I am a very experenced StarCraft player. When I first started playing the game I looked for as much help was possible. I found this book. This gave me the information I needed to at least survive the first few times I played. From that I have moved to a more dominating player. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to know a little more about the game sooner. Also, the most helpful part of this book is the tables at the end. Once you have an understanding of how each unit works, you can use the tables to best fight them.