{"product_id":"anti-monopoly","title":"Anti-Monopoly","description":"\u003ctable padding=\"1\" margin=\"1\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/ralph-anspach\"\u003eRalph Anspach\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/all\/university-games\"\u003eUniversity Games\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2-6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlaytime\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120 mins\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuggested Age\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8 and up\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr id=\"bgg-row\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e1931\/anti-monopoly\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-forum-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003ehttp:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/1931\/anti-monopoly\/forums\/63\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cbr\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.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Bust~the~Trust!\" Game\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVariant rules are supplied for a Low-Budget Game and a Trading Game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnspach fought --and won-- a vicious court battle against Hasbro (and others) over this game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnti-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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40991759269939,"sku":"UN01851","price":21.89,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/9631\/products\/Screenshot2022-10-04at15-18-12ANTIMONOPOLY_EA_EverestWholesale.png?v=1664867913","url":"https:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/products\/anti-monopoly","provider":"vaibhavhospital","version":"1.0","type":"link"}