re: Civilization 5 : help me not be awful

It's easy to learn but tough to master. Can be overwhelming at times as you learn how deep it. Easy to play though fundamentally, it's just buildings and clicking units across terrain and giving those units orders

I just lost my last game. Randomly rolled, got Venice. Tried to build up a trading and naval empire and ignored creating an army. Ally declared war on me and sacked my city before BC ended But hey at least my people were happy... fml