Well, i'll lay it out for you.  I read some small stuff about Demigod here and there watched a few trailers, so on and so forth, well when I read today about it being released early and how the dev's came in on a day off to get it rolling w/o any bs "cd protrection" I decided to buy it, so I loaded up stardock and bought Demigod for those reasons. 

Anywho so far I'm amazed at the detail/camera freedom, but as you might have noticed without a huge knowledge of the game and never playing it prior(also buying online i dont have a manual)   I'm pretty much lost... I played and won Two tournaments as the ... The Rook hes fun.  I won however without really doing much, put up a few towers and I put some skill points into the hammer, archers ect.   I kinda feel like I did nothing to win.  So decided to load up a skirmish and try out another class to be fair, tried what I think is refered to as the Torch barrier and for about 45 mins was in a stalemate. 

Before I quit the skirmish, I did notice options to upgrade my own armor and what seemed to be elixirs.  

How do I go about being better skilled or just learn an overall knowlege of the game, from what I can tell there isn't a much needed tutorial for those members like myself.  

Any help is appriecated, thanks in advance