This
1999 Hasbro edition of ACQUIRE is still shrink wrapped and comes with a
Wild Tile Variant Kit and Lloyd's Rules of ACQUIRE. This game is
complete and brand new in shrink wrap. The contents include:
This game is brand new in shrink wrap. Be the first one to open this game and put it in play!!
The
plastic Wild Tile Variant Kit fits the 1999 Hasbro edition of ACQUIRE.
The Wild Tile Kit allows each player to start with a blank tile that
can be played on any open square during their turn at any time during
the game.
In addition, Lloyd's Rules of ACQUIRE are included.
These rules were designed to help eliminate the one-sided games that can
occur during game play.
Plastic Wild Tile Variant Kit for 1999 Hasbro Editions of ACQUIRE
This
Wild Tile Variant Kit fits the 1999 Hasbro ACQUIRE game. This kit
allows each player to start with a blank tile that can be played on any
open square during their turn at any time during the game.
This
1999 ACQUIRE Wild Tile Kit includes six (6) blank tiles and an
instruction booklet that can be used with the 1999 Hasbro version of
ACQUIRE. Tiles are from actual 1999 Hasbro games with the tops painted
silver to create the blank tiles. The instruction booklet is printed on
yellow card stock for maximum durability and readability.
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.
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.
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.