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Strategy

Strategy

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Strategy

Strategy games are a popular type of game that requires players to outwit and outmaneuver fellow players through careful decision making, planning several moves ahead and attempting to predict outcomes. Perhaps one of the best known strategy games is chess. Chess is a strategy game where two players move pieces with several different capabilities around the board in an attempt to checkmate their opponent. The strategy of chess requires taking into account many different factors such as the position of your own king, the position of the opponent's king, the number of pawns remaining on each side, what other pieces are available, diagonal trajectories toward opponent's pieces and open spaces, just to name a few. Another popular strategy board game is Stratego. In this game two players establish an abstracted battlefield with Marshalls, Miners, Bombs, Colonels, Scouts, and other military positions. The goal of the game is to capture your opponent's flag, which is hidden on the opponent's…

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