Wall Street and the Fat-Cat Bankers Don’t Want You To Play: ‘Bailout! The Game’

Feb. 1, 2010 - PRLog -- Wall Street and big bank executives cower in fear as word gets out that  Bailout! The Game exposes their secrets to  failure.

Bailout! The Game (www.bailoutthegame.com) “All the fun, none of the responsibility, and best of all… this bailout doesn’t add to the national debt, said Jordy Sopourn a commercial architect who developed the game along with his wife Shari, a  homeschool mom of 3.  The concept of the game was inspired by the couple’s two young daughters, Brianna (12) and Lauren (10), during a conversation about the government bailout (TARP) around the family dinner table.  “What started out as an educational game transformed into the hilarious parody of the government bailout, where debt is king, and when you lose you win” said Shari Sopourn

Directly affected by the recession as credit for commercial architecture projects had virtually dried up, the Sopourn’s decided to bailout themselves.   In 2009, they founded Liberty Street Games and self published their Award-Winning board game, Bailout! The Game ($29.99).  

Players compete as rival banks (ex. Greedy Investors of America (AIG), Bankruptcy O’ America, Liquidation Brothers) who make risky investments seeking to undermine the competition and get a bailout.  Along the money trail you will run into Frantic May, Frivolous Mac, have to deal with plummeting dollar values, hostile takeovers, global warming rallies, pork barbeques in Washington, and negative media coverage.  Jordy added, “Don’t like the way Bernanke and Geithner are running the banks, Bailout! The Game gives you a chance to run one yourself.”  

Bailout! The Game has received accolades from toy industry reviewers: Mr. Dad (www.mrdad.com), The Family Review Center (www.familyreviewcenter.com) and The Toy Man (www.thetoyman.com).  On Friday, Shari was notified of her nomination for the W.W.I.T. (Wonder Women in Toys) award (www.womenintoys.com).
Creating American jobs was a key component to the Sopourn’s business plan. They proudly manufacture all of their products from recycled materials in Battle Creek, Michigan. They have also recently launched Bailout! The Card  Game.  

Come and visit us at Toy Fair in New York on February 14-17 in booth #5646.

Shari and Jordy Sopourn
shari@bailoutthegame.com
954.682.1275
Be The Bank, Lose Billions, Get a Bailout!