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Endeavor: Deep Sea

2024 strategy board game

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ135208703 ↗
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Endeavor: Deep Sea is a strategy board game for one to four players designed by Carl de Visser and Jarratt Gray and published jointly by Burnt Island Games and Grand Gamers Guild in 2024. In the game, players take the role of heading an independent research institute with the goal of developing sustainable projects and preserving the fragile balance of marine life.

Endeavor: Deep Sea is designed by the same team that designed Endeavor (2009) and Endeavor: Age of Sail (2018).

History

After publishing Endeavor in 2009, New Zealanders Carl de Visser and Jarratt Gray had set towards creating another board game built on the foundations of Endeavor. De Visser and Gray designed Endeavor: Deep Sea for one and a half years. A Kickstarter campaign for the game was launched in 2023 by the game's publishers, Burnt Island Games and Grand Gamers Guild. Endeavor: Deep Sea was published in 2024.

In 2026, Endeavor: Deep Sea was the featured game at Wellycon in Wellington, New Zealand.

Gameplay

Players represent an institute of oceanographers doing research and conservation work. Players can compete competitively, cooperatively, or solo.

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