Cover art for The American Dream Game

The American Dream Game

1979 · BGG
Avg rating
6.38
Bayes rating
5.52
Weight
1.33 (Light)
Players
2-4
Playtime
1 hr
Ratings count
63

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Description

The object of this game is to be the first player to collect $1,000,000. Players move around a board with opportunities to buy/sell stocks, patent inventions and copyright items, purchase insurance, and avoid traps. Each player starts with $50,000 and tries to collect shares of Goodyear, Levi's, Delta Airlines, Hershey's, Coca-Cola, etc. By landing on specific spaces, they can get Experience Cards that allow player to buy/sell stocks and make other business deals, purchase Prudential Insurance for use when player hits a Trap, get American Dream cards which allow player to earn royalties for things like patenting the light bulb or copyrighting Donald Duck, or get caught in a Trap where the player loses patents or stocks or even cash. The game is filled with major brand names like US Steel, KFC, NFL, RCA, and Disney.

Play mode

Competitive

How it plays

Auction & bidding Negotiation & trading Resource & economic management

Game type

Family / kids game Board game

Publishers

Milton Bradley

Designers

(Uncredited)