Playing Stars!

How to build your empire, win your wars, and take out the trash.

Popup Help

When the normal cursor changes into a help cursor, point the arrow at an item and left-click to see popup help and technical details. You can also left-click on blue diamonds to display popup help on the commands accessed through the diamonds (cursor stays normal).

Major Elements of Play

Planets

Production

Research

Ship/Starbase Design

Managing Fleets

Navigation

Colonization

Mining

Transporting Freight

Combat

Patrolling

Scanning and Cloaking

Reports

Printing a Map of the Universe

Diplomacy and Trade