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SALVAGE: Deep Space is a cooperative board game for 2 to 4 players. It is a campaign-driven, tactical-skirmish game, set in the far future of alternate-reality space. The story unfolds interactively, with the players undertaking the role of pilots in Salvage Exosuits in a tale that progresses at their pace. Events will happen, new areas and technologies will be unlocked, characters will be introduced, and the game-world itself will change as it’s played. Designed for players to be able to conjure their own cast of compelling characters, participants will embark on a memorable deep-space adventure and discover the stories hidden within Sol System.

These stories are begging to be uncovered, but in order to do so we need your help. The story of Salvage: Deep Space is collaborative! We, the creators have crafted the world, set up the pieces, and armed you with the tools for exploration, but you will determine how the story unfolds and its ultimate conclusion through gameplay.

Many narrative-driven games require extensive groundwork and someone to prepare and proctor the game. SALVAGE: Deep Space provides rich narrative structure and frees up everyone to be a player! Together, your crew works to uncover a high-stakes science fiction adventure amongst the stars. It takes cooperation, but along the way you’ll have the opportunity to indulge in tactical skirmish combat, character-driven roleplaying, and narrative decision-making that will shape Sol System!

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Noteworthy Features

The protagonist ship from SALVAGE: Deep Space flying towards a derelict space station through colorful space clouds

A Compelling Story 100 Years After Earth’s Destruction

Following the cataclysmic happening known only as ‘The Event,’ humanity teeters at the brink of extinction. Having once gained a foothold amongst the stars, witness and shape this formative chapter in mankind’s alternate-future as it attempts to claw its way out of a technological dark age. Rediscover, remember, and reflect on what was lost while directly or indirectly helping shape Sol System

Customizable ten-sided dice that level up alongside your character

Progressive d10s That Level Up Alongside Your Heroes

An exciting level of customization that is unique to SALVAGE is the Progressive d10 system. Whenever a new Exo-Suit is unboxed it will be accompanied by a custom d10 that has a ‘Max’ (maximum) and ‘Mis’ (mishap) which augments the outcome of every attempted ability. As your pilot levels, stickers are selected from a range of options and added to the recessed faces of the d10, further customizing how you want your Suit(s) to function.

The K-23 Centaurus Salvage suit from SALVAGE: Deep Space in a dynamic pose

Over 100 Hours of Narrative to Roleplay Through

Explore and influence a compelling sci-fi story set hundreds of years in the future. When not completing tactical skirmish missions, your crew will be prompted to navigate story-shaping narrative moments that will change the board state. Every decision that your pilots make will have repercussions, some of which will be far-reaching and unexpected.

The six starting suits from SALVAGE: Deep Space, 28mm test print miniatures, painted in the "factory" color schemes

Six Starting Suits and Twelve Unlockables All with Miniatures

Take on the role of 14-ft. tall Exo-Mechs, most commonly known as ‘Salvage Suits.’ Designed for zero-g and low-atmo, embark on adventures that take you into derelict space stations, old research bases, and long-forgotten outposts. With a starting crew of 6, build your team as you unlock up to 12 additional suits, each with their own unique cadence, style, and set of abilities.

Six completely customizable pilots waiting to be merged with the six starting salvage suits from SALVAGE: Deep Space

Completely Customizable Characters

Using 100 pilot portraits and 30 selectable histories, create a completely unique pilot for each Suit, complete with a Name, Character Art, Qualifications, Cybernetics, and Background. Many of these choices will impact both Mission and narrative gameplay.

SALVAGE: Deep Space's means for generating missions using symbols on the double-sided tiles

Self-Generating Mission Tiles for Easy Setup

Worried about tedious setup, often associated with dungeon-crawling games? Designed for easy composition and quick teardown, SALVAGE’s Mission Tiles contain symbols which connect to a Mission’s profile, creating a clear guide for tile population and resulting in quick board generation.

The innovative adversary and status tracking bases from SAVLAGE: Deep Space

Innovative Adversary Standees and Status Tracking Pegs

With custom adversary bases and colored status pegs, tracking what ailments your pilots have stacked on any given enemy has never been easier! When a Status is applied to an adversary, the appropriate colored Status Peg is inserted into the Adversary’s standee. As the adversary moves across the Mission Tile any applied statuses move with it, eliminating a lot of the guesswork that often goes into enemy management

Did you know you can become a part of SALVAGE: Deep Space?

Each game comes with the same 100 Pilot Portraits, and some of those portraits are available for you to claim!
If you’ve ever wanted to see yourself (or a character of your concoction) in a sci-fi game, here’s your chance!

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What’s In The Box?

  • 6 Starting Suits

  • 12 Unlockable Suits

  • 20 Double-Sided Mission Tiles

  • 80 Adversaries, Standees & Pegs

  • 100 Pilot Portraits

  • Space Navigation Map

  • 200 UTCs

  • 100+ Tokens

  • 316 Pages

Hear About SALVAGE at Gen Con 2022

Cap from 3301 Games introduces attendees at Gen Con 2022 to SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
Sean from 3301 Games introduces attendees at Gen Con 2022 to SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
Ben and Frank introduce attendees at Gen Con 2022 to SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
Sean from 3301 Games introduces attendees at Gen Con 2022 to SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
Ben and Frank attendees at Gen Con 2022 to SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
Sean from 3301 Games introduces attendees at Gen Con 2022 to SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
Cap from 3301 Games introduces attendees at Gen Con 2022 to SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
Hero statuettes from 3301 Games' booth at 2022 Gen Con, announcing SALVAGE: Deep Space.
The SALVAGE: Deep Space Pre-Kickstarter Review Kits displayed at Gen Con 2022. From 3301 Games!
Cap (left) and Sean (right) from 3301 Games
Cap from 3301 Games introduces attendees at Gen Con 2022 to SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
Ben introduces attendees at Gen Con 2022 to SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
Sean from 3301 Games introduces attendees at Gen Con 2022 to SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!

