Sets and Expansions
Sets and expansions were in English. A German version of Series II Primary Edition was released at about the same time as its English-language counterpart, but with fewer cards.
The set sizes in the table below have been compiled from checklists on the Internet and may be inaccurate. Many of the sets contain cards that are identical except for artwork and/or flavour text; for most sets these have been counted as separate cards. An exception was made for Series VIII, which has 100 distinct cards, among which 23 have 4 versions, 1 has 3 versions, and 1 has 2 versions, all but one of which have the same artwork and slightly different flavour text; so the die-hard collector would count 172 different cards. Some sets have cards for empires other than those listed, but not enough such to play these empires from this set alone.
| Series | Set | Release date | Empires | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Alpha" | August 1994 | Argonian, Krebiz | ||
| Series I | "Beta" | August 1994 | Argonian, Krebiz | 90 |
| Series II | Primary Edition | December 1994 | Argonian, Bolaar, Corporate, Space Dragon, Indirigan, Krebiz, Mechad, Vektrean | 441 |
| Series III | New Empires | March 1995 | Clydon, Plasma Occupied Territory/P.O.T., Scorpead, Tufor | 210 |
| Series IV | Powers of the Mind | August 1995 | Filarian, Psycanti, Visonic | 152 |
| Series V | Time Gates | August 1995 | Time Knight, Tranoan | 157 |
| Series U | Universe Edition | November 1995 | Argonian, Clydon, Corporate, Space Dragon, Indirigan, Krebiz, Mechad, P.O.T., Scorpead, Tufor, Vektrean | 565 |
| Series VI | Advanced Technologies | January 1996 | 152 | |
| Series VII | Piracy | May 1996 | Bolaar, Corporate Pirate, Indirigan, Leopan | 205 |
| Series VIII | Comedy Club on the Far Side of the Galaxy |
July 1996 | Comedy Club Network | 100/172 |
| Series IX | Persona | August 1996 | 205 | |
| Series X | Galactic Invaders | October 1996 | Aqaaran, Gekonauak, J'Xar, Orgon, Treglean, Zedan | 260 |
| Series XI | Allied Forces | December 1996 | Drone, Erodi, Noble, Pakta'don, Paraloid, Shon-ti, Tarra'ki, Treglean, Trochilidae | 145 |
| Promo cards | Aesthetic, Battle Birds, Collector | 315 |
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