Crowns

Someone mentioned it as being like a combination of Chess and Stratego. Having played both games for a long time, I think that's a fair statement, at least in a loose sense, since it combines the best aspects of them -- the piece setup in Stratego and the strategy and tactics in Chess. It's hard for me to say that a game is better than Chess, because that's such an iconic classic. I think this game should be theoretically a better game, but there's so many factors in play, including Chess' enormous historic value, that it's hard for me to rate it higher than Chess. That said, with all due respect to one of my favorite childhood games, it's definitely far better and deeper than Stratego, and that's sold well for half a century.