super game urated empires.. see Imperial starfire. but this is campaign side of Starfire tactical game generating tactical fights. extensive economic game.. Playing time is months tho unless you have no life whatsoever...and neither do your friends...
What you've got friends! definately months then,

Specifically, this is the campaign rules for second edition starfire (white boxed set)

I liked it, but it's slower than SF3, and not as well done as the 3rd ed's Imperial Starfire.

Made the mistake of buying BEFORE reading the back. This is a gropo game. Looks good, though I've yet to crack the box.

As I recall, the game plays rather well.

It is kind of lame. ( I bought it during my still ongoing space combat obsession.) It is a small battle with a few spaceships, and a simple ranged-die roll combat system. It has some neat spaceship upgrade types--but not enough.

The rulebook is great with a massively overblown title that just goes on and on and a seperate massive cheesy space opera text describing the complex backstory for the abstract little space game.

It is hardly classic, let alone a game...

A small set of poorly produced cards, it looks like it was an attempt to offer something like the Star Fleet Battles cardgame from Task Force, but with inferior rules, gameplay and no licensed tie in.

I designed and self-published this game in the mid '80s on a shoestring budget. I had no other game or tie-in in mind when I designed it. I simply wanted to play a "space empire" game with simple rules and a relatively short playing time, so I invented one. It had its fans at the time, and I never had anyone say the rules were unclear, but with hindsight I believe the design could have been improved. For one thing, I don't think I took advantage of the card game format as well as I might have. In many ways, it plays more like a board game than a card game. It sold a few hundred copies, with the remainder going to one game dealer at a discounted rate, so that at least I "broke even"!