PBEM site??

[Morkilus]

Thanks!! You've been a great help. Friendly people around here! I'm glad to see the Battlenet mentality isn't entirely ubiquitous.

[Sheap]

The average age here is about double that on battle.net so that helps a little

I recommend playing in single player, getting a good handle on your nation of choice, and then joining a newbies game. They start from time to time. In a mixed game, you'll likely get clobbered unless you have lots of experience in multiplayer turn-based strategy, and dom2 takes so much time to play that its really better to play with people of similar skill. But even the veterans are generally pretty helpful and friendly.

Of course, ir r00lz pwn u. Or something.

[tinkthank]

Sheap is right, if you want to win, but I'd say: just jump right in! Who cares if you get clobbered! And really: you wont. Newbies have a good chance of whipping the pants off anyone with novel strategies that dont come from some cookie-cutter strategy guide. I much prefer to play with newbies, well maybe because I am a newbie myself. Just join right in! I have absolutely no time right now, since I cant even really get all my turns on my own MPs in, but maybe soon I will have some and we can get a pbem going....