# Anyone here has played "Junta"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-has-played-junta/571015>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 11, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-has-played-junta/571015 "2011-02-11T12:53:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-has-played-junta/571015/22 "2011-02-18T19:51:00Z")

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> [@merrick](#):
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> That’s why the game needs the full seven players to work properly. If you pay off two buddies, the other four will kill you; if you pay off three you’re still only one event or assassination away from losing a coup; if you pay off four there’s not so much cash to go round and it’s hard to build a winning lead before the backstabbing starts. With fewer players, the President is too powerful and it’s too easy to set up an unbeatable coalition.
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> The coups can get tedious though, especially since they usually consist of the armies seizing a location each and then the generals deciding which side they’re on.

Perfect summary **merrick**.

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-has-played-junta/571015/23 "2011-02-22T17:43:39Z")

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Anyone else think of Junta when you heard Gaddafi sent jets to strafe civilians in the town square?

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