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Welcome to PlanetsCentral, a web site for playing VGA Planets, a classic turn-based space exploration strategy game. This site is home of the Planets­Central Automated Host, a fully-automated, reliable game hosting service, and PCC2 Web, a browser-based game client. Read more...

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• 18

  Pleiades 18 (#70)

  Advanced PList game: PHost 4, PList 3.2, and all features enabled. Fun for experienced players.

  PList 3.2, PHost 4, always current version
• 15

  North Star 15 (#73)

  No-alliances/no-cooperation game. Everyone plays for themselves. Otherwise, similar to the Pleiades series.

  PList 3.2, PHost 4, always current version
• Lupus 1 (#75)

  A classic game with no alliances: standard ship list, Echo Cluster.

  Standard Ship List, PHost 4, always current version
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• 14

  12/Aug/2022 Vacation break (North Star 14)

  • Dahoudaboudadoudawou: Hey I will be on vacation from August 13th till 22nd. Therefore I'd like to request to skip the host dates from 14th till 21st and resume no earlier than August 25th.
  • snouka: I agree in general to requests for breaks, so fave a fun and relaxed time on your vacation Mike
  • streu: done.
  • Dahoudaboudadoudawou: Thanks to both of you
• 19

  12/Aug/2022 Vacation break (Titan 19)

  • Dahoudaboudadoudawou: Hey I will be on vacation from August 13th till 22nd. Therefore I'd like to request to skip the host dates from 14th till 21st and resume no earlier than August 25th.
  • streu: done
  • Dahoudaboudadoudawou: Thanks Stefan
• 13

  12/Aug/2022 Vacation break (North Star 13)

  • Dahoudaboudadoudawou: Hey I will be on vacation from August 13th till 22nd. Therefore I'd like to request to skip the host dates from 14th till 21st and resume no earlier than August 25th.
  • streu: done
  • Dahoudaboudadoudawou: Thanks Stefan
• 04/Aug/2022 Welcome to Lupus (Lupus 1)

  • at0mix: the journey of a thousand li begins with the first step and you can only run in a scenario in a combat situation
  • streu: My plan was actually to give Agave Tequilana its maiden voyage when FLAK is coming to an end (and it is currently nearing completion). So, if the others would agree to add Tequila to this game, this ...
  • emperor_1999: +
  • streu: If this "+" is intended to signal agreement, to which of the two alternatives do you agree? --Stefan
  • Tulgas: I like the idea of a standard game with no alliances. I would like to play it as it is now, but, of course, I'll be happy to play with whichever settings the majority agrees.
• 04/Aug/2022 Pause for holidays (FLAK 1)

  • streu: I see no objections, so I will pause the game after the August 4 host run (next one); next one after that will be on 18th. --Stefan
  • promano: Ok, thank you very much.
  • Dahoudaboudadoudawou: Greetinx Could we extend this pause? I will be off from August 13 till 22 so I'd appreciate if the next host run could be no earlier than August 25th.
  • streu: ok, next scheduled host will be on 25th. If I add your vacation plans together, we should still be able to get a host around the 18th if everyone submits their turn as soon as they can.
  • Dahoudaboudadoudawou: Thanks Stefan
• 28/Jul/2022 Determination of game end (FLAK 1)

  • at0mix: I propose a vote for the end of the game for more than half of the live players
  • streu: A "x% of planets" score would just be "x% of 500 planets" and can be done, but would mean ranks are decided by number of planets. (The host cannot yet distinguish between "score to end the game" and ...
• 17

  07/Jul/2022 Pleiades 17

  Pleiades 17 finished. Knut Wuchtig has won.
• 07/Jul/2022 Unplanned outage

  Hi there, there was an unplanned server outage this night. This means the server was down when the hosts for Titan 19 and North Star 14 where due. Since there were turns still missing, I skipped those hosts. If you ...
• 15

  14/Apr/2022 North Star 15

  North Star 15 now taking players.
• 14

  14/Apr/2022 North Star 14

  North Star 14 started.
• 13/Apr/2022 PCC 2.0.13

  Hello, I have uploaded PCC2 2.0.13.
• 21/Mar/2022 Server maintenance

  Hi, I plan to upgrade some software components this Friday, March 25th (after the Thursday host runs). Unlike most upgrades, this one will take a few minutes, so the server will be down for a while.
• 20

  30/Jan/2022 Titan 20

  Titan 20 now taking players.
• 19

  30/Jan/2022 Titan 19

  Titan 19 started.
• 17

  06/Jan/2022 Titan 17

  Titan 17 finished. Kobrov has won.
• 21/Dec/2021 Site Update

  Hi everyone, to finish this year, here's some updates.