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The Award-Winning Board Game, Bailout! The Game, Banks on TransMedia Group to 'Raise Interest' for Family Game Night

Posted on: Monday, 19 October 2009, 04:30 CDT

BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Depressed property owners take heart! Bailout! The Game (www.bailoutthegame.com) may soon be coming to your living room and has retained TransMedia Group to publicize how you can win a bailout too by piling up huge debt, just like the big banks.

The award-winning board game Bailout ($29.95) is a strategic satire of the Federal government's handling of the current financial crisis. The makers of the game, Liberty Street Games, want TransMedia to get the word out that the worse you do financially, the better your chances of winning in Bailout! The Game.

"Most people think it's a gag gift or joke, but once they experience the game and strategy involved... they get hooked. Bailout! The Game is made in the US, is an environmentally green product and most importantly is fun and easy to play," said Glen Calder, President of TransMedia Group (www.transmediagroup.com).

Bailout! The Game was developed by an architect and a homeschool mom, and has already received The Toy Man's(TM) Seal of Approval, eco-Recognition(TM) Seal, Award of Excellence and eChoice(TM) Award. In November, Bailout! The Game will be presenting to retailers and gamers at the prominent Chicago Toy & Game Fair.

"We created the game concept by trying to explain to our kids what the T.A.R.P. was... and it eventually turned into this wonderful strategic game. The feedback has been overwhelming and the orders keep pouring in," explains Shari Sopourn, who invented the game along with her husband Jordy and with creative input from daughters Brianna and Lauren.

"You get to be a Chief Financial Officer of a Bank, an institution that is hanging on by a thread, and you need to undermine the competition, endure the uncertainty of the stock market, avoid hostile takeovers, and deal with the instability of the housing market all with the goal of losing the most money to get the bailout. That's going to be fun to promote," added Calder.

About TransMedia Group

TransMedia Group is an award-winning, international PR firm serving clients worldwide since 1981.

Media Contact: Glen Calder TransMedia Group 561-750-9800 x216 gcalder@transmediagroup.com

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