Help, read all the faqs, playing demo, dont know how to PLAY...

[Gavinfox]

This game is REALLY REALLY hard and is REALLY REALLY under-documented...

I have been trying to read all of the faq's, I have been trying to figure out this game myself, and I have been trying all I can with the demo... but I still dont really know how to play this game!! Could someone perhaps walk me through, in excrutiating detail, _ONE_ of the "main" strategies? Something that would work in the Demo, and help me, you know, win? Something that is working towards a greater sense of having a plan? I dont really know stuff like how to use units, much anything about magic, what sorts of things I should be trying to do at any given moment... please? Ive read stuff about you guys being able to play against a whole lot of AI's on impossible, and I'm struggling along on easy trying to figure out the mechanics. Why after a week, I just now figured out the "gold for defense" thing... I am really having a lot of trouble, and every existing faq or strategy guide seems to just suck... could someone help? I just need one thorough strategy, for one race, one sort of god, broken down for what i should be trying to do (in all areas) at any given turn...