Merger Mogul

Build companies, buy their stock, and engineer the mergers that make you rich. Merger Mogul is a fast, friendly board game of growth and timing: place blocks on the city grid, found new companies, and cash in when bigger rivals swallow smaller ones. When the market closes, the player with the most money wins. HOW IT PLAYS • Place a block each turn. Join two blocks to found a company and get a free founder's share. • Buy up to three shares a turn. Prices climb as companies grow. • Link two companies and the bigger one takes over. The top two shareholders of the absorbed company collect bonuses, then everyone decides whether to sell, trade or hold. • Companies with 11 or more blocks are safe and can't be taken over. • The game ends when one company reaches 41 blocks or every company on the board is safe. A money count-out crowns the winner. WAYS TO PLAY • Against the computer at Easy,…