How many times does Perón say the Peronist March? And what was the General’s favorite dessert? What was the dress that Eva Perón wore on her wedding day?
These answers and many others can be found in The Great Shirtless. Because In addition to a feeling, Peronism is now a board game devised by Gonzalo Barrera and Manuela Alexandre, two young men in their thirties lifelong friends who were born in Casbas, Guaminí. They realized that there was a gap in the market and that they could make, even in the digital age, a success with the invention of an analog game that aims at intergenerational meeting, after-dinner fun and learning history. of the most important political movement in Argentina in the 20th century.
In temporal terms, El Gran Descamisado covers thematically from Loyalty Day to Perón’s return in 1973.
President Alberto Fernández received a copy from its creators and told Télam that sometimes he plays it in the afternoon at the Residencia de Olivos. He likes it among other things because “In a time of individualism, it is a game in which solidarity is rewarded. That solidarity always appears on the cards of ´Peronist values´”.
How to play the Great Descamisado
“The Great Descamisado is organized around a board represented in the Plaza de Mayo, a meeting march of the Peronist people. In what could be some mobilization, some celebration and the representation seeks to be a bit anachronistic, there is no way to register what time is it in You can see Evita on the balcony, Perón in his office, but there are also teenagers with cell phones talking and is organized in relation to seven game dynamics that refer to the seven main milestones in the history of Peronism. Each of these mini games allows you to achieve the goal: seven Peronist emblems that the winner of the game requires to consecrate himself“, told Télam Gonzalo Barrera.
Manuela Alexandre said that “the theme chose us, it was totally random, I sent Gonza a message more than two years ago telling him what had to be done a Peronist board game because there was none on the market. We began to think ideas, and after a while we arrived at what is today The Great Shirtless. Obviously,there is a root in Peronism, I have been a militant for a long time and Gonza has his family who always accompanied Peronism. There is a love for the movement, but we have in mind many issues with a federal perspective that move away from politics.”
The seven Peronist emblems are the choripán and the wine, the fingers in front, the march, the Justicialist shield, the membership card and the drum. The games can be individual, or in pairs depending on an arrow located in the Pyramid of May.
After, there are the historical benefit cards and garments. “In this game they are called Social Rights Benefit Cards and Unlike classic games, instead of individually benefiting the one who receives it, they have the possibility of reaching the rest of the companions.. For example, the one that says ´Right to public health´, gives the right to those who are dressed in white to an extra turn. Or you can also play the Redistribution of Wealth card to the companion who has the most emblems and must share it with the one who has the least. Y the goal is to get all the emblems”Gonzalo explained.
Alberto Fernandez plays it
“I have played it a few afternoons in Olivos. It is a game that helps to know the advances and setbacks of our society since the day Peronism appeared. It’s fun. But also, in a time of individualism, it is a game in which solidarity is rewarded. That solidarity always appears on the cards of ´Peronist values´”.
It can also happen that if you are not supportive you end up on the Martín García island with the “gorillas” and lose turns.
Alberto Fernández received The Great Descamisado. Photo: Presidency.
The game is intended for teens ages 15 and up. It was declared of Cultural Interest in La Plata and in Guaminí and is presented to be declared of cultural interest in the province of Buenos Aires.
The creators have already sent games to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Florencia Kirchner, in addition to the President. And they are very grateful for all the support they had from people in politics and art.
Who wants to buy it can buy it in the online store http://www.elgrandescamisado.com.ar and there are also twenty points of sale in the country that can be consulted on the IG @elgrandescamisado.
The creators say that a radical could play it perfectly because it is not offensive and in fact they keep their production in a deposit lent to them by a UCR leader from the town whom they call “the Committee.”
