Youtube Stratego Channels

An effective way to learn how to play Stratego is to watch other players play.  Thankfully, more and more players have been recording and uploading Stratego games that they've played at Stratego.com and Gravon.com.  Some Youtubers are even live streaming matches.  You can watch them play live and hear their thoughts as they struggle to win hard fought matches.  A few people are even creating how to videos with tips and strategies on how to play the game.  This is very important since it can be very hard for beginners to learn how to play winning Stratego by themselves.  Many get frustrated and stuck at a certain level and need help to improve their game play.  Check out some of the video channels below and watch their videos.  You'll probably start to immediately see improvements in your game!

Listed below are some of the popular Stratego youtube channels.  Please watch, subscribe, like and comment on their videos.

Dobby125
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChVjPr5ecGDvlZZkGbgq0LA

Stratego Bob
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz-fjAkJ_63AD0lBa2utG1w/featured

Napoleon 1er
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLvGQv9HnOir5X0l3FSW4RQ

OuweSok's Stratego Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf6B1VB60sGPLneqoYr4cxw

FKS Stratego
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCewdMLKaWbT-rTS9k_ntEnA/videos

Maxocity
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpBq9rKi1Lx4j_UXzR_67yw

Herbert De Groot
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpg5rKTnHOHXWONQMsVcOLA

Brian's Gaming Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVQ90iXrNev-9oon7s_kxYw

Scott Lafaro
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVRa_E7-OJlr68FMtmxvBJQ

Ron Fetter
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUehLrhEjdNS-fU30IQJTJA

Nikos Kouvatos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRzQ9UuRi-WHARAeYgb0u_A

Roeczak
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRFThgPlBFnJe3cm9uBSh4A

Theoharis Loulakis
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9WcOW-rq13aL-fPjkbFMsA

Mr. Smith
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCchg_T8w1ze8kZdVkSJhgUA


I hope to start my own channel in the near future when I have time to edit and upload all my videos. If you have a youtube channel with Stratego content, feel free comment below and I will add it to this list.

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Marshal Blitzer Stratego Games from Gravon Archive Files

One of the best ways to learn how to get better at playing any game, including Stratego, is to watch how great players play.   I found all the won/loss/tie records of the archived game board setups at the Gravon Stratego website.  I’ll be listing the files of many of the top players(won/loss percentage record) so you can view and analyze how the top Stratego players performed.  Studying how the top players play can dramatically increase how well you play.  

This player was a typical Marshal Blitzer.  He used his Marshal and Colonel very early in the game to help attack the far right side of his opponent.  He also used the General to attack the middle of the board.    The player had a very aggressive style of play and won lots of games.  His record was:

Wins = 130 Losses = 21 Ties = 7 Games Played = 158
 Winning Percentage = 86.09%

Here's what the game board setup looked like:

As Player 2

As Player 1

Here's a listing of the Marshal Blitzer's games. I will highlight some of the interesting games for you to view as I find time to watch all of them.

