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A futuristic strategy game involving a vast merchant starfleet, the object being to have the greatest total assets at the end.

There are 11 well-organised screens. The first offers loading old game or new game options - the latter requires entering of numbers of players, ships and planets, setting a limit to game length and setting sound on/off.

Then a galatic map shows positions of up to 15 star systems relative to Sol.

Next screen lists commodity prices and travel time display, with your current cargo status, followed by Travel Printout - overall schedules for all players' ships. Then there's a complex Trading Display handling the buying and selling of commodities.

Screen top shows real elapsed time, the game time, Captain's name, Ship's name and star system.

Screen right is ship's log, cargo print-out, onboard cash, bank balance and whether selling or buying is happening.

On screen left, messages appear as dealers bid for your cargo and you bid for their merchandise.

Other screens are Bank Display, Options Display, Bank Statement, New Star-System, ETA and Urgent Message - such as late planetfall or planetary inflation.

A fascinating, enjoyable game that should be in every gamesperson's library.

T.W.