This custom made ceramic tile game of ACQUIRE has
been played, but is in very good condition. This rare vintage ACQUIRE game
includes:
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Custom Made Ceramic Tile
Game of ACQUIRE
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- Custom Constructed Cardboard Box
- Wood Game Board with Plastic Overlay
- Plastic Component Tray
- 108 Ceramic Game Tiles
- 7 Ceramic Colored Company Markers
- 25 Ea.Stock Certificates (Printed Backs)
- Play Money (40 $5000, 50 $1000, 40 $500, & 40 $100)
- 6 Information Cards (Yellow Card Stock)
- 3 Enlarged Information Cards (Yellow Card Stock)
- 6 Wood Tile Holders
- Lloyd's Rules of ACQUIRE
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Custom Made Ceramic Tile
Game of ACQUIRE
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When
I found this wood board and ceramic tiles for sale, I just had
to purchase them. I then decided to use it to put together a game.
I really don't want to sell this game, but I still wanted to display
it on my website.
The box has been constructed from cardboard and then wrapped with
brown wrap.
I then cut up a box from a 1962 ACQUIRE game, put the front, back,
and left side panel into sheet protectors and taped them to the
cardboard box.
The box seems big, but the board is a snug fit and it allowed room
for the wood tile holders. The game weighs 7 pounds.
I added a set of never-been-played stocks from the 1962/63 edition of ACQUIRE. They have the printed backs with the 3M Logo. (Please see the Worldwide
stock certificate stack in the picture above.)
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Wood Board for Ceramic Tiles
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I also added a set of 1976-style play money that
was printed on special colors. This was one of my first attempts
at reproducing sets of money, so it does have some curling, but is
still an unused set.
The board is a very thick piece of wood with a very nice plastic
overlay. It also has four ceramic circles on the bottom of each corner
to create feet. I had seen this setup only once before I was able
to secure this one. I am at a loss as to who made these or how many
there are in existence, but the board and the tiles are beautifully
crafted and fit perfectly.
The purchase of the board and tiles allowed me to create a very
special and unique edition of ACQUIRE, and as you notice by the price,
I really don't want to sell it. I just wanted to let you see it. But
who knows where it goes from here.
Included with this game are Lloyd's Rules of ACQUIRE, which were
designed to help eliminate the one-sided games that can occur during
game play.
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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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