I'm totally lost

[VinnyM10]

Being a newb to War games, but someone who knows gaming pretty well. I thought I could figure this game out fairly quick. Was I wrong about that!! I just cant get a grasp at doing anything right.

Is there a faster way to learn the way things work and how the game plays? Or am I just going to have to keep going with trial and error.

It seems I cant build armies because my funds are low. Labor takes forever to build up and all this time, countries are kicking my behind all over the map [:@]

I hate to give up this game because it looks really good. But I'm just so frustrated.

Any ideas??

Thanks so much in advance,
Vinny

[Hard Sarge]

Hi Vinny
well, first off, we would need some more info, what Nation you playing, what is going on, why are you getting your butt kicked

there are some guides and what not in the area above this one, by Reliegh (My spelling stinks)

you may be starting up one of the HARDer Nations in a bad time period

give us more info on what is going on, and then we can try to help better

you mention funds ? have you rasied taxes, are you using a lot of supply depots

[Grand_Armee]

Vinny,
The best way to improve your economy is to play with the sliding bars at the upper left of your development screen. By moving them around you will discover which provinces produce what the best. Generally every nation but Sweden and Spain have two provinces that can be made to produce a lot of labor. In most cases, one of them is the capital province.
EVery nation in COG should be able to produce what it needs to at least maintain the army it starts with.
If money is your problem, there are two ways to get money. One is trade. To get a decent amount of money through trade, you need to build what other people want. France is horse poor(devoting more labor to agriculture increases horse production). Britain loves to buy wood and food. Russia can't afford to buy anything...
Two: If you are running a poor country, one of the best ways to save money is by decreasing readiness while at peace until you have some 2,000 money. Raise your readiness before you DOW a neighbor and try to end the war before your bank account is empty.
The money provinces are Denmark, south through Germany to Italy. French and British provinces are good payers, too.