Questions, bugs or ideas? Email trentsmithson@gmail.com — we usually reply within a few days. Including your device and the room code (for online games) helps.
Each turn: place a block, buy up to 3 shares, draw a block. Blocks next to each other found companies; when companies touch, the bigger one absorbs the smaller and the biggest shareholders earn bonuses. The game ends when a company reaches 41 blocks or every company is safe (11+). Tap the book icon in the game for the full rules.
In Safari on iPhone or iPad, tap the Share button, then “Add to Home Screen”. Open Merger Mogul from the new icon for full-screen play. On Android/Chrome use “Install app” or “Add to Home screen”.
Choose Online → Create Room, then share the 4-letter code, invite link or QR code. Friends join from any browser — no account needed. Games save on our server, so you can leave and come back; your games are listed under My Games on the device you used.
In an online room, tap the bell. On iPhone this requires iOS 16.4+ and the game added to your Home Screen. We only notify you that it is your turn. You can turn notifications off in your device settings at any time.
Local games, settings and custom company names stay on your device. Online rooms are stored on Cloudflare so games can be resumed; email us to delete one. There are no accounts. See the Privacy Policy for details.
Browsers keep saved data per web address, so games saved on the old empire-building or merger-mogul addresses can’t be moved automatically. Sorry about that — new games are saved on mergermogul.com.