make money", noting that "A delicate sense of timing is important, but greed and a lust for power also help." Games magazine included Acquire in their "Top 100 Games of 1981", noting that it "combines the flavors of Monopoly and the stock market" and cautioned that "Since the object is to acquire cash, careful timing of investments (and raids on competitors' chains!) is critical to winning". Games magazine included Acquire in their "Top 100 Games of 1982", noting that "Among family games, this is one of the most strategic." In the December 1993 edition of Dragon (Issue 200), Allen Varney advised readers to ignore the hotel theme: "Supposedly a game of hotel acquisitions and mergers, this is actually a superb abstract game of strategy and capital." Varney called the game "An early masterpiece from [Sid] Sackson, game historian and one of the great designers of our time." Awards The game was short-listed for the first Spiel des Jahres board game awards in 1979. GAMES magazine has inducted Acquire into their buyers' guide Hall of Fame. The magazine's stated criteria for the Hall of Fame encompasses "games that have met or exceeded the highest standards of quality and play value and have been continuously in production for at least 10 years; i.e., classics." Acquire was inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design's Hall of Fame, along with game designer Sid Sackson, in 2011. It is also one of the Mind Sports Olympiad games. Reviews Jeux & Stratégie #1 (as "Trust") Jeux & Stratégie #6 Jeux & Stratégie #51 Games & Puzzles #11 Games & Puzzles #69 References External links Acquire Wizards of the Coast page Acquire Webnoir page "The Origin of ACQUIRE" Acquisition Games page 3M bookshelf game series Avalon Hill games Board games introduced in 1964 Economic simulation board games Multiplayer games Sid Sackson games Stock market in popular culture Tile-laying board games