Since this is going to a potenial mixup, I want to make it clear upfront:

Townforge is a game where you trade, earn and lose the cryptocurrency (gold) that is on the chain.
This means that as your in-game balance goes up and down as you play, this balance is withdrawable to your wallet address at any time you choose, so you really play with "real" money.

This implies that you have a vested interest in knowing how to play the game before mainnet starts, so you can hit the ground running. Find out how to play, then find out how to play better. Find out what's where, how to make money, how the various parts of the game work together.

Find out how prestige works (the 20 most prestigious players get extra income). Find out how the two groups of buildings (production based and treasury income based) work. Find out how to mine (basically same as monero). Find out the various career paths you can take in the game to carve out your niche as a canny player.

Basically, people who know what they are doing when mainnet comes will have an advantage over those who have to work things out later, same as any other game. But in Townforge, there won't be matches, there will just be a long game with no save games to reload.

The manual is your friend. Hopefully it's up to date but there are so much things in the game if you find something that's off please let me know

Good luck to all