diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Actor.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Actor.cs
index 82cb4ac824..1358ef9ef4 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Actor.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Actor.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		public Player Owner;
 		[Sync]
 		public int Health;
-		IActivity currentActivity;
+
+		IActivity currentActivity;
+		public Group Group;
 
 		public Actor(World world, string name, int2 location, Player owner)
 		{
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Group.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Group.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dafd135a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Group.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace OpenRA
+{
+	public class Group
+	{
+		List<Actor> actors;
+		int id;
+
+		static int nextGroup;
+
+		public IEnumerable<Actor> Actors { get { return actors; } }
+		
+		public Group(IEnumerable<Actor> actors)
+		{
+			this.actors = actors.ToList();
+
+			foreach (var a in actors)
+				a.Group = this;
+
+			id = nextGroup++;
+		}
+
+		public void Dump()
+		{
+			/* debug crap */
+			Game.Debug("Group #{0}: {1}".F(
+				id, string.Join(",", actors.Select(a => "#{0} {1}".F(a.ActorID, a.Info.Name)).ToArray())));
+		}
+
+		/* todo: add lazy group path crap, groupleader, pruning, etc */
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
index 976f812613..7a716137b1 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Chrome.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Effects\GravityBomb.cs" />
     <Compile Include="GameRules\WeaponInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Group.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Orders\GenericSelectTarget.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Activities\Leap.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\AI\EmitInfantryOnSell.cs" />
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Player/ActorGroupProxy.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Player/ActorGroupProxy.cs
index d96c21ebc3..c112555617 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Player/ActorGroupProxy.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Player/ActorGroupProxy.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 			if (order.OrderString == "CreateGroup")
 			{
 				/* create a group */
+				var actors = order.TargetString.Split(',')
+					.Select(id => uint.Parse(id))
+					.Select(id => self.World.Actors.FirstOrDefault(a => a.ActorID == id))
+						.Where(a => a != null);
 
+				var g = new Group(actors);
+				g.Dump();
 			}
 		}
 	}