Review of the Proxy Sheet

Review of the Proxy Sheet – When the game begins you will be given a play piece, some cash and a Proxy Sheet. When you land on a subsidiary space on the playing board, you are given a proxy vote to be elected to a special directorship of that company. The first player to collect all six proxy votes of any company is elected to this special directorship that is held in escrow. Don’t let the word escrow scare you, it just means that something is held in trust until a condition is fulfilled.
The condition here is, “you were first to collect all the required proxies.”

Each Proxy Sheet is good for 9 games, where the first column is a sample to show you how to record your proxy votes as you collect them.

Once you have an escrow directorship, it is not a bad idea to keep collecting proxies from other companies because you never know when you will need an exit strategy. To make a long story short, each company has only one (1) escrow directorship and you need one to win, but a player can only hold one at a time. If you qualify for a second escrow directorship, you can choose to “quit” but you must give up the first one to hold the second.  This is a strategic move when you are cornered. You’ll see.

We will talk more about the significance of this special directorship called the “escrow directorship” when we review directorships.

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