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Geoschmo

The other idea I have tried successfully on board games is what we called the 'Kentish standoff'

again the cluster set-out might suit this. The idea is that each player gets say 100 turns to build up their empire.

They have no contact with the other empires but there are certain systems they cannont enter which form neutral ground. Each side fortifies the warp points to that neutral ground and on turn 101, all hell breaks loose.

This is a particularily tough game and the fleet battles on the Starfire game I ran it on were massive

Its tough cos by turn 100, you have quite high tech and a lot of ships and player's individual styles really come to the fore.

Again, no idea how you could set this out but could be worth a go

Blimey, how did I get to a first class private?