GenCon Newsflash: Telestrations Party Game Turns President into Statue

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All it takes for a run on the games is for us to demonstrate how the game plays in our stores. Even people who don't know each other get caught up in the fun.

San Diego, CA (Vocus) August 5, 2010

Consumers will be feverishly snatching up copies of Telestrations®, a hot new party game featured at GenCon this week in Indianapolis. The game industry’s longest-running, best-attended game convention showcases a breakout board game, Telestrations, developed by USAOPOLY, Inc. Specialty retailers carrying the game are reporting unprecedented response to the new game that celebrates a very old, time-honored tradition. For generations kids have enjoyed the game of whispering a message into a friend's ear and having it passed on only to have the last recipient report a very amusing, garbled version of the original message. Telestrations is the telephone game sketched out. The unpredictable and hilarious outcomes engage board game players and partygoers like no other board game has in recent years.

Fans of the game say it's the kind of game that from start to finish keeps them active, amused and excited every moment because they're either guessing what they see or sketching the word passed to them. Players say the finish is possibly the best part when they get to see how the word they started with went from "Priest" to "Flaming Elvis Presley" by game's end, or how "Doggie Bag" turned into "Man Purse". Every player's intent is to pass along the message exactly as they get it, whether by guessing or sketching, and how well they do that-- or don't -- is cause for uproar or applause. Telestrations’ fun factor is undeniable and has earned it three industry awards: TNPC Seal of Approval (The National Parenting Center), IPMA Hot Product (iParenting Media Award) and NAPPA Gold Award (National Parenting Publications Award).

"All it takes for a run on the games" says Scott Brown, "is for us to demonstrate how the game plays in our stores. Even people who don't know each other get caught up in the fun." Brown manages Marbles The Brain stores in Chicago, Naperville and Skokie, IL. Since he started carrying the game, he knew all he needed to do to sell it was to invite people to play. "The laughter is genuine and it's infectious -- that’s the ‘Telestrations Effect’ -- and everyone already gets how to play the telephone game."

Telestrations is available at specialty retailers including Barnes & Noble, Borders and amazon.com for a suggested retail price of $29.95. It’s laugh-out-loud party fun for 4 to 8 players, ages 12+.

TELESTRATIONS is a registered trademark of USAopoly, Inc. The Telestrations logo and character are trademarks of USAopoly, Inc. Copyright © 2009, 2010 by USAOPOLY, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.PlayTelestrations.com * http://www.USAOPOLY.com

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