Flag

The flag is the most important piece in a game of Stratego. If you capture your opponent's flag, you win; and if they capture your flag, you lose, so protect your flag well. Most people place their flag in the back row, and protect it with bombs, as shown below, where B stands for Bombs, F is your Flag, and L represents lake. This is a good strategy if you can manage to capture all of your opponent's miners, but otherwise it is best to put your flag somewhere unexpected, or you could do a little of both, and put your flag somewhere unexpected, but also guard it with a few bombs.