Player1 Won classic-2005.10-1063.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.10-1087.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.10-2416.xml Player1 Tie classic-2005.10-2614.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.10-2847.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.10-2976.xml Player2 Lost classic-2005.10-3561.xml Player1 Lost classic-2005.10-4204.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.10-5328.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.10-5461.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.10-5900.xml Player1 Tie classic-2005.10-6047.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.10-6772.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.10-6936.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.10-7496.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.10-7990.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.10-8045.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.10-844.xml Player1 Tie classic-2005.10-97.xml Player1 Lost classic-2005.11-1658.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.11-1666.xml Player2 Lost classic-2005.11-1854.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.11-2675.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.11-3280.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.11-3340.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.11-3366.xml Player1 Lost classic-2005.11-3492.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.11-3672.xml Player2 Lost classic-2005.11-3869.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.11-453.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.11-4770.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.11-5015.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.11-523.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.11-6192.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.11-6350.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.11-6506.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.11-6713.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.11-6748.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.11-7104.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.11-7297.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.11-902.xml Player1 Lost classic-2005.9-1024.xml Player1 Lost classic-2005.9-1029.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.9-1156.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-119.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-1475.xml Player1 Lost classic-2005.9-1687.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-1951.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-1967.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.9-2010.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.9-2174.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-2318.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-2440.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-2463.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.9-2512.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-2520.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-2753.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-291.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-2910.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-3155.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.9-3595.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.9-3774.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-4358.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-4777.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-5501.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-5588.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-5658.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.9-5964.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-6300.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.9-6451.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-6635.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.9-6896.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-6974.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-7086.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-7125.xml Player2 Lost classic-2005.9-7174.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-724.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-7293.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-7401.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-7526.xml Player2 Won classic-2005.9-779.xml Player1 Lost classic-2005.9-792.xml Player1 Won classic-2005.9-858.xml Player1 Tie classic-2006.0-1047.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-106.xml Player1 Lost classic-2006.0-1217.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-1255.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.0-1625.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.0-1834.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-1983.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-2426.xml Player1 Tie classic-2006.0-243.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.0-2508.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-2582.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-303.xml Player1 Lost classic-2006.0-3060.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-3744.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-3802.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-4223.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.0-4533.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.0-46.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-4785.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-4997.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-5033.xml Player1 Lost classic-2006.0-5132.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-5190.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-5223.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.0-5522.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-5547.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.0-5584.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-5873.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.0-5882.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-6048.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.0-6437.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-6449.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-6852.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-6889.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.0-7675.xml Player1 Lost classic-2006.1-1752.xml Player2 Lost classic-2006.1-1914.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.1-2028.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.1-2492.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.1-2739.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.1-3765.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.1-4059.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.1-4165.xml Player2 Lost classic-2006.1-4544.xml Player1 Lost classic-2006.1-520.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.1-5565.xml Player2 Tie classic-2006.1-584.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.1-6592.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.1-6625.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.1-6846.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.1-7472.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.1-7561.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.1-8184.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.1-8277.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.1-907.xml Player2 Lost classic-2006.1-9229.xml Player1 Lost classic-2006.1-9738.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.2-1857.xml Player2 Lost classic-2006.2-2640.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.2-2984.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.2-3515.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.2-3621.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.2-3805.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.2-3847.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.2-4150.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.2-4337.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.2-4632.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.2-5476.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.2-5821.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.2-6107.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.2-7229.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.2-7296.xml Player2 Won classic-2006.2-7772.xml Player1 Won classic-2006.2-8545.xml Player1 Tie classic-2006.2-8550.xml

To view the games, you need to go to gravon.de and download their Stratego game viewer(StraDos2) and the archived game files. Here's the link:

http://www.gravon.de/gravon/stratego/strados2.jsp

If you find a very interesting game played by this person, please list the filename in the comment section below.

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Top 5 Mistakes Beginners Make Playing Stratego

Top 5 Mistakes Beginners Make Playing Stratego

1.  They quit too early.  Many Stratego beginners quit as soon as they lose a high piece.  But as long as you can continue to advance to your opponent’s side and attack pieces, you still have a chance to win.  Many players have open flags, so you just might get lucky finding the flag with a lotto attack.  Make sure you use up all of your scouts to attack pieces on the other side before quitting.  The best wins are usually when you come from behind.  So don't quit!
2. They don’t know or understand the 2 Square Rule.  The rule states: No piece can move back and forth between the same two spaces for more than three consecutive turns.  I didn't know about this rule when I first started playing at Stratego.com.  My ignorance of the rule cost me several early losses.  You need to understand this rule so you don't get trapped.  And once you understand the 2 square rule, you can use it to defeat other beginners that don't understand the rule.  I’ll eventually make a video on the 2 Square Rule.  It’s much easier to understand once you’ve seen it in action.
3.  Waste low pieces needlessly.  Many players get excited about attacking and sometimes forget or neglect to move lower pieces when they are being attacked by a higher known piece.  Sometimes they just leave them in a vulnerable spot where they get trapped.   Every piece is valuable in the game of Stratego.  You’ll need them late in the game to stop miner attacks on your bombs and flag, to scout incoming pieces or to bluff your opponent.  Your pieces should always try to capture another piece or reveal new information on your opponent's piece.  Never let your lower pieces get captured by a revealed piece without trying to escape, unless you are trying to lure a high piece away from his flag, lure a high piece away from a blocked lane so another piece can enter their side or to make a sacrifice to free a higher ranked trapped piece.  If you become trapped between 2 pieces, always let the unknown piece capture it to reveal new information. 
4.  Waste scouts too early.  You are given 8 scouts to start the game.  It’s OK to use a few on the front row to scout out possible bombs or to reveal incoming pieces.  Usually, you won’t find out much valuable information with the front row scouts.  Scouts are best used in the middle part of the game when you want to reveal your opponents higher pieces, especially the marshal.  They also are very instrumental in trying to capture the spy or revealing back row bombs and trapped quality pieces for your high pieces to capture.  Try to save at least half of your scouts for the middle/end game.  If you lose all of your scouts early in the game, your opponent will likely start moving his spy into your territory trying to surprise attack your Marshal.  The spy becomes much more dangerous.
5.  Revealing high pieces early.  Try not to reveal your Marshal, General and Colonels early in the game.  It’s best to attack an oncoming known piece with a piece that’s only 1 rank higher.  Revealing where your high pieces are located allows your opponent to make well thought out attack plans.  If your Marshal gets revealed, your opponent can immediately think about attacking with his General.  You have to be prepared to defend that type of counter attack.  Revealing higher pieces also limits your ability to bluff late in the game.  And it's much, much harder to come back when you are down in pieces because your opponent can usually block off attacks(if they have a good memory and can remember the revealed higher pieces).

