Everyone has , pretty much . Never fell for any though . <| sep |> Legitimately , the answer is practice , practice , practice . I recently got my dad Civ 5 he can ' t run 6 and he ' s not one to really play video games , so he had a huge learning curve . It ' s been about 4 weeks now , and he ' s getting pretty darn good . We can play competitively now , though he still has some gaps he needs to work on . The big thing about civ is everyone can play differently sure certain civs are better at different play styles focuses on faith , or culture , domination , etc but everyone can strategise differently , and apply different tactics . Take your time , enjoy the game , and learn . As you play , you ' ll want to refine certain aspects You ' ll want to squeeze out just a little more more out of certain mechanics and that ' s when you start researching and learning about the little things that really make you an ' expert '. For example , if you ' re focused on making gold , you ' re going to be be building certain things to do that but eventually you ' ll learn the importance of citizen management and how it affects how effective a city is at generation gold , culture , science , etc .