Trophies! Also, Our Own Coffee!

Talespin and I are thrilled to announce the arrival, here at the official Planets Magazine shipping and distribution center (otherwise known as my dining room table), of the brand new trophies for the Planets Magazine Invitational series. Take a look:

I remember when I used to have a dining room…

Just imagine winning one of these for your very own, to display next to that Nobel medal, the Pulitzer, and your eighth-grade spelling bee trophy.

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The First Planets Magazine Invitational

The first Planets Magazine Classic Invitational has now been launched, and the champions are assembling. Top players from Planets Nu, both past and present, have been sent invitations to join, and as soon as the game is full it will begin. is well underway as of this writing, and we’re getting ready to start the second one.

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Interview With A Dogfighter

Dogfights 2021 Tournament – Starts March 1st! Sign up now!

Dogfights is a semi-blitz style tournament: 8 players on a 60-planet map = deadly close-quarters space combat

In sectors far far away, commanders fight galactic space wars, League is underway at Planets.nu, and a fresh era of Faction Wars spurs competition. Amidst these bloody conflicts, Dogfighters play a major role. While the Dogfights tournament was born in 2019, its current popularity earns it a position in the Nu League lineup.

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Blitz Games

Blitz Games are 1 on 1 Planets Games with a much smaller starmap and – depending on the turn frequency – often require only a few hours to days to complete. Blitz Games can be played vs. one live opponent or an artificial intelligence called ‘Hiatus’. Due to their relatively short game length, Blitz Games are the only format that is used for tournaments. While alliances and cooperation are extremely important in the larger game formats the Blitz Game version mainly focuses in military strength and strategic abilities. Furthermore it is an ideal set-up for tactical training or sandbox tests.

Blitz Tournament 0029 finally kicks off!

(written by ChallengeSpaceYard)

At long last Blitz Tournament 0029 is finally ready to kick off! After two weeks of rounding up players, we have finally landed at 22 players. As this number is not a power of 2, some players will not be competing in Round 1.

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3rd Blitz Game Championship coming soon

The third famous World Blitz Tournament Series hosted by ChallengeSpaceYard is now underway, this time with more players than ever. Titled ‘Breakthru the 4th Dimension’ it not only introduces high-speed gaming on a very small map, it also puts all kinds of characters and game playing styles into the ring.

The top three players will receive these prizes:

  • 1st Place / Gold – 3 free months of premium membership
  • 2nd Place / Silver – 2 free months of premium membership
  • 3rd Place / Bronze – 1 free month of premium membership

Good luck to all participants!  If you want to join you can do that here now – But hurry!  There are only 7 slots left!