Want to play the game 'by the book' - forget it! - well okay, here is some stuff that might set you on the right track.

A general resource is this Player's Manual (very much updated from the portal version[1]).
Very useful to understand whats written on forums, this wiki and the UBB is this list of Common Terminology
and then there is all the stuff below (to which you can contribute and edit)

General Guides	Color Guides
Beginner Guidance Portal Startup Guide * Portal Tutorials Researching for dummies Mike Clough's Strategy Guide	Ascendancy - White Sirhatter’s White Guide Maerlyn Style White
Advanced Guidance Topian Early Ranking	Eradication - Red Azreal's Red Guide
Game Mechanics Alzorath's FAQ v0.2 Ronin's War Formulas Favour from Gods	Nether - Black Sabre Nether Guide DOLZero's Devil Guide
Tools or Calculators Geld Optimizer Applet	Phantasm - Blue
Other Information	Verdancy - Green Roxton's Simple Tips A Basic Guide to Verdancy

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