Despite its newness we can already see a number of Starcraft 2 gameplay strategy guides on the market. They obviously range from the basic first beginner level of strategy development to the most advanced Bnet league table pro level. We will take it one step at a time and think in terms of the concept of the game before moving into advanced gameplay strategies.

The most important thing is to understand what units you will need to build to produce a strong force for speed and power in all situations.

Although there are still only three races in Starcraft 2 they have all been given new abilities and characters to face the more demanding challenges in this version of the game. I personally like the Terran race best as they require quick thinking and strategic thought well above the other races. The Zerg are the fastest moving so you need to have some units capable of slowing them down at times. And who could miss the Protoss the most dominant and powerful race.

The second race we are looking is the Zerg everywhere you look they are always masses of them. The sheer number of them makes them dangerous. The advances by the Zerg include nails hurled at high velocity, chemicals forcefully thrown into the faces of their enemies and speeding beast.

The Protoss have a very powerful mothership craft which has the power to be able to disguise ALL of its surrounding units and hence are able to launch very successful surprise attacks when least expected. In addition they are able to use their force shield to defend themselves from any advances and attacks by any enemy forces. Watch out for them.

The Terran is the most quick witted and advanced of all three races. Coming as a cross breed of both the Zerga and the Protess they process lots of different abilities and tools of attack mechanisms. I would not advise setting yourself up to attack them until you have gained lots of other experince in the game learning the capabilities of both parent races first. Due to their quick wittedness any successful attack you launch against any part of their defense ring will be very quickly re-filled to stop any more infiltration by their enemies Their mechanized units and scanners can very quickly identify the presence of any attacking forces together with their skills in flamethrower weapons makes them very strong and difficult to attack without warning them. With such a massive and impressive arsenal of weapons the opponent never knows what to expect from the Terran military assault.

This should provide you with a basic understanding of the three races and their capabilities.

Now I’ll briefly discuss how to begin a round of Starcraft2. In Starcraft 2, minerals are the basic currency. There are actually two different types of these currencies and each has a different manner of being collected than the other. The first type of currency is called Crystal and this is the one that is used the most You will start the first round with eight crystal mines close to your base. The second type of currency is called Vespene gas and is used less than Crystal in starcraft2. Vespene gas is just as important as the other form of currency though it is used less that Crystal.

You will start the game with a central building or Nexus. In general the nexus has three important uses. The nexus can serve as a drop off location for minerals, produce workers or allow any building to work much faster.