Editing Acquire (section)

=== Awards ===
The game was short-listed for the first [[Spiel des Jahres]] board game awards in 1979.<ref name="sjd">Spiel des Jahres page for Acquire in German</ref>

''[[GAMES Magazine|GAMES]]'' magazine inducted ''Acquire'' into their buyers' guide [[GAMES 100#Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]].<ref name="hof">[http://www.gamesmagazine-online.com/gameslinks/hallofame.html GAMES Magazine Hall of Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417062722/http://www.gamesmagazine-online.com/gameslinks/hallofame.html |date=2010-04-17 }}. Retrieved 2010-07-26</ref> The magazine's stated criteria for the Hall of Fame encompasses "games that have met or exceeded the highest standards of quality and play value and have been continuously in production for at least 10 years; i.e., classics."

''Acquire'' was inducted into the [[Origins Awards|Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design's Hall of Fame]], along with game designer Sid Sackson, in 2011.<ref name="Origins">Origins Awards Hall of Fame for Acquire [http://www.gama.org/OriginsAwards/tabid/2720/Default.aspx Academy Hall of Fame]</ref> It is also one of the [[Mind Sports Olympiad]] games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Acquire |url=https://mindsportsolympiad.com/product/acquire-2022/ |access-date=2022-07-29 |language=en-US}}</ref>