Stars! comparison

[Merry Jolkar]

I played Stars! for ages (VGA Planets before that -- even wrote C code to create special maps etc.!), and really loved it. In fact, I even a three-way team game against the Jason Cawley and his friends, and won! I think it was because our slow start out of the gate led him to underestimate us -- I doubt I could win again.

I now play SEIV gold exclusively. One big difference is that in Stars! you simply move through space. In SEIV, systems are connected by wormholes, which has major strategic consequences. Also, I think SEIV is better balanced (though I would rule out the use of the Talisman).

John