Editing Stratego (section)

===Stratego (classic)===
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''Stratego'' was created by [[Dutch people|Dutchman]] [[:de:Jacques Johan Mogendorff|Jacques Johan Mogendorff]] sometime before 1942. The name was registered as a trademark in 1942 by the Dutch company [[Van Perlstein & Roeper Bosch N.V.]] (which also produced the first edition of ''[[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]'').  After WW2, Mogendorff licensed Stratego to [[Smeets and Schippers]], a Dutch company, in 1946. [[Hausemann and Hotte]] acquired a license in 1958 for European distribution, and in 1959 for global distribution.  After Mogendorff's death in 1961, Hausemann and Hotte purchased the trademark from his heirs, and sublicensed it to [[Milton Bradley Company|Milton Bradley]] (which was acquired by [[Hasbro]] in 1984) in 1961 for United States distribution. It is introduced to the people of the United States as, "the American version of the game now popular on [[the Continent]]."<ref>Stratego box, 1961</ref> In 2009, Hausemann and Hotte was succeeded by Koninklijke Jumbo B.V. in the Netherlands.

The modern game of ''Stratego'', with its Napoleonic imagery, was originally manufactured in the Netherlands. Pieces were originally made of printed cardboard and inserted in metal clip stands. After World War II, painted [[wood]] pieces became standard.<ref name="Wagg">{{cite book |last=Waggoner |first=Susan |title=Under the Tree: the Toys and Treats That Made Christmas Special, 1930–1970 |publisher=Stewart, Tabori & Chang |date=2007 |isbn=978-1584796411}}</ref> Starting in the early 1960s all versions switched to [[plastic]] pieces. The change from wood to plastic was made for economical reasons, as was the case with many products during that period, but with Stratego the change also served a structural function: Unlike the wooden pieces, the plastic pieces were designed with a small base. The wooden pieces had none, often resulting in pieces tipping over. This was disastrous for that player, since it often immediately revealed the piece's rank, as well as unleashing a [[Domino toppling|literal domino effect]] by having a falling piece knock over other pieces. European versions introduced cylindrical castle-shaped pieces that proved to be popular. American editions later introduced new rectangular pieces with a more stable base and colorful stickers, not images directly imprinted on the plastic.

European versions of the game give the Marshal the highest number (10), while the initial American versions used the numbering system of ''L'Attaque'', giving the Marshal the lowest number (1) to show the highest value (i.e. it is the number 1, or most powerful, tile). More recent American versions of the game, which adopted the European system, caused considerable complaint among American players who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s. This may have been a factor in the release of a ''Nostalgia'' edition, in a wooden box, reproducing the [[classic]] edition of the early 1970s.