Junta (game)
Junta is a satirical board game by Vincent Tsao, Ben Grossman and Eric Goldberg. In the board game, the players take on the role of members of a junta that govern a fictional, highly corrupt " Republica de las Bananas ". The aim of the game is the misappropriation of funds, depending on the output are the either development assistance funds of a " great power that does not ask questions " or funds of the UN, which must be accumulated on your own Swiss bank account. The rules of the game have some special features, such as to deceive the express request, his teammates.
History
The game was released in 1979 in the United States in Small Publishing Creative Wargames Workshop. In this first edition, it caused quite a stir since the Author Vincent Tsao has mapped its name clearly on the cover. Another edition appeared in 1985 also in the United States at West End Games. A German edition appeared in 1986 and 1999 ASA an almost unchanged reprint from Schmidt games. 2005 graphically revised German version was published by West End Games in October 2007, at Pegasus Press.
The game also appeared in French in Jeux Descartes and in Spanish as Golpe at Borras Plana.
The application for the indexing of the game was refused on 3 March 1988 by the Federal Department for youth-endangering writings.
Authors
In the first edition only Vincent Tsao is mentioned as author. Among other requirements, Ben Grossman and Eric Goldberg While Tsao and Grossmann are not entered as game designers in appearance, Goldberg has developed even more games (among conflict simulations).