Lloyd's Rules of ACQUIRE
ACQUIRE is a fantastic game, and
a huge tribute to the intellect of Sid Sackson. Yet,
after my first experience with the game, I felt that the
rules needed some adjustments to increase the ability of
the game to attract new players. I wanted the game
to have a broader appeal to more of my friends. The
more friends I could get to enjoy the game, the more
chances I had to play the game. I accomplished this
by creating a way for players to stay involved in the game
even if the didn't have any money. I also created a
level playing field for obtaining stock while at the same
time increasing the strategic maneuvering of stock
purchasing.
Lloyd's Rules of ACQUIRE allows trading of stock when a
player is out of money. The player can get rid of
stocks that do not help the player and trade them for
stocks that are more important within their
portfolio. It allows these players to try and
maintain majorities in the companies that are most
important. It also allows the ability for players to
invest on every turn, to potentially increase their
portfolio, without the fear of being "stuck" with those
purchases when they are ultimately out of money.
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Vintage ACQUIRE Games with
Lloyd's Rules of ACQUIRE
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Lloyd's Rules of ACQUIRE
eliminates the 2- for-1 trade rule when companies
merge. In the corporate world of hostile takeovers,
is is very seldom that the conquering company offers the
shareholders of the vanquished company a cut-rate bargain
for the stocks of the conquering company.
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Lloyd's Rules
of ACQUIRE
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The 2-for-1 trade creates the possibility for a person who
holds majority in a conquering company to lose that
majority to numerous shareholders because they decided to
sacrifice their small company. It decreases the
strategy level of obtaining majorities and skews the game
into more of a factor of luck. In Lloyd's Rules of
ACQUIRE, the players of the vanquished company are given
payouts for their companies, and their shares, and they
can invest wherever they choose when it is their turn.
Lloyd's Rules of ACQUIRE are printed into a convenient
10-page booklet that is printed on yellow card stock for
long lasting durability and fits neatly into the original
versions of this timeless classic. This booklet can
be used to replace old, worn, or lost rules as they
conveniently have the original rules of ACQUIRE fully
printed with Lloyd's changes to the rules printed in red.
This 10-page booklet also includes a Stock Price Extension
chart. This chart helps when figuring payouts at
times of merger or at the end of the game. This
chart helps eliminate the need for a calculator or a math
professor.
Lloyd's Rules of ACQUIRE can be used in all editions of
ACQUIRE from 1962-2008. They can also be used in the
International versions of ACQUIRE. They can be used
with the Special Powers Variants that were found in the
1993 Schmidt Spiel edition and the 1995 Avalon Hill
Edition. They can also be used with the Wild Tile
Variant and the 1963 World Map Conversion Kit. |
