Star Empires is a space-based play-by-mail (PBM) space opera.
Designed and published by Geoff Squibb in 1984 in the United Kingdom, the game was hand-moderated for the first year, later transitioning to computer moderation.
Players began with a colony and minimal resources and technology, expanding through exploration within a galaxy of 44,688 sectors.
[3] By 1996, an updated version, Star Empires II, was being developed and run by both Squibb and Spellbinder Games, the latter under license.
[10] He stated, "If you relish a challenge and are prepared to invest time and effort in a game of some depth then Star Empires is probably exactly what you are after.