tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post8440135109306232193..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: Anybody else remember Junta?Jeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-63202429937230969852009-04-16T06:37:00.000-05:002009-04-16T06:37:00.000-05:00Sheesh - Junta! I have been recalling my one eveni...Sheesh - Junta! I have been recalling my one evening with this game and a bunch of gamers in the eighties somewhere in a church hall in Wodonga, Victoria with the nearest gaming club i could reach, a distance of about 50 miles.<br /><br />It was one of the greatest games and I still recall it. I think I played my first game of the original illuminati at the same place, btw.Adelaide Gamerhttp://roumhistory.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-19960630988944725302009-04-08T02:34:00.000-05:002009-04-08T02:34:00.000-05:00Played a lot back in the day.Played a lot back in the day.S. John Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284417121877141161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-83982170192094434872009-04-07T21:09:00.000-05:002009-04-07T21:09:00.000-05:00An absolute classic, although with the benefit of ...An absolute classic, although with the benefit of hindsight I now think the game was too long and repetitive.<BR/><BR/>It was hilarious for the first three hours of play though.Sir Harroknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-80964641675682343522009-04-07T19:09:00.000-05:002009-04-07T19:09:00.000-05:00Ah, the ceremonial shelling of the Presidential Pa...Ah, the ceremonial shelling of the Presidential Palace by the Admiral of the Navy to start off a coup. The only perk of that position, normally reserved for the immediate former President...Swordsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05144171573448751890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-51429438998892800152009-04-07T15:34:00.000-05:002009-04-07T15:34:00.000-05:00Junta is such a blast. My friend Gordon always get...Junta is such a blast. My friend Gordon always gets elected El Presidente because he gives hilarious acceptance speeches: "My fellow citizens, a new day has dawned for our fair Republic..." Good times.Leo Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537108468817834665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-41857486139991381382009-04-07T12:00:00.000-05:002009-04-07T12:00:00.000-05:00I've played it a few times, and it's fun. But as f...I've played it a few times, and it's fun. But as far as I can recall most of the time most of the players have very little incentive to keep the current government together, and the result is a long and boring succession of almost immediate collapses into civil war. I think <A HREF="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/196" REL="nofollow">Kremlin</A> is better. <A HREF="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1593" REL="nofollow">Down With The King</A> is another flawed but interesting "cabinet game".Leo Richard Comerfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824237190916037661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-26238804656850566702009-04-07T11:14:00.000-05:002009-04-07T11:14:00.000-05:00Junta is great fun.It's one of the few board games...Junta is great fun.<BR/><BR/>It's one of the few board games my group has explicitly asked for me to bring back.Pat Ludwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04707795134699733017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-84592404201978510322009-04-07T07:59:00.000-05:002009-04-07T07:59:00.000-05:00I had some buddies in college who were obsessed wi...I had some buddies in college who were obsessed with Junta. I never really got into it but I often wish I had.DMWieghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682249561077936507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-63237881335677812762009-04-07T07:25:00.000-05:002009-04-07T07:25:00.000-05:00It´s one of those games that are better not revisi...It´s one of those games that are better not revisited, but rather fondly remembered; a bit like a high school crush.<BR/><BR/>But man, did we have fun with Junta, I can tell you. There´s still a corpus of ad-hoc invented puns and jokes me and my buddies refer to that stem from our Junta-craze.Settembrininoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-15268374413756024662009-04-07T06:53:00.000-05:002009-04-07T06:53:00.000-05:00Saw Junta being played at I-Con 28 this past weeke...Saw Junta being played at I-Con 28 this past weekend. The players seemed to be having a lot of fun. Unfortunately, the same group had also checked out a copy of the Tomb boardgame from the library that sat unopened and unplayed on their table for most of the night...Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-19936039495666758812009-04-07T06:32:00.000-05:002009-04-07T06:32:00.000-05:00Absolutely! Although I was probably too young to u...Absolutely! Although I was probably too young to understand all of the jokes.Rob Langhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01377928640392467606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-10362886319521823152009-04-07T06:15:00.000-05:002009-04-07T06:15:00.000-05:00Wicked times! :)Wicked times! :)Alex Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104864340940538702noreply@blogger.com