[CaptainKen]

Again - I truly thank you folks for responding to my quest for information - We noobies need all the help we can get - How about one more question - I keep hearing about the importance of understanding the magic element of this game. But as far as I can tell, all you do as a player is "research" and the computer takes care of the rest - that is, I don't actually "use" magic - the computer does it for me, and all I do is watch - or am I missing something else?