This is our favorite family game. We have worn out several copies and never tire of it. Easy to learn. Several different strategies can be used and they change during the game. We have been keeping records of scores over the years. Most cash, highest score for two, three and four player games, best first game, etc. My 10-year old son had the record for highest first game for about 20 years, but alas, a teen-ager has bested him. You will not tire of this game!

When a favorite game goes out of print it somewhat tarnishes your play of the game. When you introduce it to others and they ask, "Where can I get a copy of this?", you pause and hate to tell them it's not on the market. I don't need to heap praise on this game. It's in the Games Magazine Hall of Fame, it was one of Sid Sackson's greatest Gems. This is in every sense of the word a classic. I will be buying copies for new gamers to the hobby. Hopefully, Avalon Hill/Hasbro will keep this edition in print and do something that they do to their mediocre products, promote it and increase it's availability. You can't go into any story without tripping over games of Monopoly, Sorry and Parcheesi. Why do you have to go to some Gothic little hobby shop to find an edition of this game?

Why Acquire is perfect:
Simple rules. Simple to learn. Yet always intriguing. No two games are ever alike. Though it is simple to learn, it does take awhile to learn to be an effective strategic player. It is a great game with three or four players. It can also be played with five or six players.

What keeps it from being perfect:
The really cannot be played effectively by two players. Two player rule variations exist, but the game is just not the same as with three or more players.