I’ve never played Stratego. I’ve heard of Stratego, but never really even knew what the board looked like, nor the pieces used to play the game. So it was Google to the rescue, once again. I was hoping for a bit of catharsis when I got to blow up all the little blue and red men (soldiers? troops? remember, I Googled the images, not the game itself) but was robbed when it became nearly impossible to cram all the dialogue and character beats into one page along with showing each, oh-so-satisfying explosion. In the end, I had to settle for specks and dust, all that remains of the larger-than-life Stratego board. Worth it.

All that, and I’m really happy with how Brigid turned out in those last two panels. The next page will be our penultimate episode of the Finder’s Keepers saga, so stay tuned to see how it all shakes out!