{"product_id":"anti-monopoly","title":"Anti-Monopoly","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Note: Not to be confused with Anti-Monopoly II. Please be careful when submitting new versions of this game; basically, anything published after 1987 will almost certainly be Anti-Monopoly II and belong to that game, even if it's called \"Anti-Monopoly\". As for the reasons why this is so, please see the clarifications at the end of this article and the article of Anti-Monopoly II.)\n\nThe \"Bust~the~Trust!\" Game\n\nThe basic idea of the game is to end the monopolistic practices of the 3-company-combinations of the game board. The players are Trust-Busting lawyers going about the board slapping lawsuits on the monopolies. The winning trust buster is the one who ends with the largest number of social-credit points when one of the players runs out of money.\n\nThere are 3 kinds of company combinations on the board: Oligopolies, Trusts and Monopolies, marked by one, two and three \"accusation circles\" respectively. \"Accusing\" is done by placing a small, round chip of the same color as your token on such a circle. When all accusation circles of a combination are covered, the monopolistic practices of that combination have been ended. An accusation chip can be bought from the \"Budget-Commissioner\"; when lending money, he provides a Social-Credit card as an IOU.\n\nVariant rules are supplied for a Low-Budget Game and a Trading Game.\n\nAnspach fought --and won-- a vicious court battle against Hasbro (and others) over this game.\n\nAnti-Monopoly was briefly (1976-1982) published as \"Anti\" and \"Anti-Monopoly II\" was published as \"Choice\" whilst the company was forbidden to use the word \"Monopoly\". In 1984 after prevailing in court the company used the names \"Anti-Monopoly\" and \"Anti-Monopoly II\" for its two games.  In 1987, Anti-Monopoly was withdrawn and Anti-Monopoly II was renamed \"Anti-Monopoly\".  The game described here was produced as Anti-Monopoly before 1976 and from 1984 thru 1987.  The game produced as Anti-Monopoly after 1987 is a different game, with the same name. Plenty of potential for confusion there, eh?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2–6\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlay time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120 min\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComplexity:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.66 \/ 5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ralph Anspach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1973\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"(Self-Published)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51927367680216,"sku":"SB-FC471520C1D9-BOARD-GAMES-UNK-SEALED","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/6271\/0488\/files\/29yoqxirs9gxu0uoan2fnf0jtifk.jpg?v=1785466609","url":"https:\/\/abbyboardwalkstore.com\/products\/anti-monopoly","provider":"Boardwalk Cafe \u0026 Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}