I’m completely addicted to AstroEmpires.com (and clearly it’s impacting on my blogging). It’s like the board-game RISK, only in space, and you have to build up your planet’s resources and structures to ensure an adequate income flow before you can really begin a war campaign.

It’s completely free — just really addictive. New players get a seven-day grace period to build up their empires before more experienced players can attempt to conquor them. It’s a lot of fun, and totally real-time.

I’m a member of the [EGBT] guild — “Evil Inside”. My home world is New Timonium (I’m original) on the Ceti server at C25:56:40:13. I’d recommend you read this before you begin: “How to build 10 planets in 7 days.”

(No, Jamaila, this is not a paid post!)