Welcome lobster boy.
Don't try and read the rules just yet - you'll only get depressed
Once I have enough interest to set up a forum (which at this rate won't take much time) then there will be a guide to learning how to play, and there will be a few weeks to get orientated.
It's not necessary that everyone knows all the rules, it's only necessary that I do.... well most of them anyway
The aim is that I do the rule keeping and the book keeping and all the boring stuff, and you guys just make the decisions and strategies and plans.