{"product_id":"kickstarter-deep-shelf","title":"Kickstarter Deep Shelf","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePreorder Product\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e Q1-2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn engine-building board game of deep-sea exploration, resource management and research\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIncludes one copy of Deep Shelf with all stretch goals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBreakthroughs in deep sea mining technology have ushered in a modern gold rush as corporations’ position themselves to extract the oceans riches of rare earth metals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs corporations seek to exploit the wealth of the ocean, ecologists and research groups see the expeditions as an opportunity to study and catalogue rare lifeforms never before encountered. An uneasy collaboration has formed as scientist make use of the vast wealth of industry and the industrialist depend on the breakthroughs provided by studying the vast and hostile deep-sea ecosystem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeep Shelf\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an game of deep-sea exploration, exploitation, development, and research. Players take on the role of competing corporations seeking to find and develop resource nodes, extract rare earth metals, transport them to the surface and research the unexplored deepest reaches of the ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the leader of your corporation, you will decide whether to expand quickly and strip mine the ocean of its wealth, or take a more eco friendly approach and learn as much as possible about the wonders of the deep. Players must be cautious of mining too greedily, or delving too deep, as such actions will damage the natural ecosystems of the ocean, hastening the end of the game, and not everything in the deep is friendly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/7330\/files\/7771ffdb5b82f404f2e8009e6d5f02b3_original.jpg?v=1677537308\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/7330\/files\/7771ffdb5b82f404f2e8009e6d5f02b3_original.jpg?v=1677537308\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/7330\/files\/7190eb2319088b216262e684e6633e7e_original.jpg?v=1677537323\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ninth Haven Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45128650457376,"sku":"DEEPSHELF_KS","price":159.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/3844\/7136\/products\/deep-shelf-overlay.jpg?v=1684685446","url":"https:\/\/gameology-development.myshopify.com\/products\/kickstarter-deep-shelf","provider":"Gameology Development","version":"1.0","type":"link"}