Acquire
Found hotel chains, buy the stock, profit when rivals get swallowed.
Who it's for
Players who read opponents' bank accounts as closely as the board, and anyone curious about the economic game that started the genre.
Not for you if…
You want theme, narrative, or direct confrontation – Acquire is abstract, dry, and unapologetically about arithmetic.
Vibe's take
Sharp, calculating, quietly ruthless – you spend the whole game tracking which tiles are gone and guessing who is holding the shares that pay out next.
See how it plays
About this game
Acquire is Sid Sackson's 1963 classic of hotel chains and cold-blooded stock trading, where you place tiles to grow companies you quietly own and cash in when a rival chain swallows them whole.
Get it
from $45
By the numbers
Players
Duration
90 min
Ages 12+
Complexity
2.5 / 5 — LightBGG Rating
7.1/10
Rank #367
22k ratings
Published
1963
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