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This excellent Monopoly-style board game is about buying and selling the world's biggest companies, investing, insuring, plotting, winning and losing. So gather your family and prepare for hours of excitement!
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You can choose between two types of companies: Computer companies, Car manufacturers. The companies are represented by high-color pictures of their logos.
There are 12 computer companies in 4 categories:
1. Computer manufacturers: International Business Machines (IBM), Hewlett Packard (HP), Compaq
2. CPU manufacturers: Motorola, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
3. Software designers: Lucent Technologies, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems
4. Multimedia companies: Silicon Graphics, Electronic Arts (EA), Diamond Multimedia Systems
There are 12 car manufacturers from 4 countries:
1. USA: General Motors (GM), Ford, Buick
2. Japan: Toyota, Honda, Nissan
3. Germany: Volkswagen (VW), BMW, Mercedes Benz
4. France: Renault, Peugeot, Citroen
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There can be 2, 3 or 4 players in this game. Players are treated with their real names during the game. Each player has a piece with a special color. There are 3 different piece styles to choose from. The player starts by rolling a random dice and moving around as the number says. If the number is six, s/he gets a bonus move.
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The goal of the game is to get richer and to buy more companies. At the end, the winner, 2nd place player, etc are displayed. This game usually takes a few minutes to finish. If busy meanwhile, you can save the game and continue later using the Load command in the Game menu. There's also an auto-save feature which saves the game automatically every 5 minutes.
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