Anacreon
"This is a highly detailed and
challenging game in which you have complete control of an entire galactic
empire. This is much more than a simple war game?players may arrange
interstellar trade routes, make treaties with other empires, control the
production of planets, and race against the enemy to create new
technologies and more destructive weapons. This is a game of power and
control, conquest and rebellion, all set in a Machiavellian milieu in which it
is better to be feared than loved. Many things are possible in
Anacreon. As the ruler of a multi-world empire you will have to make many
difficult decisions. How will you empire be set up? Will each world be
self-sufficient or will you implement an elaborate cargo route to supply
specialized worlds? If you choose the former you won't have to worry
about your worlds lacking materials, but if you choose the latter each
specialized world will be considerably more productive. You will have to
decide how many worlds you will devote to building ships, and how many to
producing materials. Or perhaps you will want to sacrifice some
industrial worlds in order to establish research universities. In any case,
you will have to worry about how to defend your worlds. Poorly defended
worlds invite attack from other empires, buy trying to protect all your
worlds may spread your forces too thin. And at all times you will have
to make sure that none of your worlds is too unhappy, or else you will
risk a possible rebellion. Of course, the real challenge will come from
the other empires in the galaxy. Each empire will be trying to build up
its war machine, always conquering more worlds and always building more
ships. You will have to insure that your empire is able to respond to
their challenges, either by undertaking your own program of expansion,
or by strategically weakening your opponents' military power. Treaties
are always possible; indeed it is often a good idea to join a weak
empire fighting a stronger one?but be careful: No imperial ruler will
honor a treat that he or she does not believe will be of benefit."
http://www.neurohack.com/anacreon/
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