<s>
The	B-Application
Ashes	I-Application
of	I-Application
Empire	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
which	O
appeared	O
in	O
several	O
adaptions	O
as	O
a	O
play-by-mail	O
game	O
or	O
online	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
in	O
Master	B-Application
of	I-Application
Orion	I-Application
each	O
player	O
produces	O
with	O
his	O
industries	O
different	O
units	O
for	O
defence	O
and	O
attack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
founded	O
as	O
a	O
two-player	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
and	O
expanded	O
to	O
a	O
game	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
eight	O
starting	O
positions	O
with	O
a	O
universe	O
of	O
40	O
planets	O
.	O
</s>
