did the tutorial...but felt i still didn't have a great feel for the game. was weird...anyways....decided i probably needed to watch some beginner vids...found a series by quill on youtube. i mean great series so far...but holy **** is there much more here than the tutorial tells you. dudes has more videos on mid/late game. you wanna focus on growing your country by building new cities early but mid/late game is gonna depend on if you go military/religion/science route?