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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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Phoenix 10 (#66)
The standard game for everyone: PHost 4, PList 2.4.
PList 2.4, PHost 4, always current version
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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
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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
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Activity

23/Jun/2022 Found a bug (FLAK 1)
- streu: So I finally found a bug (maybe) in today's host run: If I have multiple ships and a planet, and the planet is sorted between the ships in friendly-code battle order. Because the planet cannot be in ...
09/Jun/2022 need another wolf party - on the tim list (Planets)
- at0mix: there are regular parties with alliances for tim list and plist variants. wolf party - no alliances - there is only for plist - this is North Star I propose to create a similar one according to the ...
- streu: Anyone else interested in a no-alliance Tim-list game? Although playing alone sort-of is the point of a no-alliance game, you probably do not want to be THAT kind of alone.
- Dahoudaboudadoudawou: Count me in
- emperor_1999: +
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07/Jun/2022 Klingon vacancy (Titan 19)
- Dahoudaboudadoudawou: That's why most of my ships and bases have bounded markers with short notes in order to remind me what I planned to do with them.
- Terraner: Thanks for the support. Appreciate it. Please spread the word.
- Dahoudaboudadoudawou: Did anybody contact him or somebody else to fill the empty slots? I believe the game will resume tonight and there seems to be no progress...
- Tulgas: Tonight? You mean tomorrow night, I hope.
- Dahoudaboudadoudawou: Yea you're right, my bad Still not much time left though...
04/Jun/2022 Thost hosts? (Planets)
- Xhumeka: Can you explain that in more detail please? "Fix Tow"?
- at0mix: Since I received several posts regarding this matter I think it's time to play my cards. What is this all about? I found a post that says something about the Sacrificial Lamb tactic and I replied ...
- streu: Maybe describe the objective in other words: you want to tow a ship, but run out of fuel in the process, such that the victim cannot fight you. Problem is, the victim ship can change its mass, so you ...
- Xhumeka: Thanks for the info!
- at0mix: this error is missing in phost. but it is extremely useful to the pirate when playing the Thost
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14/Apr/2022 North Star 15

North Star 15 now taking players.
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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.
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30/Jan/2022 Titan 20

Titan 20 now taking players.
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30/Jan/2022 Titan 19

Titan 19 started.
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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.
25/Nov/2021 FLAK 1

FLAK 1 started.
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28/Oct/2021 Pleiades 16

Pleiades 16 finished. Knut Wuchtig has won.

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