Congratulations! You are now the proud ruler of a nascent space empire. Your role over the coming months will be to turn this ailing economy into a force conquering the far reaches of space.
Is not a true PBEM game, but similar enough to one that it would attract similar players. Every hour one turn of game time passes, however it is easy to manage your empire logging on roughly twice a day due to the time it takes ships to move. You can manage with less, but makes it harder to defend and attack effectively. The present game just started and will likely run approximately one year. There are clans that you can join or form on your own. Much of what occurs in the game is also reposted in RP posts, which is why I'm posting in this as a pbem game (also because of how often you need to log in). Below is a link to a helpful guide the game and getting started.
http://clipper.ship.edu/~cdgira/personal/Vimes_Guide.pdf

BETA notice: Things can change and not everything work as expected, but the website is stable enough