego-does-it-exist/255994/4 "2004-07-20T15:27:41Z")
Well, I was able to play. Not sure if you are made to register or if that’s just encouraged. Thanks for the “find”… ---
**Author:** ![Mort\_Furd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mort\_Furd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mort_Furd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stratego-does-it-exist/255994/5 "2004-07-20T16:47:18Z")
Here ya’ go: [Stratego in Java. Free software, although a donation would be appreciated by the author.](http://god1x.no-ip.com/Stratego/) You must have two players, and you have to do it over a network - online or LAN. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stratego-does-it-exist/255994/6 "2004-07-20T19:18:12Z")
Here’s another [link](http://www.nordinho.com/article.php/20040701150823758). Haven’t played the latest incarnation, but when it was Four Feathers, it was loads of fun. ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stratego-does-it-exist/255994/7 "2004-07-20T22:52:15Z")
I found [this](http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=1865) on the Underdogs site. Is it the game you are looking for? ---
**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stratego-does-it-exist/255994/8 "2004-07-21T02:42:02Z")
Are you mac or PC? I have a swell freeware mac Stratego game - my brother and I play one game a year, at Christmas, just like we did when we were kids (on the gameboard). I still keep several of my 8s around the flag, and leave #2 there to kill the curious. I love Stratego. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stratego-does-it-exist/255994/9 "2004-07-21T13:24:32Z")
> [@Gulo gulo](#): > > I found [this](http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=1865) on the Underdogs site. Is it the game you are looking for? Yes, although this appears to be a DOS version… I’m looking for a Win version, if possible, perhaps even online.