{"product_id":"academia-a-game-of-administrative-bloat","title":"Academia: A Game of Administrative Bloat (Pre-Order)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis item is a pre-order item with an expected release date of \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 128, 0);\"\u003e12\/30\/2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrders containing a pre-order items \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eWILL NOT SHIP\u003c\/span\u003e until the final pre-order item is able to be shipped.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDates and product details are subject to change as new information from the manufacturer is updated.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmain id=\"MainContent\" class=\"main\" role=\"main\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-section-template--18055849279783__main\" class=\"shopify-section product-info-wrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"block-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product product-page\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-description-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"facet\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"facet-content rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcademia: A Game of Administrative Bloat is an engine-building, action-management game about running a university that uses a unique action-selection mechanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayers are the boards of directors of their universities, choosing the big strategic initiatives from year to year. Each turn represents an academic year in which the player will choose one of four strategic focuses (actions) for their university. When selecting a focus, players choose one of the four offices at their university. Each ready staff member in that office works, triggering their effect. Each focus requires players to exhaust staff, meaning the game is about managing which staff are ready and when. Over the course of play players build facilities, hire staff, advertise, recruit students, form faculty committees and so on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery four years, students will graduate and affect their university's reputation: star athletes improve athletics reputation, high performers academic reputation, and so on. Players then admit new students, and begin again. After three cohorts of students have graduated, players score prestige from reputation, communications efforts, faculty committees, and personal objectives, then the most prestigious university wins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/main\u003e","brand":"AGD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54374358810987,"sku":"DTZ 1989","price":105.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/9705\/3645\/files\/gamers-guild-az-the-dietz-foundation-academia-a-game-of-administrative-bloat-pre-order-agd-1266953426.png?v=1794357628","url":"https:\/\/www.gamersguildusa.com\/en-ca\/products\/academia-a-game-of-administrative-bloat","provider":"Gamers Guild AZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}