Produktbeschreibung
Each player controls one of the great plutocratic families of the Republica of Los Bananas. They chose among themselves the president - El Presidente. El Presidente distributes among the players the main state positions - security chief, general, amiral - and the wonderful multocoloured uniforms. Last but not least, El Presidente divy up among the players the international aid, generously give by a powerful foreign state that doesn't ask, and doesn't ask itself, any question. The winner is, logically, the player with the biggest swiss bank account when the international aid stops.
The main originality of Junta is its structure. There are two games in one. The political maneuvers are rendered through a simple and dynamic card game. But when some of the great families disagree with the president's policy, they may initiate a coup. The coup is a game inside the game, a little 40 minutes wargame played on a a map of the capital, in which each player tries to gain control of the presidential palace, the TV station, a.s.o.
Junta is an american game from the early eighties, like Kings and Things or Britannia. It is therefore a game of a whole night, not a little beer and pretzel thing. Nevertheless, it's still relatively light and dynamic, with lots of fun and humor not only in the theme, but also in the mechanics. Like Courtisans, Junta is not a game of diplomacy, it's a game of muddle and treason.
The only drawbacks with this game is that it works well only with 5 or 7 players, and that the wargamey rules for coup are a bit too complex.
POWER!
Who will be the next El Presidente of La Republica de los Bananas? With the Peasants and the Church on your side, plus a few million pesos to grease the right palms, it could easily be you...
MONEY!
But where to get that few million pesos? Your Air Force was never on the receiving end when the former El Presidente distributed the yearly budgets, so you're broke. (He felt the budget money belonged in his Swiss bank account.) Perhaps if you can find a professional to assassinate the Admiral before he gets to the bank....
INTRIGUE!
Assassins cost money too, but with the Monarchists on your side, something can be arranged. Now the question is, where to catch the Admiral? At home? At his mistress'? At the bank....
REVOLUTION!
The Admiral didn't go to the bank, and someone else was elected El Presidente. As a loyal citizen, you order your Air Force to defend la Republica (and your power base) from another corrupt regime. As the planes fly overhead and the tanks rumble from the barracks, the coup is on! Will you triumph to become the new El Presidente for Life? Or will you be sent to the firing squad?
Junta is the game of power, intrigue, money and revolution in an all too familiar banana republic. In this multi-player game, the players, as the ruling families of la Republica, connive, cajole, threaten and ally their way to the fattest Swiss bank account. |