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Game Entry

Airlines

(1990)
User Rating: 6.79 / 10 (225 Ratings)
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Designed By: Alan R. Moon
Published By: Abacus
Mfg suggested # of Players: 2 - 6 players
User suggested # of Players:
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 4, 5 players
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Playing Time: 90 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 12 and up
User Suggested Ages: (no votes yet)
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Language Dependence: (no votes yet)
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Category: N/A
Mechanics: Stock Holding
Other Names: N/A

Description

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This is the progenitor of Union Pacific. The game is similar to the Sid Sackson classic, Acquire, in that players are competing to become majority stockholders in several highly-abstracted companies. Each turn, a player chooses from one of two actions: expand an airline and put stock into his hand, or play stock from his hand. The trick is that when a scoring card shows up (randomly), only played stock counts as a player's holdings.

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Statistics

User Rank: 871
Num Ratings: 225
Average Rating: 6.79
Standard Deviation: 1.39
Num Views: 24381
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Similarly Rated: View
Avg. Game Weight: 2.52 moreinfo
Personal Comments: 74
Users Owning: 274
Users Wanting: 25
Users Trading: 13
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 66
Plays This Month: 0
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