Bro more than a gamer, you are a very good investor and trader. If you are planning to get started with Splinterlands, I would recommend getting started with dCity game. That is also on top of the Hive. You don't have to spend more time there, just invest wisely, and reap the profit.

https://dcity.io/info

Ya of course you can start playing Splinterlands, but checkout dCity game first and then decide. But both the game would need a decent investment to make it interesting and profitable for you.

To answer your question, the splinterlands website itself has good set of information and tutorials to get started. If you get the starter pack and start playing the game, you will easily get hands of it. Not that complicated.