Plutocrat

PLUTOCRAT - "A person who through wealth has control and influence" The game is played with 2, 4 or 5 players. (No 3 player variant.) Each player is given a continent (Europe, Asia, Africa, The Americas or Australasia) or more, depending on number of players, that represent their area of influence. The game is won by successfully controlling a certain number of properties throughout the world. The properties are International Airports, Energy Centers, Transport Centers, Communication Centers as well as 4 hotels per continent. The hotels are all of the Hilton line (Hilton and British Airways have a shared advertisement on the reverse side of the board.) The players 'fly' around the world on their personal jets, paying rents on the properties they land upon and purchasing Options to purchase the property on future turns. The game employs a Roll and Move mechanism upon a five-sided board. Players use acquired cards to short cut the process by arriving at properties of the player's choosing. Auctions are held when a player can not meet their financial obligations.