Bailout The Game Blog

Creators of the Orginal Bailout Games by Liberty Street Games

Liberty Street Games was founded in 2009 by a husband and wife team. Working together, the husband, owner of an architecture firm, and wife, teacher by trade and homeschool mom of three, provided an excellent balance of artistic ability and creativity.

Liberty Street Games is dedicated to creating quality, affordable and entertaining games. All of their products are made in the USA and create American jobs. Liberty Street Games believes in supporting local small businesses and uses their services at every possible opportunity.

Bailout! The Game

The concept for the board game came about in September of 2008. The creators were sitting around the family dinner table and topic of conversation was about, you guessed it, the governmental bailout. Current events are a standard part of their homeschool curriculum. Since every news outlet in the country had the bailout running as their top news story, this was a teaching opportunity they could not pass on. Their kids found it interesting, but for 9 and 10 year old children, the concept was complicated. In order to keep them interested in the Bailout, the father remembered that he had a book about the history of Monopoly. The book discussed a time line of the game, but more importantly for them it spoke about the significance that monopolies played in American history. This peaked their daughters’ interest. “Wow!” the kids thought; a fun game that had to do with history. They learned that the game was created during the Great Depression and that during difficult financial times people stayed home instead of going out like they did for family game night. Almost simultaneously both children blurted out, “We should make a game about the bailout.”