[1] In a note to StarMaster players in Paper Mayhem, a magazine for play-by-mail gamers, Lloyd left open the possibility of restarting the game as a fully computerized version in the future.
[1] Starmaster was a strategic science fiction play-by-mail game that included space exploration, colonization of worlds, and options for diplomacy or combat with other races encountered.
[2] In the October 1980 edition of Dragon (Issue 42), Bill Fawcett also found the cost per turn to be very high, and suggested that players with a tight budget should look elsewhere for a less expensive PBM game.
[3] In the April 1983 edition of Dragon (Issue 72), Michael Gray stated "Hundreds of people play this game, all in the same galaxy.
Schubel & Son puts out a Star Master newsletter with all sorts of information about the game, such as strategy tips, news of great alliances, and reports of warfare.
"[4] Brian Creese reviewed Starmaster for Imagine magazine, and stated that "Generally speaking, this game seems to require quite a lot of effort to get going, but this is inevitable given its design.