Editing Acquire (section)

== Reception ==
In ''[[The Playboy Winner's Guide to Board Games]]'', game designer [[Jon Freeman (game designer)|Jon Freeman]] compared ''Cartel'' (''[[A Gamut of Games]]'') and ''Acquire'', noting that both were "better games which focus on the joining of companies into conglomerates." Freeman thought ''Acquire'' had an edge over ''Cartel'' "in the quality of its components [...] ''Acquire''{{'}}s higher price is unquestionably reflected in its packaging and presentation [and deserves] a place in your game library."<ref>{{cite book| last = Freeman| first = Jon| author-link = Jon Freeman (game designer) | title = [[The Playboy Winner's Guide to Board Games]]| publisher = Playboy Press| date = 1979| location = Chicago| pages = 19–21| isbn =0872165620 }}</ref>

''[[Games (magazine)|Games Magazine]]'' included ''Acquire'' in their "Top 100 Games" in four consecutive years:
* In 1980 the editors praised it as a "classic game of getting in on the ground floor" and "proof that you need money to make money", noting that "a delicate sense of timing is important, but greed and a lust for power also help."<ref>{{cite magazine | date=November–December 1980 |title=Top 100 Games of 1980  | magazine=[[Games (magazine)|Games]] | issue=20 | pages=44 }}</ref>
* In 1981, the editors noted 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".<ref>{{cite magazine | date=November–December 1981 |title=Top 100 Games of 1981  | magazine=[[Games (magazine)|Games]] | issue=26 | pages=42 }}</ref>
* In 1982, the editors commented that "Among family games, this is one of the most strategic."<ref>{{cite magazine|editor-last=  Schmittberger|editor-first= R. Wayne | date=November 1982 |title=The Top 100 Games 1982|magazine=[[Games (magazine)|Games]]| issue=33|pages=44}}</ref>
* In 1983, the editors commented "Adding to chains increases their value, but you must anticipate mergers, which occur when someone plays the right connecting tile at the right time."<ref>{{cite magazine|editor-last=  Schmittberger|editor-first= R. Wayne | date=November 1983 |title=The Top 100 Games 1983|magazine=[[Games (magazine)|Games]]| issue=45|pages=36}}</ref>

In the December 1993 edition of ''[[Dragon (magazine)|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."<ref name=dragon200>{{cite magazine|last=Varney|first=Allen|author-link=Allen Varney| date=December 1993 |title=Social Board Games|magazine=[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]|issue=200|pages=120}}</ref>

=== Awards ===
The game was short-listed for the first [[Spiel des Jahres]] board game awards in 1979.<ref name="sjd">Spiel des Jahres page for Acquire in German</ref>

''[[GAMES Magazine|GAMES]]'' magazine inducted ''Acquire'' into their buyers' guide [[GAMES 100#Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]].<ref name="hof">[http://www.gamesmagazine-online.com/gameslinks/hallofame.html GAMES Magazine Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417062722/http://www.gamesmagazine-online.com/gameslinks/hallofame.html |date=2010-04-17 }}. Retrieved 2010-07-26</ref> 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 [[Origins Awards|Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design's Hall of Fame]], along with game designer Sid Sackson, in 2011.<ref name="Origins">Origins Awards Hall of Fame for Acquire [http://www.gama.org/OriginsAwards/tabid/2720/Default.aspx Academy Hall of Fame]</ref> It is also one of the [[Mind Sports Olympiad]] games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Acquire |url=https://mindsportsolympiad.com/product/acquire-2022/ |access-date=2022-07-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>