Release Note

ACQUIRE (v1.0.0) (28th Feb 2018)

Introduction

Acquire is a multi-player mergers and acquisitions themed board game. It is played with tiles representing hotels that are arranged on the board, play money and stock certificates. The object of the game is to earn the most money by developing and merging hotel chains. When a chain in which a player owns stock is acquired by a larger chain, players earn money based on the size of the acquired chain. At the end of the game, all players liquidate their stock in order to determine which player has the most money. It was one of the most popular games in the 1960s 3M bookshelf game series, and the only one still published in the United States.

Features

Create and Join Game:

  1. Create a game with 3-6 players.  
  2. Join existing game.

Game setup:

  1. Decide the sequence of player turn.
  2. Distributing money and tiles to players.

Game Play:

  1. Place tile.
  2. Start hotel.
  3. Add a tile to existing hotel.
  4. Buy shares.
  5. Merge (Two or more than two hotel).
  6. Deploy shares.
  7. Pick a tile.

Game Status:

  1. Activity log.

End Game:

  1. Announce rank.

Dropped Features

  Trade shares of merging hotel.  

Known Issues, Limitations & Restrictions

  1. As a player, I don't want to be prompted to buy shares when, I don't have enough money to buy a single share.
  2. Error when Invalid player requests /gameStatus.
  3. There is no confirmation on selecting a tile to place for player.
  4. Permitting unauthorized access to /game.html.
  5. Data breach when Invalid player requests /gameStatus.
  6. Data breach when player with bad cookie requests /hotelDetails.
  7. Error when Invalid player requesting /playerDetails.
  8. As a player If I place tile which causes merging between equal sized hotels, Only I should be able to tie 
     break form 

Game Instructions