04-30-2014, 08:35 PM
I have never played Stars! myself, but an old chum of mine was at one point very active in that community. He helped write the Strategy Guide linked to in the first post.
It looks like the basic 4X space empire concept taken to the most detailed extreme. Which kind of has me salivating now. The only roadblock is that it looks like there is a steep on-ramp -- setting up the software, hosting a game somewhere/somehow, learning the client software tool, massive rules, etc. If anyone here knows how to set it up, or knows people who are still actively playing, please invite them to make themselves known here. They are sure to suck in some new players, myself included.
It looks like the basic 4X space empire concept taken to the most detailed extreme. Which kind of has me salivating now. The only roadblock is that it looks like there is a steep on-ramp -- setting up the software, hosting a game somewhere/somehow, learning the client software tool, massive rules, etc. If anyone here knows how to set it up, or knows people who are still actively playing, please invite them to make themselves known here. They are sure to suck in some new players, myself included.