>>3659189
>I don't know how to play.
Start with a decent party composition. Get several melee front-liners, you'll want a thief for traps and locks, at least one divine caster, and at least one arcane caster. Do you play good or evil parties?
>I try solo'ing because I don't have the patience to manage a party of +4 people
I would not solo as a new player, it requires meta-gaming and knowledge. Stick with a traditional party of six.
>and always suck at battling mages or magical creatures.
If you're a goody two-shoes, recruit Keldorn in the temple sewers, he is an inquisitor kit paladin and they have a very powerful dispel magic ability that can help. Learn the breach spell on your mages to strip enemy mage protections.
>I end up deleting the game after chapter 2 because I'm too impatient to do any other quests other than the Shadow Thieves or the slaves in the slums
There's not actually any urgency, you can spend all the time you like here building your party, going adventuring, doing quests, getting experience and levels, and finding or buying better gear. I would save the shadow thieves for last after you've done everything else you can do.
>>3659202
This is all good advice, though I'd say TOB is worth playing once but only once.
>>3659203
>Should I just read the AD&D rules so I can play this stupid game?
Start with the game manual, and in-game descriptions of abilities and spells. What specifically are you confused by?

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