Acquire

Acquire is a game of corporation building and merging. The object of the game is to have the highest net worth which consists of cash and stock held in corporations.

There are seven corporations that can be built to conquer the corporate landscape.

Corporations

• (A)pple
• (B)erry
• (C)anary
• (D)rip
• (E)asy
• (G)rape
• (F)rozen

  A      C      F    Stock  Majority  Minority
  B      D      G    Value  Bonus     Bonus
         E
-------------------  -----  --------  --------
  2      -      -    $ 200  $  600    $ 300
  3      2      -    $ 300  $ 1200    $ 600
  4      3      2    $ 400  $ 2400    $1200
  5      4      3    $ 600  $ 3600    $1800
6-11     5      4    $ 800  $ 4800    $2400
12-20  6-11     5    $1000  $ 6000    $3000
21-40  12-20  6-11   $1200  $ 7200    $3600
41..   21-40  12-20  $1400  $ 8400    $4200
  -    41..   21-40  $1600  $10600    $5300
  -      -    41..   $1800  $12000    $6000

Rules

• Holding the first or second most shares in a corporation before a merge offers you a bonus
• Only seven corporations may be active at any given time
• Corporations cannot merge once they have more than 41 squares occupied
• A corporation must consist of at least 2 building blocks
• The turn consists of ....
  • Placing a building block (which may create a new corporation, expand an existing corporation, merge a corporation, or be separate)
  • (optional) Dealing with a merger (trading or selling shares)
  • Buying stock in a corporation that has available shares

Game play