Me no good with CIV

I have played Minecraft before, so I already knew how to play it, but I had never played Civilization games before. I tried learning it, but I don't quite get all the aspects of the game yet. I'm sure I'll learn it soon enough. I get the basic idea, but all the more difficult aspects of the game are still going over my head. I have never really been a fan of strategy games, so maybe that's why.  Also, I'm not so sure if the email thing that we use to play CIV is working correctly. I enjoy making all kinds of stuff in Minecraft, so I'm eager to see what our group project will be like in that game.