The Six Starting SALVAGE Suits

The A3-Perseus Salvage Suit from SALVAGE: Deep Space

A-3 PERSEUS

Adaptability. Versatility. Efficiency. Pilot’s lucky enough to be in possession of an A-3 Perseus Suit are in control of one of the great feats of human military technology. With its Energy Sword and round-shield, the A-3 is considered the ultimate deterrent against hostiles.

The B13-Aries Salvage Suit from SALVAGE: Deep Space

B-13 ARIES

Multiuse. Enhancement. Utility. Designed as a labor-suit for the Martian colony-ships, the B-13 Aries was repurposed as a mobile tool-kit in the building of Mars’ infrastructure. Today, it's considered to have one of the most diverse skill-sets of all remaining salvage suits.

The K23-Centaurus Salvage Suit from SALVAGE: Deep Space

K-23 CENTAURUS

Hardened. Dependable. Loud. With a reinforced hull and protective plating over vulnerable areas, the K-23 Centaurus Suit is a walking bunker. Originally designed for crowd control in hostile environments, it contains systems meant to distract, disperse, and disorient.

The F3-Chameleon Salvage Suit from SALVAGE: Deep Space

F-3 CHAMELEON

Stealth. Precision. Autonomy. Believed to be one of the oldest of the salvage models, the F-3 Chameleon Suit is thought of as the ‘ultimate espionage’ suit. Designed for efficient lethality it contains systems specifically created to neutralize heavily-armored adversaries.

The UC43-Perseus Salvage Suit from SALVAGE: Deep Space

UC-43 DRACO

Detection. Collection. Extraction. With its powerful surveillance capabilities and unique monitoring equipment, it is posited that the UC-43 Draco Suit helped accelerate humanities understanding of the stratigraphic composition of Sol System’s celestial bodies.

The UH16-Perseus Salvage Suit from SALVAGE: Deep Space

UH-16 PEGASUS

Protection. Revival. Support. While many of the other surviving salvage suits were clearly created with combat or reconnaissance in mind, the primary role of the UH-16 Pegasus Suit seems clear - to keep the other Pilots and Suits mission-ready and fully functional.

Sample Pilots

  • Minurva

    A3-Perseus Pilot

  • Badette

    B-3 Aries Pilot

  • Jan

    K-23 Centaurus Pilot

  • Khen

    F-3 Chameleon Pilot

  • Frinkly

    UC-43 Draco Pilot

  • Allivur

    UH-16 Pegasus Pilot

The Five Salvage Types

Salvage can take many forms in Sol System. The type of salvage, its abundance, and what stands between you and its recovery will vary depending on the mission. As a member of a salvaging crew, if everything goes well, you can expect to come across the following:

TECH

Reclaiming lost, abandoned, (and sometimes) forgotten technology is a common job for a crew of Salvage pilots. Robotics, Med-tech, O.T., and various forms of NBI are just some of the types of technology that your crew will be asked to seek out and claim. As is often the case, the rarer the find - the larger the reward.

MUNITIONS

As inner-system politics return to Sol, there is a premium placed on the recovery of various munitions. Competition for these armaments is fierce, with Salvage crews competing with sanctioned Munitions Retrieval Units (MRU) that operate out of most major stations. Rockets, power cells, cartridges, and depleted uranium are some of the caches Salvage pilots will be expected to accrue, store, and sell.

GEOLOGICAL

It takes a particularly experienced group of Salvage pilots to be able to properly identify and then extract valuable geological assets that permeate Sol System. While geological salvage often has a less dramatic pay-out as other reclaimed resources, its abundance can provide a steady stream of income for those that know where to look and possess the proper tools.

CHITIN

Chitin, a complex carbohydrate found in the exoskeletons of Xenomartians, is a highly valuable resource with a wide range of industrial and medical applications. A Salvage crew may use advanced spacecraft and cutting-edge technologies to locate and extract chitin from asteroids, planets, and other space objects.

VALUABLES

Some forms of salvage are so rare and so valuable that they are worth pursuing in almost any circumstance. Always in search of ‘that one big job’ most pilots jump at the opportunity to chase down hard to produce chemicals or scarce materials. Rarer still are pre-event artifacts such as art, trinkets, and other luxury items that can result in major payouts from the right bidder.

Boardgame Stories Previews SALVAGE

The box cover art for SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
The UH-16 Pegasus, a Salvage Suit from SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
The B-13 Aries, a Salvage Suit from SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
The A-3 Perseus, a Salvage Suit from SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
The F-3 Chameleon, a Salvage Suit from SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
The K-23 Centaurus, a Salvage Suit from SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!
The UC-43 Draco, a Salvage Suit from SALVAGE: Deep Space, a co-op exploration & adventure game that places emphasis on roleplaying, teamwork, & an enthralling player-driven story in deep space!