Civ 7 Gameplay challenges.

[cskelly1022]

I played Civ 5 for many years, enjoyed it immensely and have been awaiting the release ov Civ 7.
Om 2/8 when I started playing I immediately loved the graphics but was puzzled by some of the game play mechanics. For example, it is unclear to me how to use the merchant. Another example the resource allocation. I get the idea of allocation a resource to a city but it has been difficult to determine the actual technique; which clicks do I make? There are more examples and it is frustrating to know that I am not playing correctly and using my various attributes to the max. Virtually all of my difficulties are in the mundane category of how to physically accomplish the various commands called for in the game.
It may be because I am older and am not as computer savvy and many other playuers.
I hope you can give me some appropriate direction because I really was looking foreward to many enjoyable hours building something I can believe in.
Thank you,
Chris Kelly

[taomastercu]

When you put a population on a resource tile you will get a resource. If you click the leaf icon at the top of the screen that is the resource screen. Resources can be empire, city, or bonus. Empire doesn't need to be allocated. City has a blue dot on the resource screen and only can be slotted to cities. Bonus has a gold dot and can go in cities *or* towns. To slot a resource click the resource on the left of the screen and then click a resource slot on a settlement on the right.

[Xenpo]

They changed the way merchants are implemented.

To use a merchant, you move the merchant directly onto the Palace/City tile of another civ.

Then in the toolbar for the unit on the bottom right, an icon will be able to be clicked to start the trade route.