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Junta:

Viva el Presidente

Business as usual in the Republica de las Bananas, only the rulers have changed! Now private militias dictate daily life instead of the generals, players either hold the office of president or are ex-functionaries hiding in their well-guarded compounds and living on their Swiss bank accounts.

One round of this sequel to Junta comprises 6 phases, always for all players. In Phase 1 cards are drawn. In phase 2 the president selects cards from his hand as promises to the rebels. Rebels can look at those promises. In phase 3 the rebels give orders to their militias, for either attacking or for defending themselves or the president. The president cannot attack and his militia defends him automatically. In phase 4 conflicts resulting from the orders are resolved. At first the defender plays cards and then the attacker; then the dice are rolled for the militias and loot is distributed for conflicts won. If nobody attacks the president all his promise cards are handed out. In phase 5 you can spend money on new militias, cards and buildings. Buildings strengthen your defense and earn you victory points. With 5 victory points from buildings and special cards you win the game. In the expert game you need 6 points to win, the presidential sun glasses are also worth a point and a die result of 1 destroys opposing militia.

This is dyed in the wool satire, from the presidential sun glasses to the luxury car made up from bananas, if you like Junta this is a must-have! This game is one of the very rare cases in which a sequel nearly surpasses the quality of its predecessor! Fast undiluted fun to play!

Players: 3-5

Age: 10+

Duration: 45+

Designer: Sebastian Resl, Christoph Reiser

Artist: Claus Stephan, Martin Hoffmann, Hans-Georg Schneider

Price: ca. 25 Euro

Publisher: Pegasus Spiele 2010

Web: www.pegasus.de

Genre: Dice game with cards

Users: With friends

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Sequel to Junta + Topic nicely continued * Mechanics have been pared down and shortened * satire and fun are the same

Compares to :

Junta for the topic, Cosims and similar game for dice-driven conflict resolving

Other editions:

Junta: Viva el Presidente, Z-Man Games

Chance: 3

Tactic: 3

Strategy: 0

Creativity: 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory: 0

Communication: 0

Interaction: 2

Dexterity: 0

Action: 0