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2016 Hasbro Edition of ACQUIRE
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- Game Board
- 100 Plastic Game Tiles
- 7 3-D Corporation Buildings
- 11 Corporate Banners
- Stock Certificates - 24 Each
- Play Money
- 6 Information Cards
- Instructions
I am selling this game for exactly the same price that I paid for it. If you
decide you absolutely must have this game, I will also include a copy of Lloyd's
Rules of ACQUIRE.
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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. |
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ACQUIRE
Stock Price Extension Charts
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