TEG (board game)
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Playing TEG | |
| Players | 2–6 |
|---|---|
| Age range | 8+ |
| Setup time | 5–10 minutes |
| Playing time | 1–8 (or more) hours (player dependent) |
| Random chance | medium |
| Skill(s) required | Tactics, Strategy, and Negotiation |
TEG is an Argentine strategy board wargame published in 1976, based on the game Risk. The name is an acronym of Táctica y Estrategia para la Guerra., Spanish for Tactics and Strategy for War.
Gameplay
TEG follows a gameplay quite similar to the strategy board game Risk, since it also features a board divided in many different regions and sub-regions along with the implementation of dice to decide battle results.
Goal
The goal of the game is to be the first player to fulfill the requisites of an objective, without mattering whether it is the common objective or the secret objective.
Common Objective
The Common objective is to conquer 30 countries; this objective is the same for all players.
Secret Objective
Apart from the common objective, players have got a secret objective; unlike the common objective, the secret objective is:
- Hidden to other players
- Unique, it varies per player
Board
The board is divided into six continents which consist of a certain amount of countries each; the total number of countries present in the game board is 50. These countries were randomly selected, and continents are slightly misrepresented.
The 50 Countries sorted into their respective continents are the following:
| North America | Europe | Asia |
| South America | Africa | |
| Oceania |
Variants
- TEG 2 an advanced version of TEG with different types of armies.
- TEG: La Revancha an advanced version of TEG with same core rules, but far more countries and the addition of missiles.
Popular culture
The game appeared once in the film Kamchatka, although the film takes place in 1976 and their protagonists (Ricardo Darín and Cecilia Roth) are shown playing TEG, the game was still not released for public sale.
It has been also referenced in a diapers TV advertisement, in which -among other criteria- the mother and the father play TEG in order to decide who cleans the baby ("China ataca Kamchatka" China attacks Kamchatka the woman says).
External links
- (Spanish) Tegnerd - TEGnet online community.
- (Spanish) TEGnet - freeware computer version of TEG.
- Tenes Empanadas Graciela - a free software version of TEG for UNIX-like systems
- (Spanish) Planeta TEG - TEGnet online community.
- (Spanish) Rules for TEG
- Plan Táctico y Estratégico de la Guerra at BoardGameGeek