Above all, it was a beginner quite killed by the many components in assembling his ship - especially since you yes competes also under pressure against his teammates.
Although you certainly grasped the complexity of the game (ie the individual components and options) at the 2nd or 3rd game throughout, but the game has a lot of fun - so I ordered the anniversary issue here and since the handbook have fully worked through and a few games have dared.
The basic game is not as complex and also relatively easy to understand. Here I would like to commend the great tutorial once, which eliminates numerous colored examples, all ambiguities. Speaking guide - this is also peppered with many funny comments from Galaxy Trucker view, so that you do not come to some Schmunzler around. Toll is also the included comic :)
I also recommend the basic game to play only 2-3x and then gradually the two extensions added to increase.
This is with reference to the anniversary edition will also no problem.
For the game itself:
Initially, each its own space ship from a common stock of components together under time pressure.
It is important a good compromise: find arming, engines, shields, quarters and storerooms, to guard against the dangers of space and at the same time still make some money.
In the 2nd phase (where our ship is capable of flying), it then goes off into space ...
It is now trying every so quickly and stay protected as possible the flight stages, which consist of more or less random encounters (trading on planets, pirate attacks, abandoned space stations, meteor showers, etc.), to get it over with.
The whole is more than 4 stages - and at each stage with a newly formed and always slightly larger spacecraft.
Points are awarded for the successful actions with goods, defeating enemies and ships that will be returned in good condition.
The basic game is also recommended for casual gamers quite - the anniversary issue here (with two extensions) but is rather for advanced players, in which the space is infested regularly.
