Welcome to you,
@Arcturis2 !
What will very become useful a bit later, and you can start now if you like, is to follow along and read about everything on your current spot in the game and the recommended play moves to get through on Elvengems, and on the Wiki (the wiki goes into more details but Elvengems is the bomb).
Later on, you’ll be entering into “Guest Races“ chapters starting with Chapter 6, 7, 8, 9, etc., and they are quite complicated and need some sort of explanation. Elvengems is fantastic at explaining what’s changing in each chapter coming up, and how to approach to make it enjoyable. Those of us who use it, swear by it. I’m one.
For now, Chapters 1 through 5 are Apprenticeship Chapters, as you see in Elvengems/Wiki. Your objectives are to get to know all the different aspects of the basic game play, the “basic manufatories,” and all the basic economics of the game.
As you play, note how often you play, how often you gather your resources, and join a fledgling Fellowship (FS) just to try it out. It’s a good thing to join an FS with others who are also starting out. Also make sure you gather resources from your neighbours and fellows by “visiting” them and “help” them. This will start a cycle of help between you and them, and it’s good to keep it going because the Supplies you receive are always needed.
Once you’re in the mood and understand what kind of player you are in relation to others, and the kind of support you need from fellow players, then assess your situation.. if you’re getting what you need from your FS, then stay. If not, then you can look on here on the forums for another FS, or you can look at your neighbours’ FS by exploring each neighbour, and see what kind of FS they are and if you might want fit in with a different FS.
FSs come in all flavours under the sun. Tons of drama, politics, etc... and on the other end of the spectrum, super kind, soft and warm and zero drama, laid back and sometimes playing and sometimes not. There are high achiever FSs, and middle of the road.. the high achiever ones have mandatory expectations for tourney points each week, and spire to the top or Frog boss each week, etc... because they care about the points of the FS in rankings. Once you are involved in an FS, you can care or not about these things and see what you like and don’t like.. and later you can choose.
My recommendation is to play for a while and once you’re super confident in what kind of player you are and you’ve got a month or two or three of experience of FS shenanigans under your belt, then write a “FS Wanted” letter and post it on the Forum here and you’ll get some responses.
Best of luck and blessings to you ❤
[edit to add:] BTW, this is the link to my “FS Wanted” advert.. from quite a while back.. it was amazingly successful and I managed to get on with a fantastic FS there, and I’m still with them. I made friends there and then got on another FS on another world through connections and I’m super happy with that FS. And so it goes. Here’s the link to my own advert:
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