Whoa! How does one even START this game?

[TerranC]

Originally posted by Elowan:
Turn off "ask when ending a turn (second from the top)
Turn off 'colony type dialog' (look down the list)
Close this window(s) back out.

Absolutely do not do that unless you do:

Autosaves: Before the game starts, in game setup. click the mechanics tab *the very Last one*. Click the Autosave Frequencies to Every Turn, or every 10 turns, and in between, whichever you like.

Set ministers:
click the crown button
click ministers
click COLONIZATION
click Indiv. Ministers On
click yes
scroll down
click automatically use individual ministers
click close
click close