TAKEOVER

INTRODUCTION
Card game for 2+ players. 
Each player represents a group of investors trying to buy a target Company. 
Of course they are competing with rival groups. 

OBJECTIVE 
At the end of the game, the player with the most Shares 
(Coins & Investor Cards) Wins Control of the Company. 

GAME END
The Game Ends when there are no cards left in the deck at the 
Beginning of a round. 
(The Shareholders then vote to see whom to sell the Company to)

SHARES
Use change (pennies, nickels, dimes) to keep track of Shares. 
Investor cards are also worth Shares as stated on the card. 

(UN)CERTAINTY
Players must keep their Investor cards face up so that the other players can see them. 
Shares in the form of Change can be stacked and hidden under Investor cards. 

THE DECK
Players share a common deck. 
There are 2 basic card types: Investor cards and Tactics cards. 
The deck contains 1 copy of each card in the card list. 

SETUP
Shuffle the deck. 
Each player starts with 50 Shares. 

INITIAL BID
Players secretly bid up to 50 Shares.
Bids are revealed simultaneously.  
The player with the Highest Bid is known as the Buyer.  
Flip a coin to resolve ties. 
All Bid Shares are lost. 

TURN SEQUENCE
Draw 7 cards from the deck and place them face up in plain sight of all players. 
These are referred to as the Auction cards. 
Players take turns picking 1 Auction card each starting with the current Buyer. 
If you pick an Investor card, put it in play in front of you. 
If you pick a Tactics card, resolve its effects immediately and Discard it. 
Note that you must pick a card, even if you don’t want to. 
The turn Ends when all Bid cards have been picked, and all Tactics cards resolved. 
The player to the left of the current Buyer becomes the Buyer next turn. 

CARD LIST NOTATION
I = Investor Card
T = Tactics Card
F = Flip a Coin (when played)
H = Heads
L = Tails
D = Discard if you have
SIYH = Shares if you also have the
ETL = Each time you loose
TP = Target Player
K = Keep this card and play it later to
AO = All Opponents

CARD LIST
Card Name:			Type	Shares	Notes:
Sheared Brokerage		I	5	-
Dr Cola Company			I	7	D: Pep Cola Company
Pep Cola Company		I	6	-
Superstar Entertainer		I	4	-
Entrepreneur			I	-	F: (H: Shares=6) (L: Shares=0)
Real Estate Affiliates		I	3	-
Paramounted Film Co		I	4	+8 SIYH Superstar
International Air		I	3	+5 SIYH Military Industrial Complex
Military Industrial Complex	I	5	-
Venture Capitalists		I	1	+1 Share for each Investor you have
Chased Credit Card Co		I	3	+6 IYH Chased Manhattan Bank
Failsafe S&L			I	-	F: (H: Shares=4) (L: Shares= -2) 
Dot.Com Company			I	-	F: (H: Shares=6) (L: Shares= -3)
High-Rise Construction		I	2	+4 SIYH Real Estate Affiliates
Prudent Insurance		I	2	Get +1 Share ETL an Investor
USMED Healthcare Provider	I	4	-
Dowed Pharmaceutical		I	3	+6 SIYH USMED
Japanese Investors		I	6	D: Military Industrial Complex
British Financial Group		I	4	D: Real Estate Affiliates
Chased Manhattan Bank		I	3	-
Old Rich			I	6	D: If you have more than 5 Investors
Arab Oil Tycoon 		I	6	D: If you have Jap or Brit Investors
Investor Backs Out		T	-	TP must discard target Investor
Bankruptcy			T	-	TP must discard an Investor
Allegations of Monopoly		T	-	K: TP must discard an Investor
SEC Investigation		T	-	Each player must discard 1 Investor
Refinance			T	-	F:(H: Shares=2)(L: Draw 1 card from deck)
Golden Parachute Clause		T	-	All opponents lose 1 Share
Junk Bonds			T	-	All players F:(H: Shares=4)(L: Shares= -4)
Bad Press			T	-	TP loses 3 Shares
Shark Repellant			T	-	TP loses 4 Shares
Pac Man Defense			T	-	TP loses 5 Shares
Greed				T	-	TP loses 6 Shares
Poison Pill			T	-	TP F: (H: Shares=-2) (L: Shares= -4)
Gray Knight			T	-	TP loses 2 Shares. You gain 2 Shares
Killer Bees			T	-	All opponents lose 1 Share
Target Company takes on Debts	T	-	All opponents lose 1 Share
Corporate Raid			T	-	All opponents lose 2 Shares
Sale of the Crown Jewels	T	-	All opponents lose 3 Shares
Sell the Picasso in your Office	T	-	Gain 1 Share
Board of Directors Likes You	T	-	Gain 2 Shares
White Knight			T	-	Gain 3 Shares
Dividends			T	-	Gain 1 Share per Investor you have
Merger				T	-	Gain 1 Share per Investor you have
Whitemail			T	-	Gain 2 Shares. AO lose 1 Share
Last Minute Backing		T	-	Take any Investor card from the deck
Insider Information		T	-	F: (H: Shares=7) (L: Shares= -5)
Proxy Fight			T	-	F: (H: AO lose 3 Shares) (L: Shares= -3)
Ace in the Hole			T	-	Draw 2 cards from the deck and pick 1
Leveraged Buyout		T	-	Draw 2 cards from the deck and pick 1
Lawyers Earn their Money	T	-	K: Negate a Tactics card
Full Disclosure			T	-	TP must reveal his exact value in Shares
Hostile Takeover		T	-	Steal one of your opponents Investors
College Buddy owns Company	T	-	Opponent must give you 1 of his Investors
Business Savvy			T	-	Trade 1 of your Investors with an Opponent
Secret				T	-	K: TP skips his turn as Buyer



LINKS
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