Stars! is a space conquest game. Turns are host based like Dominions 2 and although the two games are totally different they do somehow feel akin. Although Stars! is easier to get into but very difficult to master IMHO
Its pretty old hat now and no longer actively developed any further. The Devs started work on a sequel but somewhere along the way just as we were getting teasers they lost the plot and the project appears to have been shelved
My interest in Stars! pretty much closed at that point.
Best reference for it is the multitude of web sites albeit dying that exist on the web (use Google) or in the NewsGroups
http://Groups.google.co.uk/Groups?hl...computer.stars
If memory serves me right the AI really wasn't to hot so it was much more a pbem game.
Still quite a loyal following, though nothing like a couple of years back.
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