Has anyone here played Stellar Crisis? It was a popular web game in the mid to late '90s.
Stellar Crisis is a classic turn based web strategy game. The community is a lot smaller than it used to be, but there are still a few dozen people playing. There are a lot of daily update games going (take one turn per day, wait until the next day to take the next turn). The game features exploration, expansion, technological research, and of course warfare. The game is 100% free. There's no micropayments. Most server operators don't even take donations.
The most popular servers are:
http://homeserve.org/sc/sc.php
If anyone is interested, I am running a tournament for the game starting at the end of the month. The tournament homepage is at http://scopen.rocketempires.com/
I'll be around to answer any questions about Stellar Crisis or about the tournament 🙂