WORD SWEEP!® Game Continues Sweeps Up 10^th Award
First Game Endorsed by Merriam-Webster Adds iParenting Media Honor

BOSTON, MA – (November 17, 2008) – Start Space Games, Inc. recently announced that its latest product, WORD SWEEP!, the first board game ever endorsed by Merriam-Webster, has been selected to receive an iParenting Media Award.

It is the 10th major award recognition for the American-made game, which was also recently given Teachers’ Choice, Parents’ Choice, Creative Child Magazine and Dr. Toy’s 10 Best Games awards.  The ten honors have come on the heels of the game’s 5-Star rating in Toy Directory Monthly Magazine. Five stars is the highest-possible rating.

Clay Siegert, President of Start Space Games, said, “We’re absolutely thrilled that WORD SWEEP! has earned the recommendations of the iParenting Media, which is among the most prestigious honors for a board game. It is great to be recognized, not just for the entertainment value that our product offers, but also for the underlying educational benefits that are part of the fun.”

WORD SWEEP!, which tests players’ knowledge of word definitions in an original and clever way, was co-invented by Start Space Games and Steve Smith, an annual participant in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament hosted by The New York Times crossword puzzle editor, Will Shortz. Smith, a former middle school teacher from the Boston, Massachusetts area, placed 67th out of 700 participants in the 2008 tournament.

“Congratulations to Start Space Games for earning recognition for WORD SWEEP! from prestigious institutions such as iParenting Media,” said Hillary Hoffman, Director of Marketing for Merriam-Webster, Inc. “Merriam-Webster is pleased to have contributed to the success of this exciting new board game.”

Thanks to its patent-pending “guess-3-words-in-row” game play, WORD SWEEP! (MSRP $29.95) is easy-to-learn and fun for everyone, yet sophisticated even for word gurus. To play, one player reads a card that contains three definitions of words which appear consecutively in a Merriam-Webster dictionary. Another player tries to guess all three words to make a “Word Sweep” before the timer runs out. If the “Word Sweep” isn’t solved completely, opponents can “steal” the remaining words. The more words guessed correctly, the faster players advance around the board to win.

WORD SWEEP! is for 2 to 4 players or teams, ages 10 and up. Using over 2,000 genuine Merriam-Webster dictionary definitions, the game contains three card levels and “junior rules” that can be integrated for complete family game play. “Every player is involved on every turn of the game,” Siegert said. “You’ll be amazed at the definitions you know and learn when you play WORD SWEEP!”

WORD SWEEP! is now available for purchase at Borders Bookstores, as well as online at Amazon.com, Target.com, and BarnesandNoble.com.

About Start Space Games, Inc.

Start Space Games, Inc. (formerly Intellinitiative Game Co.) creates, manufactures and markets entertaining products that inspire fun, interactive group play. What began as a start-up company founded by three sibling entrepreneurs in 2001, has grown into one of the industry’s leading independent game companies. Today, Start Space’s American-made product line features both original and licensed titles such as VH1’s I Love The 80’s Game, The 90’s Game®, Merriam-Webster’s Word Sweep!® and The 80’s Game With Martha Quinn® that are sold online and internationally in thousands of retail stores. For more information, visit www.startspacegames.com.