Greetings.

First let me get this off my chest. This is the most unintuitive strategy game I have ever played! Frustration level critical!

There. Now I feel better.

Here's my first question. I'll probably add more later as I get deeper into the gameplay.

1: When I settle a new town how do I get resources to build anything to it? Apparently just using a settler isn't enough.

2: How do I get research points? I've played for ingame years and don't get any.

Thanks in advance.
Tarm

Edit: Alright I've solved those somewhat by just playing for some more time. I'm sure I'll have more questions later. :P

Thank you!

I did have some other questions.

1: What does a Warehouse do? Does it just store and hold wares or something else? I don't understand their function.

2: Getting the economy up and running is hard. So far I've played on the English Isles and after about three or four cities my economy just stagnates.
I use only the Balanced traders. That is I don't manage them myself. So far I've tried having them on all cities I can find, only mine, only one of mine and all of the others while one merchant have only my cities.
Nothing seems to work well. I try to mainly go for the wares that require one or two other wares.

Edit: Turns out I had too many traders and carts that was zipping around like flies. Now I have a much better economy going with only a few traders and just enough carts to not hit the roof.

Haven't figured out warehouses yet. Also how do I shut one down if I want to move my central warehouse to another city?