Try to eliminate these common beginner mistakes and you’ll start to become a much better Stratego player.

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Best Winning Percentage Stratego Game Board Setup on Gravon

One of the best ways to learn how to get better at playing any game, including Stratego, is to watch how great players play.   I found all the won/loss/tie records of the archived game board setups at the Gravon Stratego website.  I’ll be listing the files of many of the top players(won/loss percentage record) so you can view and analyze how the top Stratego players performed.  Studying how the top players play can dramatically increase how well you play.

Here’s is what the top winning game board setup looked like:

Setup As Player 2

As Player 1

You can see the player had an unusual placement for his flag(2nd row).  The player also bombed in his flag.  The player also has a very strong right side with his colonel, marshal, spy and general placed there.  The player of this setup(I'm assuming only 1 person) had a won/loss/tie record of: 

Wins = 87 Losses = 9 Ties = 1 Games Played = 97 Winning Percentage = 90.62%

That's a really good winning percentage.  The person stopped playing, at least with this setup, in 2006.  I watched only a few of the games so far and was really impressed at the playing style.  The player rarely made mistakes, was great at trapping pieces and had very few wasted moves.  It seemed like every move had a purpose. Here's a listing of all that player's games.

Player1 Lost  classic-2006.0-1129.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-1169.xml
Player1 Lost  classic-2006.0-131.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-1565.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-1621.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-164.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-1653.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-1688.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-1770.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-1825.xml
Player2 Lost  classic-2006.0-1962.xml
Player1 Lost  classic-2006.0-212.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-2446.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-2464.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-2501.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-2675.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-2869.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-317.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-3212.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-3451.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-3549.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-3590.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-3622.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-3880.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-4155.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-4260.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-4311.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-4385.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-4642.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-4928.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-4936.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-509.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-5128.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-5333.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-5562.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-5757.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-6098.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-6332.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-6392.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-6501.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-6559.xml
Player2 Lost  classic-2006.0-6616.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-6692.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.0-6735.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.0-6770.xml
Player2 Lost  classic-2006.0-918.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.1-1393.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.1-2352.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.1-2582.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.1-2903.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.1-330.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.1-3778.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.1-3965.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.1-455.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.1-5664.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.1-5998.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.1-6862.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.1-7297.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.1-7727.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.1-8015.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.1-814.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.1-8174.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.1-8202.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.1-8219.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.1-8372.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.2-1770.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.2-28.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.2-3264.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.2-3365.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.2-4587.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.2-4633.xml
Player2 Lost  classic-2006.2-4674.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.2-5665.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.2-5944.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.2-6026.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.2-679.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.2-8300.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.2-8363.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.2-8420.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.2-8716.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.2-8779.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.2-972.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.5-1869.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.5-2177.xml
Player2 Lost  classic-2006.5-2548.xml
Player1 Lost  classic-2006.5-3381.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.5-3636.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.5-4165.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.5-4948.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.5-5134.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.5-5390.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.5-5488.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.5-6440.xml
Player1 Won  classic-2006.5-77.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.5-976.xml
Player2 Tie   classic-2006.7-2497.xml
Player2 Won  classic-2006.7-5756.xml

To view the games, you need to go to gravon.de and download their Stratego game viewer(StraDos2) and the game files. Here's the link:

http://www.gravon.de/gravon/stratego/strados2.jsp

If you find a very interesting game played by this person, please list the filename in the comment section below.

A Stratego Player at Stratego.com with the name OuweSok found this fantastic game to view:
classic-2006.5-77.xml
You can visit OuweSok's youtube channel here.


Update:  Here's another similar game setup by the same player. He had a 45-6-1 record with this setup. He played these games in 2005 before he started using the other setup.  This setup has 2 captains in the back row instead of 2 lieutenants.

