Tenés Empanadas Graciela (TEG) is a turn-based strategy game available in several popular Linux distributions. It is based on the board game Plan Táctico y Estratégico de la Guerra (TEG), which is based on the strategy board game Risk. It is free and open-source software (FOSS), released with a GNU General Public License (GPL) 3.
Gameplay Using a server, several players can fight for world domination and chat with each other. Maps are used as battlefields. The game is available in languages including Spanish, German, French, and Polish.
History In 1996, Argentine 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. In time, other developers, graphic artists, and translators joined the project.
TEG was an early supporter of the FOSS multiplayer client-server system GGZ Gaming Zone.TEG on dev.ggzgamingzone.orgGGZ Talk on LinuxTag (2005)
In around 2014, the project moved from SourceForge to GitHub.teg on github.com
Reception Tenés Empanadas Graciela was reviewed as a notable Risk video game clone by free and open-source software associated media outlets, such as Linux JournalGagné, Marcel, (2002), "Networking for Pleasure" Linux Journal and Linux Magazine.Greve, Georg CF, (2002), "Brave GNU World", Linux Magazine, Issue 22. (archived) In 2007, Linux.com reviewed Tenés Empanadas Graciela again as a notable Risk clone.Risk gamers use free software to take over the world by David A. Harding on Linux.com (2007) The Linux Game Tome lists the game with 4.2 of 5 stars.TEG on happypenguin.org
The game was reviewed in 2012 by republica.com.La conquista del mundo con nombre en clave: 'Tenés empanadas, Graciela' on republica.com by R. A. (2012-05-30)
Versions, ports The game is available for Ubuntu,TEG on packages.ubuntu.com/ Debian,TEG on packages.debian.org/ Gentoo,teg on sources.gentoo.org and Arch Linux,teg on aur.archlinux.org and was ported to other operating systems such as macOS.darwinports.com
An Argentine online version of the game is called WebTeg which allows users to play with just a web browser.
See also Lux, a series of proprietary Risk-clones that work on Linux List of open source games
References
External links TEG Old official page on SourceForge.net teg Official page on GitHub
Gagné, Marcel, (2002), "Networking for Pleasure" Linux Journal Greve, Georg CF, (2002), "Brave GNU World", Linux Magazine, Issue 22. (archived)