Star Conquest is a turn-based strategic wargame. It may be played as asingle player, multi-player or network game. Up to ten players can playin a game, accompanied by up to ten computer controlled players. Your objective is to guide your species in its expansion to all cornersof the known Universe. You start with two or more populated Planets anda small number of Star Ships. Using these Star Ships you have to exploreand colonise other Star Systems. Soon you will encounter other species. Will you choose to conquer all,or perhaps fight as part of an alliance. Each year you can decide whatstrategy to follow, moving Star Ships or Fleets to attack or defend,colonising Planets and exploring Star Systems. Once every player hasissued his or her commands, the year ends and the results arecalculated. The game continues until all players are eliminated and onlya single player or alliance remains. Being a strategic wargame, Star Conquest is relatively complex and itmay take several weeks before you fully appreciate its complexity andsubtly of game play. If you are looking for a fast paced action gamethis isn't it! If you play Star Conquest on a single computer then each Player takes itin turn to issue their orders. If you play a network game of StarConquest each Player takes their turn simultaneously.