Manuals:

Essential, must read (at least quickly):
Basic introduction to rules
Original guide - at least read part 4 (about races)
Правила игры на русском (rules in Russian)

Strategy guide (How to play with the big guys ...)
Tons of other guides and info

Clients:

PCC (Planets Command Center) - for beginners
VGA Planets Assistant - for most advanced
Java JVC client - does not support PHost that we run
Java JVPC client - basic, but good for PDAs etc

About Hazard's host

Our host runs PHOST. 999 ships allowed, advanced combat etc. For details look at pconfig.src file distributed together with turn files.

Turn retrieval/submission interface

Last turn information