Player Guides

If you’re still feeling lost, or too lazy to read the rest: Here is a collection of guides other experienced players have created. These should give you a nice understanding of how everything works.

If you feel like you can contribute, and add your own guide, please contact the Game Admins via the Support Contact Form.

To read the official guide on governors, visit here.

For guides and discussions written by players, visit the links below

• Inerz's Gov Tutorial - Very thorough introduction on how to use governors for growing your planets.
• Xmer's Gov Discussion and Examples - Discussion of ‘default’ governors.
• Tingling's Gov Examples - Some other examples and governor templates.

• Basic Governor Design
• Add Factories to Governors

• Elder Race's Basic Strategy Guide
  • Covers what to consider when:
    • customizing your homeworld and civilization;
    • colonizing and growing your planets;
    • choosing doctrines and research paths;
    • timing your attacks and surprising your opponents;
    • maximising your empire’s output;
    • defending your empire and choosing a target to war against; and
    • making late game decisions.

• Nongolf's Guide
  • Guides on:
    • customizing your homeworld and civilization;
    • expansion and research;
    • defense and diplomacy; and
    • designing governors (with examples).

• Uncountednose's Beginner Player's Guide
  • Discusses how to:
    • choose your first colonies;
    • decide on your first technologies;
    • defend your empire;
    • interact with other civilizations; and
    • how to declare war on others.
  • Also discusses the mechanisms of reputation and how it affects your empire, as well as tips on expanding your empire beyond the initial stages.
  • Note: The guide was written when the game used only a one-digit number for planet commodities. Planet commodities has since been upgraded to a two-digit figure. The rest of the guide is still a good read for all new players.

• Uncountednose's Intermediate Player's Guide
  • Tips on:
    • planet optimization;
    • 3D trigonometry;
    • fleet manouvering;
    • reverse engineering enemy ship designs; and
    • the use of cloaked scouts.

• Licho's Guide
  • General rules on:
    • initial expansion and growth tips;
    • increasing building costs; (Note that building costs are now calculated differently)
    • optimizing research paths;
    • laying out your empire and specializing planet roles;
    • managing your empire with governors;
    • using building queues; and
    • designing your ships.

• Jack's Guide
  • Quick overview of different research paths:
    • Empire defenses;
    • Ship weapons;
    • Civilian buildings; and
    • Economy techs.
  • Managing your empire by use of governors and admirals to:
    • avoid starvation and bankruptcy;
    • construct buildings once they become available;
    • maintain supply of troops to the fleet;
    • maintain a ready stock of scans;
    • use your breeder planets as emergency backup bankers; and
    • manage shipbuilding when empire is low on resources.

• Radiance's Guide
  • Guide with particular reference to team galaxies, on:
    • preparing your homeworld, civilization traits, and empire name;
    • improving efficiency by specializing planet roles;
    • improving efficiency by lining up factories at the front of building queues;
    • choosing research paths based on your role in the team;
    • communicating with the team on live chat; and
    • managing your empire for late game supremacy.

• Basic Introduction of the Game Interface (Created by dasniper4145)

- Note: This video was created by a player new to the game. Some facts may not be accurate or clear, but is nonetheless a decent effort by the player to explain the client interface.

• Cosmic Supremacy GamePlay (6 videos in total) (Created by soltys83)

- Note: This video does not yet have audio or captions, but is another good attempt to show the game’s interface.

• Demonstration of the game over a Speed Galaxy (Created by tingling)

- Note: This video has only captions, and was recorded over a speed galaxy. Some things were rushed through by the player who recorded it. View in 720p quality or higher.

• Speed Galaxy 27/9/14 (geralth)
• Speed Galaxy 27/9/14 (tingling)

• TG Cup Round 1 (created by Sygor)
• Speed Galaxy 27/9/14 (created by Sygor)

• Drums of War
• Starburst 1
• Starburst 2
• Run & Hide

• Team Galaxy parody
• Hitler Parody
• Noob Player Comedy

• Old Manual Examples - Outdated. Curiosity.
• Guide to the ToDo List - Did someone have your idea before you?

• Rules - The rules of the MTG (v1.3)
• Guide - How to play as a team (under construction)