The whole universe with all its fascinatingworlds,lifeforms, species and anomalies lies ahead of each braveman andwoman aboard their starships eager to find new life, a newhome andcontact to whatever civilization there may be outside Earthsystem,to explore the unexplored, to encounter the unencountered.Takecommand of one race during the beginning stages of theirempire,but beware, there is more than one way leading to victoryand eachtime, mastering it will be different. Earth, 2121: Spaceflight coming nearer and the thirdworldwar was long in the past, the future looks bright againformankind. Further victory conditions are available atgamestart.
Birth of the Empires (also known as BotE) is a turn-based4Xstrategy game set in space in the style of classics suchasMicroprose's Master of Orion 2 or ST: Birth of the Federation.Bychoosing one of six major races aim is to gain controlandsupremacy over a part of the galaxy, either by diplomaticormilitary means.