Acquire is an awesome board game for business-minded people
All you want to know about Acquire, the awesome board game for business-minded people, or anyone looking for a business-themed strategy game.
Contents at a Glance
Our family's favorite board game
My mother-in-law gave us Acquire for Christmas last year, and it has quickly become our favorite board game. It is easy to learn and hard to master.
Acquire on eBay
Sometimes the 1999 version is available on eBay
Most players prefer this version but it is hard to find!
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How to Play
A brief overview
The object of the game is to have the most money at the end (easy enough concept). Each player has random tiles with a number and letter that correspond to a spot on the board.
Each player takes turns laying down tiles. As soon as two tiles touch, a corporation can be started, and players can start buying stock in the corporation.
As tiles are added to corporations, their stock value increases.
The real fun occurs when a tile is played that connects two corporations: then a merger occurs and the smaller corporation is bought out.
This process continues until no new corporations or mergers can occur. Then stocks are cashed out, and the richest player wins!
Acquire on Amazon
Amazon sells the newest version of Acquire
Acquire Game
Amazon Price: $29.42 (as of 07/10/2009) 
The Merger
The heart of the game
The merger is where all the action happens in the game. When a tile is placed in a space that connects two (or more) corporations, the corporation with less tiles is absorbed into the larger one and its stocks are liquidated.
If you own stock in a corporation that is liquidated, you have three options: (1) keep your stocks, (2) trade them 2 for 1 for the corporation that overtook yours, or (3) cash them in.
One more note: once a corporation has eleven tiles, it cannot be merged. It is invincible; it can take over other corporations, but cannot be taken over itself.
If you own stock in a corporation that is liquidated, you have three options: (1) keep your stocks, (2) trade them 2 for 1 for the corporation that overtook yours, or (3) cash them in.
One more note: once a corporation has eleven tiles, it cannot be merged. It is invincible; it can take over other corporations, but cannot be taken over itself.
Fun for All
Acquire definitely will please business-minded people, since it involves building corporations and trading stocks.But its fun for anyone who likes strategy games. We brought it on our family vacation this summer and my nine-year-old little brother played it with us and kept asking to play again!
If this looks like your kind of board game, be sure to check it out on the links I have provided.
Have you played Acquire?
OhMe wrote...
I love Board Games but have never heard of this one. Thanks for the heads up.
Posted March 31, 2009
mycybersquid wrote...
Thanks for the info. I looked at acquiring this game (yes, the bad pun was intended) after Christmas but went with Ticket to Ride instead. I'll have to look at it again...
From your description it sounds like you might like the board game Power Grid. The goal is the same (have the most money), but it goes about it through managing and expanding a power company. You can find more info at my Power Grid lens.
Posted December 30, 2008
by cactusdo
Back to my USA home after two years as a volunteer in Belgium and France, found a lovely wife and we're figuring out life together. (more)