Setup as Player 2

Setup as Player 1

Here's a listing of the game files for the setup above:

Wins = 45 Losses = 6 Ties = 1 Games Played = 52 
Winning Percentage = 88.24%

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-1089.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-1093.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-1198.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-1295.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-131.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-1407.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-1428.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-1575.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-1604.xml

Player2 Lost  classic-2005.10-169.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-1714.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-1896.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-2210.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-2704.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-284.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-3339.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-3539.xml

Player1 Lost  classic-2005.10-3812.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-3878.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-410.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-4152.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-4162.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-4429.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-4543.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-4721.xml

Player1 Lost  classic-2005.10-4736.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-4902.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-5002.xml

Player1 Lost   classic-2005.10-5496.xml

Player1 Lost   classic-2005.10-6017.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-6121.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-6405.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-6447.xml

Player2 Tie    classic-2005.10-660.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-6678.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-6691.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-7406.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.10-8216.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-856.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.10-902.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.11-129.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.11-1519.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.11-1567.xml

Player1 Lost   classic-2005.11-2377.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.11-3229.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.11-353.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.11-3794.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.11-5954.xml

Player2 Won  classic-2005.11-6082.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2005.11-6689.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2006.1-4409.xml

Player1 Won  classic-2006.5-702.xml

To view the games, you need to go to gravon.de and download their Stratego game viewer(StraDos2) and the game files. Here's the link:

http://www.gravon.de/gravon/stratego/strados2.jsp

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Won/Loss Percentage of Every Stratego Flag Position (Almost 42,500 Games)

Click on the table above to view the winning percentage of every flag position from almost 42,500 Gravon Stratego archived game files.  I did not include draws in the calculation.

It looks like the best spots to place your Stratego flag are at the bottom center and bottom left. Placing flags in the bottom center allows you to easily defend your flag from both sides.  Your high ranking pieces are never too far away to protect your flag.

There seems to be an outlier with a very good winning percentage on the right wing column, 2nd row(position#19).  The reason why it was so high(over 63%) was because a very good player was using the same setup and they won a lot!

The inner wing columns and 2 center columns on the 2 top rows are the worst places to put your flag.  Your flags are right in those scouting sweet spots.  That makes it very hard to hide your flag location.  The 4 squares behind the lakes also seem to be bad locations for your flags.  Players always try to scout those squares behind the lakes looking for high ranking pieces and the spy.  It's probably not a good idea to place your flag there.  Use the chart above to help you find the best flag location to optimize your chances of winning your next Stratego game.


Here's all the raw data I calculated for each flag position.  Position 0 is the bottom left square.  The position numbering moves left to right for each row.  Player 1 is a player that starts the game with a flag at that position.  Player 2 is a player that moves 2nd with a flag at that position.  The totals combine both stats from Player 1 and 2.

Flag Position = 0
Player1 Wins = 1913 Losses = 2033 Draws = 218 #Games = 4164
Player2 Wins = 1730 Losses = 1589 Draws = 183 #Games = 3502
#Games Players 1&2 = 7666  Total Wins = 3643 Total Losses = 3622 Total Draws = 401
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.5014  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4752

Flag Position = 1
Player1 Wins = 617 Losses = 589 Draws = 84 #Games = 1290
Player2 Wins = 457 Losses = 408 Draws = 45 #Games = 910
#Games Players 1&2 = 2200  Total Wins = 1074 Total Losses = 997 Total Draws = 129
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.5186  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4882

Flag Position = 2
Player1 Wins = 1306 Losses = 1517 Draws = 131 #Games = 2954
Player2 Wins = 1466 Losses = 1443 Draws = 178 #Games = 3087
#Games Players 1&2 = 6041  Total Wins = 2772 Total Losses = 2960 Total Draws = 309
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.4836  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4589

Flag Position = 3
Player1 Wins = 2515 Losses = 2496 Draws = 240 #Games = 5251
Player2 Wins = 3030 Losses = 2650 Draws = 290 #Games = 5970
#Games Players 1&2 = 11221  Total Wins = 5545 Total Losses = 5146 Total Draws = 530
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.5187  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4942

Flag Position = 4
Player1 Wins = 2057 Losses = 1830 Draws = 210 #Games = 4097
Player2 Wins = 2190 Losses = 1748 Draws = 214 #Games = 4152
#Games Players 1&2 = 8249  Total Wins = 4247 Total Losses = 3578 Total Draws = 424
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.5427  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.5149

