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Miles

Miles is a Java implementation of the strategic board game "Stratego".

Downloads

Miles-0.8.jar

Running it

Run with:

java -jar Miles.jar file.txt

File.txt is a simple text-file describing the board-layout you want to use.
The contents of the file can look like this:

1: VMGKKJJJPP
2: PPLLLLSSSS
3: IIIIIRRRRR
4: RRROBBBBBB

As you can see it consists of 4 lines with a line-number and for each position a character that selects the piece-type to put on the board at that position. List of possible characters:

V: VLAG (flag)
M: MAARSCHALK (marshal)
G: GENERAAL (general)
K: KOLONEL (colonel)
J: MAJOOR (major)
P: KAPITEIN (captain)
L: LUITENANT (lieutenant)
S: SERGEANT (sergeant)
I: MINEUR (miner)
R: VERKENNER (scout)
O: SPION (spy)
B: BOM (bomb)

Miles?

Miles is Latin for soldier.

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