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Acquire

Acquire

Min number of participants 2
Age 12+ yrs.
Safety support by adult Not required
Min duration 1 h
Cost Medium
Environment Indoor / Outdoor

Found and merge hotel chains on a grid — buy shares before chains grow large, trigger mergers to cash out, and hold the most valuable shares when the board fills in this elegant economic classic.

The Essentials

  • Each turn, place one of your numbered tiles on the matching space on the board grid; if it lands next to another tile, those tiles start or join a hotel chain.
  • Once a chain reaches enough tiles, place one of the available chain markers on it to found it and immediately take one free share of that chain if any remain.
  • Buy up to three shares of any active chains from the bank on your turn, using shares to profit later when chains grow or get bought out.
  • When a tile you place would connect two existing chains, the larger chain absorbs the smaller one; shareholders of the absorbed chain get a cash bonus based on their holdings, and can then sell, keep, or trade their now-defunct shares.
  • Watch chain sizes carefully, since founding a chain early and holding onto shares as it grows is usually more profitable than buying in late.
  • The game ends when a chain grows very large or when every active chain is too big to be absorbed by another; players then cash in all remaining shares, and whoever has the most money wins.
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