I am also working on a Game Guide update that will hopefully help new players gain a better understanding of the game. I finsihed the Game Guide Part 1 demo, (Pending revisions)
www.astmod.com/GGD.zip in PDF format.
And I am hard at work on Part 2: Game Set Up and Walk Thru.
Also direct all new players to play the Tutorial in SEIV. This is one of the better ways to gain an understanding of the game and how things work.