Ask HN: Best online strategy board game?
I am a huge fan of Stratego, which is similar to chess, except you do not know a pieces rank until you strike it (all pieces are identical). Unfortunately, the online game seems to be breaking more and more as the company who built it is no longer maintaining it. Any recommendations? Not looking for an online game like LoL where there is constant input and output, but one where there is time to consider what is the best move.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 55.2 ms ] threadI believe there are more board game sites where you can find people to play with, like board game garena[2].
[1] https://www.playok.com/ [2] https://boardgamearena.com/
It models the Cold War. One player is the US, while the other is USSR. The main conceit is what if you could re-order the sequence of historical events, which drives the overall mechanic, which is vying for influence country by country with the assumption that the domino theory was correct.
The game is available on Steam, iOS and Android (though, you'll probably need a tablet for mobile).
This is probably the best resource for learning the game: https://twilightstrategy.com/
http://www.usgo.org/go-internet
http://jcloisterzone.com/en/