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. |