Flag Position = 5
Player1 Wins = 1617 Losses = 1520 Draws = 167 #Games = 3304
Player2 Wins = 1763 Losses = 1524 Draws = 192 #Games = 3479
#Games Players 1&2 = 6783  Total Wins = 3380 Total Losses = 3044 Total Draws = 359
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.5262  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4983

Flag Position = 6
Player1 Wins = 3195 Losses = 3070 Draws = 320 #Games = 6585
Player2 Wins = 3733 Losses = 3053 Draws = 327 #Games = 7113
#Games Players 1&2 = 13698  Total Wins = 6928 Total Losses = 6123 Total Draws = 647
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.5308  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.5058

Flag Position = 7
Player1 Wins = 1548 Losses = 1892 Draws = 174 #Games = 3614
Player2 Wins = 1612 Losses = 1723 Draws = 156 #Games = 3491
#Games Players 1&2 = 7105  Total Wins = 3160 Total Losses = 3615 Total Draws = 330
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.4664  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4448

Flag Position = 8
Player1 Wins = 436 Losses = 506 Draws = 59 #Games = 1001
Player2 Wins = 403 Losses = 420 Draws = 47 #Games = 870
#Games Players 1&2 = 1871  Total Wins = 839 Total Losses = 926 Total Draws = 106
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.4754  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4484

Flag Position = 9
Player1 Wins = 2367 Losses = 2702 Draws = 302 #Games = 5371
Player2 Wins = 2347 Losses = 2239 Draws = 284 #Games = 4870
#Games Players 1&2 = 10241  Total Wins = 4714 Total Losses = 4941 Total Draws = 586
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.4882  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4603

Flag Position = 10
Player1 Wins = 68 Losses = 85 Draws = 10 #Games = 163
Player2 Wins = 71 Losses = 52 Draws = 10 #Games = 133
#Games Players 1&2 = 296  Total Wins = 139 Total Losses = 137 Total Draws = 20
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.5036  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4696

Flag Position = 11
Player1 Wins = 16 Losses = 44 Draws = 4 #Games = 64
Player2 Wins = 33 Losses = 47 Draws = 3 #Games = 83
#Games Players 1&2 = 147  Total Wins = 49 Total Losses = 91 Total Draws = 7
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.3500  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.3333

Flag Position = 12
Player1 Wins = 190 Losses = 256 Draws = 16 #Games = 462
Player2 Wins = 171 Losses = 213 Draws = 23 #Games = 407
#Games Players 1&2 = 869  Total Wins = 361 Total Losses = 469 Total Draws = 39
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.4349  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4154

Flag Position = 13
Player1 Wins = 284 Losses = 329 Draws = 24 #Games = 637
Player2 Wins = 340 Losses = 444 Draws = 29 #Games = 813
#Games Players 1&2 = 1450  Total Wins = 624 Total Losses = 773 Total Draws = 53
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.4467  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4303

Flag Position = 14
Player1 Wins = 49 Losses = 78 Draws = 5 #Games = 132
Player2 Wins = 50 Losses = 78 Draws = 13 #Games = 141
#Games Players 1&2 = 273  Total Wins = 99 Total Losses = 156 Total Draws = 18
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.3882  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.3626

Flag Position = 15
Player1 Wins = 31 Losses = 65 Draws = 12 #Games = 108
Player2 Wins = 43 Losses = 71 Draws = 6 #Games = 120
#Games Players 1&2 = 228  Total Wins = 74 Total Losses = 136 Total Draws = 18
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.3524  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.3246

Flag Position = 16
Player1 Wins = 284 Losses = 399 Draws = 35 #Games = 718
Player2 Wins = 424 Losses = 487 Draws = 38 #Games = 949
#Games Players 1&2 = 1667  Total Wins = 708 Total Losses = 886 Total Draws = 73
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.4442  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4247

Flag Position = 17
Player1 Wins = 213 Losses = 275 Draws = 21 #Games = 509
Player2 Wins = 202 Losses = 248 Draws = 21 #Games = 471
#Games Players 1&2 = 980  Total Wins = 415 Total Losses = 523 Total Draws = 42
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.4424  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4235

Flag Position = 18
Player1 Wins = 29 Losses = 40 Draws = 4 #Games = 73
Player2 Wins = 25 Losses = 47 Draws = 5 #Games = 77
#Games Players 1&2 = 150  Total Wins = 54 Total Losses = 87 Total Draws = 9
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.3830  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.3600

