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L'Attaque

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L'Attaque, also known as The Attack, is a French board wargame first published by Hermance Edan in 1909, which inspired the creation of later games such as Stratego. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Sport
Game Type (category)
Board Game 1
Game Type (category)
Strategy Game 1
Origin Year
1909 1
Game Type
Board wargame 1
Classification
Player Count
Two-Player 1
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1. Wikipedia, L'Attaque
  • Lead paragraph
    L'Attaque or The Attack is a French board wargame first published by Hermance Edan in 1909 which inspired the creation of later games, such as Stratego.
  • Lead section
    Two players each move 36 ranked game pieces with hidden identities
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Wikidata: L'Attaque
Wikidata Q11143488, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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