I don't know about Freeciv, but all other civ games have extensive guidance systems. Game tells you "build your city here", press B to build city, build defensi

I don't know about Freeciv, but all other civ games have extensive guidance systems. Game tells you "build your city here", press B to build city, build defensive unit, fortify unit, go explore the terrain, pick this research, build this building". Sure, if you're an advanced player, you can ignore that and go your own way, but as a novice player you can just follow the AI advice and play on a somewhat comfortable level.