I can't post this in the suggestion area so i write this here sorry,
to improve the get-into-the-game-ability of salem it would be nice if you could see all actions which will be avilable sooner or later, and when you hold the coursor over a tooltip should show which technology is necessacry for do so...also there should be a tooltip over things like boards or every other craftable thing in which you not only can see what ressources are necessary to craft but also which technology is necessary e.g. carpentry for boards....and last but not least thre sould be a technology-tree...maybe the tooltips thing should be disableable...
with these 3 thing, it sould be easier to get a start in the game, my opinion