Flag Position = 19
Player1 Wins = 155 Losses = 106 Draws = 15 #Games = 276
Player2 Wins = 227 Losses = 113 Draws = 15 #Games = 355
#Games Players 1&2 = 631  Total Wins = 382 Total Losses = 219 Total Draws = 30
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.6356  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.6054

Flag Position = 20
Player1 Wins = 23 Losses = 39 Draws = 1 #Games = 63
Player2 Wins = 28 Losses = 27 Draws = 2 #Games = 57
#Games Players 1&2 = 120  Total Wins = 51 Total Losses = 66 Total Draws = 3
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.4359  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4250

Flag Position = 21
Player1 Wins = 1 Losses = 8 Draws = 1 #Games = 10
Player2 Wins = 6 Losses = 11 Draws = 0 #Games = 17
#Games Players 1&2 = 27  Total Wins = 7 Total Losses = 19 Total Draws = 1
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.2692  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.2593

Flag Position = 22
Player1 Wins = 36 Losses = 47 Draws = 6 #Games = 89
Player2 Wins = 27 Losses = 45 Draws = 4 #Games = 76
#Games Players 1&2 = 165  Total Wins = 63 Total Losses = 92 Total Draws = 10
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.4065  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.3818

Flag Position = 23
Player1 Wins = 110 Losses = 119 Draws = 10 #Games = 239
Player2 Wins = 51 Losses = 82 Draws = 2 #Games = 135
#Games Players 1&2 = 374  Total Wins = 161 Total Losses = 201 Total Draws = 12
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.4448  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.4305

Flag Position = 24
Player1 Wins = 9 Losses = 17 Draws = 1 #Games = 27
Player2 Wins = 2 Losses = 10 Draws = 2 #Games = 14
#Games Players 1&2 = 41  Total Wins = 11 Total Losses = 27 Total Draws = 3
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.2895  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.2683

Flag Position = 25
Player1 Wins = 7 Losses = 12 Draws = 1 #Games = 20
Player2 Wins = 2 Losses = 14 Draws = 2 #Games = 18
#Games Players 1&2 = 38  Total Wins = 9 Total Losses = 26 Total Draws = 3
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.2571  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.2368

Flag Position = 26
Player1 Wins = 27 Losses = 66 Draws = 2 #Games = 95
Player2 Wins = 46 Losses = 70 Draws = 3 #Games = 119
#Games Players 1&2 = 214  Total Wins = 73 Total Losses = 136 Total Draws = 5
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.3493  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.3411

Flag Position = 27
Player1 Wins = 20 Losses = 58 Draws = 4 #Games = 82
Player2 Wins = 27 Losses = 63 Draws = 5 #Games = 95
#Games Players 1&2 = 177  Total Wins = 47 Total Losses = 121 Total Draws = 9
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.2798  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.2655

Flag Position = 28
Player1 Wins = 2 Losses = 9 Draws = 1 #Games = 12
Player2 Wins = 2 Losses = 14 Draws = 2 #Games = 18
#Games Players 1&2 = 30  Total Wins = 4 Total Losses = 23 Total Draws = 3
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.1481  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.1333

Flag Position = 29
Player1 Wins = 151 Losses = 132 Draws = 14 #Games = 297
Player2 Wins = 115 Losses = 100 Draws = 10 #Games = 225
#Games Players 1&2 = 522  Total Wins = 266 Total Losses = 232 Total Draws = 24
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.5341  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.5096

Flag Position = 30
Player1 Wins = 35 Losses = 57 Draws = 1 #Games = 93
Player2 Wins = 25 Losses = 40 Draws = 4 #Games = 69
#Games Players 1&2 = 162  Total Wins = 60 Total Losses = 97 Total Draws = 5
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.3822  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.3704

Flag Position = 31
Player1 Wins = 2 Losses = 4 Draws = 0 #Games = 6
Player2 Wins = 1 Losses = 15 Draws = 0 #Games = 16
#Games Players 1&2 = 22  Total Wins = 3 Total Losses = 19 Total Draws = 0
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.1364  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.1364

Flag Position = 32
Player1 Wins = 38 Losses = 81 Draws = 6 #Games = 125
Player2 Wins = 30 Losses = 72 Draws = 3 #Games = 105
#Games Players 1&2 = 230  Total Wins = 68 Total Losses = 153 Total Draws = 9
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.3077  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.2957

