{"product_id":"anti-monopoly-tin","title":"Anti-Monopoly Tin","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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"Bust~the~Trust!\" Game\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVariant rules are supplied for a Low-Budget Game and a Trading Game.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnspach fought --and won-- a vicious court battle against Hasbro (and others) over this game.\n\u003c\/p\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 In 1987, Anti-Monopoly was withdrawn and Anti-Monopoly II was renamed \"Anti-Monopoly\".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?","brand":"University Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43436838256818,"sku":"UNV01487","price":13.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/5585\/5794\/files\/Anti-Monopoly-Tin_986a6f4843844af5ba.jpg?v=1699871566","url":"https:\/\/meeplesandbeyond.com\/products\/anti-monopoly-tin","provider":"Meeples \u0026 Beyond","version":"1.0","type":"link"}