The American Dream Game
BGG rank
BGG #21,108
BGG rating
6.4

The American Dream Game

1979

Rules assistance for The American Dream Game

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–4 players
  • 60 min
  • 10+
  • Complexity 1.3/5

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The American Dream Game is a board game released in 1979 for 2–4 players, 60 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. Its main mechanics are Trading, Auction / Bidding, and Stock Holding.

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About the game

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.

Publishers

  • Milton Bradley

Questions and answers

The American Dream Game supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.