Online Stratego

Stratego - it is like Chess, only different. Same type of board, same type of movement, and there is no luck involved at all. The best player almost always win.
But, unlike Chess, Stratego adds the element of uncertainty - you don't know where the opponents specific pieces are. Setting up the board is half the game, and you need to master it in order to win. This also makes knowledge of your enemy more important than in Chess.

All in all, Stratego is more challenging than Chess, and deserves more credit than it usually gets. I've always wondered how Chess seems the more respectable of the two.

This also carries in the online versions of the games; you can find very, very good online chess games everywhere, but it is hard to find a really good online Stratego game. There are a number of download games, but if possible, I prefer the browser-based ones, so I can play from any computer.

I play two sites, and both of them are really far from perfect.

http://www.browserchess.net/stratego/
This is my favorite site for a quick, casual single-player game. It loads very fast, and everything is geared towards quickly getting a game going. There is a nice array of rule variations and standard starting positions, and the interface leads you into the game.
On the flip side - the graphics are plain ugly. In any other browser than IE the layout is misaligned. The AI has two levels; dumb and really dumb. The response to the mouse is sluggish. I could go on. Seeing how nicely online Chess can be done, there is really no excuse for this. But still - the game is good enough, and once the game is on you focus on that and forget the interface.

http://www.metaforge.net/webstratego/
This is my favorite site for playing other users. You can also play a robot, but the real fun is playing other people. You can create your own game variation from a long list of options, and there are always many other players online, so you can get a game going within minutes. The in-game chat is a good way to get to know the other players, which is very important in Stratego.
The site has everything needed to support a real community, and I would recommend this site anytime, once you know your way around the rules, the pieces and the board.
My major grief with this site is that is is written in Java, and runs in an ugly applet that sometimes crash my browser, or fail to load completely. I guess the game is pretty old, and the developers have not found it necessary to rewrite it in a more modern fashion.

So, to sum up:
If you like Chess, you should really play Stratego as well.
If you are new to the game, use browserchess.net/stratego/ to get started and practice some set ups. But to test yourself against other players, go to metaforge.net/webstratego and create a free account. You can play 25 games for free before being asked to buy a subscription (very reasonably priced).

Getting started:	http://www.browserchess.net/stratego/
Best community:	http://www.metaforge.net/webstratego/