Hello and welcome to the forums! 2 pieces of advice I give to all new players: 1. focus on only making your boosted goods and on trading for the other goods you need and 2. join a good, active fellowship. And feel free to ask questions here, we don't mind. 3 years ago when I started playing, a lot of the awesome members here helped me learn the game and helped me grow and develop my cities much faster than I could have on my own.Yes, I am one, very to rather, confused elf! Huge learning curve, right?