LogFAQs > #970324831

So I'm not like an expert at RTS but I know a bit: start out by improving your economy as fast as you can. IIRC SC2 tells you how many gathering units will optimize a resource node. I think it's 3 per geyser, and like 20-something for your starting crystals? Anyway you want to be recruiting your peons, while you also have 1 or 2 building a barracks or equivalent and supply buildings. You probably also want to send 1 out to go scouting. Don't fret if it dies. Then you want to start building your army. As you reach peak resource gathering at your main, you want to consider expanding to a nearby base to get more resources. You also want to build more barracks or equivalent to get even more army units out faster. Like 3-5 barracks is what you should aim for. Somewhere in there you should also do some research. Starcraft you can kind of think of as a really complicated game of rock-paper-scissors. In the campaign you're fine if you just do a weird amalgamation of random soldier and vehicles units, but if you know more about the game, you can look to see what your enemy has. "Oh they have x, that means I want y". Which also plays into the importance of scouting. If you can identify what your opponent is doing early, you can hopefully execute your counter before they become a threat. Really though just learn the ropes at your own pace. That's what the campaign is for, and also you can play against bots. Start simply play on like Easy or Normal. When you win, add another opponent. Keep adding opponents as you keep winning. Eventually go up a difficulty setting, start from 1 opponent again. When you win, fight 2 opponents, etc. etc. until you just can't progress any further. That's how I learned WC3 and SC2 waaay back in the day.