[1] The game consists of a 36-page rulebook with a map and counters that players use in their quest for interstellar exploration.

Each player has a ship which they must equip with personnel, weapons, fuel, and rations, funded by an initial grant and later by cash gained through exploration.

of inhabitants on a planet can be determined by a roll of percentile dice—a similar system appears in Traveller.

The winner of the game is the player who has gained the most cash and materials through exploration in this time limit.

It was a science-fiction board game of the sort that was just emerging as its own new field — as could be seen in Metagaming's The Space Gamer (1975–1980).