1. Each time you register for a game you will be asked to create a game specific player profile. This profile can be a real, or fictitious. You may even decide to register mulitiple players in a given game--yourself and an alter ego, for instance.
2. You can navigate between the different sections of the game using the drop down menus in the top right corner of each screen.
   
3. When you first begin playing a game you will need to purchase random gossip so you can accumulate contacts. Using your social currency points, you can purchase random gossip, gossip traces, and player secrets in the games "watercooler" section (see the "go somewhere else" drop down menu for the link)
4. You start each game with 20 currency points. You can earn more social currency by writing and sending fresh gossip. You can write and send fresh gossip in the games "regossiper" section (see the "go somewhere else" drop down menu for the link).
5. You can read profiles of other players in your contacts section. Your contact list and other strategic information can be found in the games "knowledge" section (see the "go somewhere else" drop down menu for the link).