TEG (board game)

Infobox_Game
subject_name = "TEG"
image_link =
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players = 2–6
ages = 8+
setup_time = 5–10 minutes
playing_time = 1–8 (or more) hours (player dependent)
complexity = medium
strategy = high
random_chance = medium
skills = Tactics, Strategy, and Negotiation

"TEG" is an Argentine "Risk"-based board wargame published in 1976. The name is an acronym of "Plan Táctico y Estratégico de la Guerra", Spanish for "Plan for War Tactics and Strategy" (The P does not stand in the acronym, for a reason yet unknown, maybe because PTEG is not so easy to say in Spanish).

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 6 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 misshapen.

The 50 Countries sorted into their respective continents are the following:

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 advertisment, 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

*es icon [http://www.tegnerd.com.ar Tegnerd] - TEGnet online community.
*es icon [http://www.tegnet.com.ar TEGnet] - freeware computer version of "TEG".
*es icon [http://www.planetateg.com.ar Planeta TEG] - TEGnet online community.
*es icon [http://teg1.netfirms.com/cgi-bin/teg.cgi?document=Reglamento1&frames=0#Arriba Rules for "TEG"]
*bgg|22392|"Plan Táctico y Estratégico de la Guerra"