Research Guides: Games at the Library: Acquire

Educational Games data table

Number of players	3 - 6
Setup time	under 5 min.
Play time	90+ min.
Educational Skills	M/F
Soft Skills	CT, PS

How to play

Rules of the game
This is the version of the rules from the Avalon Hill edition (1999.)

Acquire's Wikipedia entry
Learn about the basic rules and history of the game here.

Strategy Video

Student Videos - MGMT 451 Purdue University

The MGMT 451 class at Purdue University is a class focused on Strategic Management. During the semester the students are assigned a day to play Acquire just before the lectures covering mergers and acquisitions. They then write reflection papers on the game and the strategic decisions made during the game dealing with the mergers of the hotel chains. The two videos in this section are from student groups. They are focusing on game play, and not the classroom aspect of the project.