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Bailout! the Board Game

by Ian Bogost May 20, 2009

categories: Political Games

In beautiful 1960s styling, here's Bailout! a new boardgame.

You are the Chief Financial Officer of a bank; your institution is hanging on by a thread. You must reach BAILOUT Bank before it is too late. So, you take a chance and follow the money trail.

Along the way you will be forced to undermine the competition, endure the uncertainty of the stock market, avoid hostile takeovers, deal with the instability of the housing market and your bank may even be forced to take a bank holiday.

Hard to tell much more from the website, but it looks like an American-style path game rather than German-style strategy game. Shipping next month for $35.

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