First off, some of you may be asking "Just what is VGA Planets?". VGA Planets is a graphical, multi-player, play by electronic mail, space war game. This game simulates combat in space between galactic scale empires. The game emphasizes colonization of space and the development of the planets that you will find, colonize and/or conquer. How well you develop these resources will determine what kind of starships (freighters and capital ships) you will be able to produce and how well you will be able to defend your space and attack your neighbors. This game is designed to be a strategic and tactical game of warfare, but you will also need to be able to build an economy and service your empire. With a well developed strong economic base you will have a greater potential for winning the game. As the leader of your empire you are responsible for all of the decisions that effect your growth and production (excluding, of course, being attacked by your neighbor). You will decide how to best develop your planets with the resources available to you. You will decide what type of starship(s) to be built at your starbase(s). You are the mastermind behind your race and you are in a race to see which empire can first conquer the universe. VGA Planets is designed to be able to handle from two to eleven players in a play by mail (electronic mail) game format. The game is designed to be played as a Net or Bulletin Board System (BBS) game (as long as file transfers are permitted and available), although it can be played solely on one computer. Many of the Net players are playing using E-mail and UUENCODE.
If you are interested and have not yet tried VGA Planets then please download the shareware VGA Planets client for Windows(requirements are a 386/33 with 4 mb RAM).
Once you have downloaded this then go to 
Newbie Central for information on getting started. Also, if you are having trouble finding a host please look at my Top 5 Hosts List.
You can also find out more info. on the VGA Planets newsgroup: alt.games.vga-planets, and on the IRC channel #vgaplanets on EFNET. (If you need an IRC client please go to The MIRC homepage.)
