The international fellowships give winners the opportunity to build international networks in the scientific community and to gain crucial experience that they can bring back and share with others in their home countries.

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If players survive the early game, there are a number of objectives to pursue, including digging deep into the earth for valuable resources that allow additional advancement, increasing village happiness to attract immigrants, outfitting citizens and soldiers, and even procuring heroes that can gain experience and level up as they hunt down the dangers in the depths.

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That did more than just give them a chance to earn money -- it gave them the critical chance to gain experience in good jobs that build good skills, so that they can come out of this crisis in a better position to build a life for themselves.

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