At the start of your venture into Camelot you will be asked to create a city and define your identity.
Once you have done this the game takes you into a guided active tutorial, proceeding through a series of "Quests".
The first several quests are forced - after that you get choices.
We recommend that when you first start out you follow the tutorial since this will create a balanced initial city.
Following the quests will also provide many rewards and teach you about various important areas of the game.
Your first task will be to build a sawmill:
For the first four days after you establish a city you are in "protected" status and cannot attack or be attacked.
Use this time to build up resource development as much as possible- there is no good reason to create many troops before the start of day 4.
HOWEVER, you may wish to build 10 of each type as they become available since this provides quest rewards.