''Tenés Empanadas Graciela'' (''TEG'') is a

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game distributed by several popular

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program came from the board game ''TEG'', which itself is based on the strategy board game ''Risk'' but differs in many aspects of the rules.

Gameplay

Using a server, several players can fight in maps for world domination and chat with one another. Various maps are used as battlefields in the game. The game is available in several languages including

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and

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History

In 1996,

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software developer Ricardo "riq" Quesada started developing the game and released it under the GNU GPL-2-0-only. He stopped working on it for a few years but brought the project back to life in early 2000. Some developers, graphic artists, and translators joined the project located at

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servers and made TEG a success. TEG was an early supporter of the FOSS multiplayer client-server system GGZ Gaming Zone. In around 2014, the project was moved from Sourceforge to

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Reception

''Tenés Empanadas Graciela'' was reviewed as a notable Risk clone several times by

associated media outlets, such as

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. In 2007,

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reviewed ''Tenés Empanadas Graciela'' again as a notable Risk clone.

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lists the game with 4.2 of 5 stars. The game was reviewed in 2012 by republica.com.

Versions and ports

The game is widely distributed by several

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s such as

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, and

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, and

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to other

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References

External links

TEG
Old official page on

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teg
Official page on

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