Flag Position = 33
Player1 Wins = 27 Losses = 68 Draws = 4 #Games = 99
Player2 Wins = 36 Losses = 68 Draws = 5 #Games = 109
#Games Players 1&2 = 208  Total Wins = 63 Total Losses = 136 Total Draws = 9
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.3166  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.3029

Flag Position = 34
Player1 Wins = 1 Losses = 17 Draws = 1 #Games = 19
Player2 Wins = 3 Losses = 19 Draws = 1 #Games = 23
#Games Players 1&2 = 42  Total Wins = 4 Total Losses = 36 Total Draws = 2
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.1000  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.0952

Flag Position = 35
Player1 Wins = 2 Losses = 12 Draws = 2 #Games = 16
Player2 Wins = 3 Losses = 8 Draws = 0 #Games = 11
#Games Players 1&2 = 27  Total Wins = 5 Total Losses = 20 Total Draws = 2
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.2000  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.1852

Flag Position = 36
Player1 Wins = 21 Losses = 69 Draws = 7 #Games = 97
Player2 Wins = 31 Losses = 53 Draws = 5 #Games = 89
#Games Players 1&2 = 186  Total Wins = 52 Total Losses = 122 Total Draws = 12
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.2989  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.2796

Flag Position = 37
Player1 Wins = 62 Losses = 130 Draws = 20 #Games = 212
Player2 Wins = 60 Losses = 133 Draws = 7 #Games = 200
#Games Players 1&2 = 412  Total Wins = 122 Total Losses = 263 Total Draws = 27
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.3169  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.2961

Flag Position = 38
Player1 Wins = 8 Losses = 16 Draws = 4 #Games = 28
Player2 Wins = 2 Losses = 14 Draws = 2 #Games = 18
#Games Players 1&2 = 46  Total Wins = 10 Total Losses = 30 Total Draws = 6
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.2500  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.2174

Flag Position = 39
Player1 Wins = 22 Losses = 52 Draws = 2 #Games = 76
Player2 Wins = 31 Losses = 39 Draws = 1 #Games = 71
#Games Players 1&2 = 147  Total Wins = 53 Total Losses = 91 Total Draws = 3
Win/(Win+Loss) Percentage = 0.3681  Win/(Win+Loss+Draw) Percentage = 0.3605

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View Top Row, Open Flag Winning Game files at Gravon Stratego Archive site

I did an analysis on almost 85,000 Stratego game board setups, from the Gravon Stratego archive files, to find out how players fared with open flags on the top row.  I did not count the 4 positions behind the lakes.  Here are the results:

	Total Wins	Total Games	Win Percentage
Player 1 Center Squares	3	35	8.57%
Player 2 Center Squares	5	34	8.82%
Player 1 Outside Wings	57	169	33.73%
Player 2 Outside Wings	54	140	38.57%
Player 1 Inside  Wings	10	34	29.41%
Player 2 Inside Wings	3	34	8.82%

Most of the time the players lost with open flags on the top row.  It's incredibly difficult to win with a flag on the 2 center squares or the 2 inside columns on the far sides.  Winning was a lot easier on the top row on the outside wings, but still below 50%.  In the stats above, Player 1 is the player that moves first.  Player 2 moves second.  Going 2nd should be a little harder to win, because your opponent has 2 chances to win the game by scouting your flag in 1 move.  But that was only the case on the inside columns.  In the stats above, I only counted the wins, not losses or ties.  There were a few draws in these games, but most of the time the players with open flags on the front row lost.  The winning stats are a little inflated too because some of the "wins" were from players quitting after the 1st move or leaving the game.  Also, in a few games, both players had flags on the top row.

The files below were the winning games with flags in the center front top row(2 middle squares):
classic-2005.10-3351.xml
classic-2005.11-7392.xml
classic-2006.0-313.xml
classic-2006.2-7249.xml
classic-2006.4-1615.xml
classic-2006.4-5912.xml
classic-2014.10-2664.xml
classic-2014.5-138.xml

