in response to the comments on my last post, here are a couple of links which describe the basic flow of the game and some instructions on what to do. victory is based more on strategy than anything else, so being "bad at video games" is not going to be a hindrance, but a proper understanding of how to use the game's mechanics, like any game, is going to greatly aid you in victory.
my guess is that if you have not previously played, you will not win, but you will still have fun.
I received the registration codes this morning, so sometime this week we'll have a game server up and running so you can play around a bit. I expect that we may have the real game started this weekend -- that is to say, anything you do on our server before then will not count.
http://members.tripod.com/kastro/twindex.htmlhttp://www.outpost-4.com/tradewars/index.php?option=content&pcontent=1&task=view&id=70&Itemid=115