Pedro Martínez: ... and since then, I have finished one more game against a fellow beginner (puupia), which I won, so that makes 2 proper wins across all 5 variants ever.

Pedro Martínez:  Thank you for your concern over doing things properly.  When I saw this tournament, I had only finished 1 Espionage variant game properly.  The following is the query I sent:

"I'm interested in Espionage and have been reading the posts on the
board for a while.  My rating is above 1500 in all variants, but out of
the total of 22 games across all variants, Indriel has
timed out in 10, Snoopy got overwhelmed by games and resigned 10,
MadMonkey timed out in 1, so that only leaves 1 game I've ever played
properly!  Would I still be disqualified as a newbie, based on these
unearned ratings, do you think?"

I was told I was eligible, but if the organisers now think otherwise, I'll pull out as I don't wish to upset anyone.

SL-Mark: I hope they don't all do that - I'm off to Edinburgh for a few days tomorrow and although it's a lovely place, I don't think bagpipes would add much to my enjoyment

Hi - I'm hoping for some help from the international players. 

About 20 years ago I used to play this game against my cousin in Brazil and used his rules (from the Brazilian version called Combate) instead of those from my slightly different UK version (called Stratego).  All these years later I can't remember the differences, just that I preferred the Brazilian rules.

Is there anyone out there who can tell me the rules for Combate, please, as this site has rekindled my interest?

SL-Bosse: I also read this board, but am waiting until my total number of games is more under control before joining in these espionage games more