[Gniss]

Is there any good source for newbie information. The overwhelming majority of posts in this forum seem to be by and for experienced players and I have not been able to find anything really helpful (beyond the short strategy section in the manual and the terse information on StrategyWiki). (And yes I know the best way is just to play lots of SP games, but that can become tedious without a real direction that more beginner help might provide).

This is quite a contrast from other games, like Civilization. My favorite example is the game of Stars!. To this date there are plenty of places to get newbie information even though the game ceased development over 10 years ago. It still attracts new players largely, I believe, because it is easy to pick up the game and learn basic strategy. That doesn't seem to be the case here.