[OG_Gleep]

I agree with Cainehill, MP wouldn't fit this game very well. It can take a very long time to build something. Its not like dominions where you get a set amount of resources a turn to play with. In this game, the cost is turns. So, you can literally spend multiple turns just hitting next waiting for something to happen.

This leads to a very poor setting for PBEM, which is the common medium for TB games. The only viable way to play this MP would be via LAN and even then.....

The Timer addresses how long you have for each turn, it can never address how exciting each turn is.

As far as the replay value, theres a random galaxy generator for sandbox mode, and a campaign. Theres multiple races to choose from, and a whole slew of difficulty settings. But it comes down to how each person values a game. For me, I don't need to play a game for months or years to be satisfied. If a game lasts over 20 hours, I am ok with it. If it lasts 40 hours, I'd say that it was more then worth it. I can easily see 40 hours going into this game. At $40...that comes to $1 per hour.