The files below were the winning games with flags on the top row on the outside(left and right) wings:
classic-2005.10-1263.xml
classic-2005.10-1955.xml
classic-2005.10-2816.xml
classic-2005.10-3510.xml
classic-2005.10-4479.xml
classic-2005.10-4521.xml
classic-2005.10-5217.xml
classic-2005.10-5659.xml
classic-2005.10-5716.xml
classic-2005.10-5895.xml
classic-2005.10-6141.xml
classic-2005.10-622.xml
classic-2005.10-6530.xml
classic-2005.10-6854.xml
classic-2005.10-6972.xml
classic-2005.10-7710.xml
classic-2005.10-7795.xml
classic-2005.10-8249.xml
classic-2005.10-832.xml
classic-2005.11-1299.xml
classic-2005.11-2067.xml
classic-2005.11-2573.xml
classic-2005.11-3241.xml
classic-2005.11-3400.xml
classic-2005.11-3838.xml
classic-2005.11-5832.xml
classic-2005.11-6271.xml
classic-2005.11-6645.xml
classic-2005.11-7177.xml
classic-2005.11-7531.xml
classic-2005.11-781.xml
classic-2005.11-958.xml
classic-2005.9-1694.xml
classic-2005.9-2492.xml
classic-2005.9-2596.xml
classic-2005.9-2886.xml
classic-2005.9-4194.xml
classic-2005.9-433.xml
classic-2005.9-6431.xml
classic-2005.9-6933.xml
classic-2006.0-1743.xml
classic-2006.0-2034.xml
classic-2006.0-2723.xml
classic-2006.0-3633.xml
classic-2006.0-3642.xml
classic-2006.0-4614.xml
classic-2006.0-7565.xml
classic-2006.0-766.xml
classic-2006.0-827.xml
classic-2006.1-1852.xml
classic-2006.1-221.xml
classic-2006.1-3422.xml
classic-2006.1-3524.xml
classic-2006.1-3909.xml
classic-2006.1-6986.xml
classic-2006.1-7192.xml
classic-2006.1-8080.xml
classic-2006.2-1035.xml
classic-2006.2-1089.xml
classic-2006.2-1417.xml
classic-2006.2-1987.xml
classic-2006.2-4249.xml
classic-2006.2-5344.xml
classic-2006.2-6258.xml
classic-2006.2-688.xml
classic-2006.2-753.xml
classic-2006.2-7947.xml
classic-2006.2-8304.xml
classic-2006.4-2647.xml
classic-2006.4-3438.xml
classic-2006.4-5258.xml
classic-2006.4-5414.xml
classic-2006.4-6668.xml
classic-2006.4-672.xml
classic-2006.5-2435.xml
classic-2006.5-2471.xml
classic-2006.5-2627.xml
classic-2006.5-3301.xml
classic-2006.5-4299.xml
classic-2006.5-5152.xml
classic-2006.5-6649.xml
classic-2006.5-6736.xml
classic-2006.5-6762.xml
classic-2006.7-5232.xml
classic-2006.7-6061.xml
classic-2014.0-211.xml
classic-2014.0-2250.xml
classic-2014.10-1946.xml
classic-2014.11-1590.xml
classic-2014.11-2206.xml
classic-2014.11-296.xml
classic-2014.4-2099.xml
classic-2014.4-2154.xml
classic-2014.4-985.xml
classic-2014.5-1225.xml
classic-2014.5-1335.xml
classic-2014.5-1611.xml
classic-2014.5-1810.xml
classic-2014.5-2152.xml
classic-2014.5-2163.xml
classic-2014.6-672.xml
classic-2014.6-993.xml
classic-2014.7-690.xml
classic-2014.8-515.xml
classic-2014.9-1868.xml
classic-2014.9-409.xml
classic-2014.9-498.xml
classic-2014.9-688.xml
classic-2015.1-1285.xml
classic-2015.1-1506.xml
classic-2015.2-1415.xml

The files below were the winning games with flags on the top row on the inside(left and right) wings:
classic-2005.10-4535.xml
classic-2005.10-4904.xml
classic-2005.10-6378.xml
classic-2005.10-7093.xml
classic-2005.9-195.xml
classic-2005.9-4596.xml
classic-2005.9-6508.xml
classic-2006.0-6787.xml
classic-2006.2-1642.xml
classic-2006.5-2677.xml
classic-2006.7-5644.xml
classic-2014.4-115.xml
classic-2015.1-2360.xml

You can find the stratego game files at the archive site on Gravon:
http://www.gravon.de/strados2/files/

You can find the player to view the files at this link: http://www.gravon.de/gravon/stratego/strados2.jsp

Some of these games are very interesting to watch.  I would not recommend playing with open flags on the 2 center squares or inside wings.  It's too difficult to win.  Playing with the flag on the outside wings is much, much easier to win.  In fact, it's a lot of fun.  In the future, I'll write a post giving tips on how to win those games provided you survive the first couple of moves.

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Common Stratego Game Setups by Piece

The charts below show Stratego piece placements from 84,956 game setups.

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