How to win the game:
>step 1: put your brain into a computer
>step 2: develop some type of artificial intelligence which is able to sustain itself for extremely long periods of time in outer space
>step 3: send an A.I. probe to the nearest planet/star/galaxy
>step 4: colonize that system with robotic technology
>step 5: terraform a non-gaseous planet so that biological life may evolve on it
>step 6: remember that it is possible to transfer your consciousness between biological systems as well as virtual ones, therefore, beam your consciousness across space in the form of E.M. waves to your own planet
>step 7: re-upload your consciousness into biological clones of yourself on the planets that you have terraformed
>step 8: continue the process until the universe is inhabited by cyborg clones
>step 9: use every conceivable resource to sustain and evolve
>step 10: merge every aspect of every conscious being into one to create the uber-God-mind.
you have won the game