diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Network/Network.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Network/Network.cs
index b4743cb3e4..5170cfc3cc 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Network/Network.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Network/Network.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,79 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Net;
+using System.IO;
 
 namespace OpenRa.Game
 {
 	class Network
 	{
+		public const int Port = 6543;
+		const int netSyncInterval = 40 * 5;
+
+		UdpClient client = new UdpClient(Port);
+		int nextSyncTime = 0;
+		int currentFrame = 0;
+
+		Queue<Packet> incomingPackets = new Queue<Packet>();
+
+		public Network()
+		{
+			client.EnableBroadcast = true;
+
+			Thread receiveThread = new Thread(delegate()
+			{
+				for (; ; )
+				{
+					IPEndPoint sender = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 0);
+					byte[] data = client.Receive(ref sender);
+
+					Packet packet = Packet.FromReceivedData(sender, data);
+
+					lock (this)
+					{
+						if (currentFrame <= packet.Frame)
+							incomingPackets.Enqueue(packet);
+					}
+				}
+			});
+		}
+
+		public void Send(byte[] data)
+		{
+			IPEndPoint destination = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Broadcast, Port);
+			using(MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream())
+			using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(ms))
+			{
+				writer.Write(currentFrame);
+				writer.Write(data);
+				writer.Flush();
+
+				byte[] toSend = ms.ToArray();
+
+				client.Send(toSend, toSend.Length);
+			}
+		}
+
+		public Queue<Packet> Tick()
+		{
+			Queue<Packet> toProcess = new Queue<Packet>();
+
+			if (Environment.TickCount > nextSyncTime)
+				lock (this)
+				{
+					while (incomingPackets.Count > 0 && incomingPackets.Peek().Frame <= currentFrame)
+					{
+						Packet p = incomingPackets.Dequeue();
+						if (p.Frame == currentFrame)
+							toProcess.Enqueue(p);
+					}
+					++currentFrame;
+				}
+
+			return toProcess;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Network/Packet.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Network/Packet.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01d36b5f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Network/Packet.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Net;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace OpenRa.Game
+{
+	class Packet : IComparable<Packet>
+	{
+		IPEndPoint address;
+		int frame;
+		byte[] data;
+
+		public int Frame { get { return frame; } }
+
+		Packet(IPEndPoint address, byte[] data)
+		{
+			this.address = address;
+
+			using (MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream(data))
+			using (BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(ms))
+			{
+				frame = reader.ReadInt32();
+				this.data = reader.ReadBytes(data.Length - 4);
+			}
+		}
+
+		public static Packet FromReceivedData(IPEndPoint sender, byte[] data) { return new Packet(sender, data); }
+
+		public int CompareTo(Packet other) { return frame.CompareTo(other.frame); }
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj b/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
index 14fae2e4a9..c94fdabe9d 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Animation.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Building.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Game.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Network\Packet.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Sheet.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Harvester.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Log.cs" />