Strategos (game)

Jon Peterson identifies Strategos as being largely descended from the Prussian Kriegsspiel, and its translations, that had made their way into the hands of British military officers in the 1870s.

[1] Strategos was meant to be a training tool at various levels, starting with introductory scenarios and working toward more complex and advanced ones.

Mr. Totten's has the advantage of priority of publication, and is claimed to be based on military principles and to be an assistant both to the young and old student, that by its means one can wheel a set of fours and manoeuvre a great army.

[3] In Strategos, Totten leans toward the "free" kriegsspiel movement in allowing the referee discretion in matters not covered by the normal game rules.

[5] Dave Arneson developed Strategos RT for his Russo-Turkish wargames campaign, and the rules circulated in draft form in 1969.

[5] Dave Wesely developed Strategos C for wargames set during the American Civil War, and it circulated in draft form in 1969, acting as a precursor to Valley Forge (1976).

[8] According to some analyses, the early mass combat battles in Blackmoor, as detailed in The First Fantasy Campaign (1977), were based on Strategos rather than Chainmail.