I see some threads starting up here from new players of Westward Kingdoms who don't have access to the "Gathered Wisdom" of the old SL Forums. Welcome!

Just in case you didn't know, I wrote a Strategy Guide for Gamezebo and you can find it here:

GZ Westward Kingdoms Walkthrough

It might not answer all of your questions, and it might not be perfect, but it covers a lot of information.

Of course, its availability is dependent on whether Gamezebo is up or down, and it's been down a lot lately while they perform site upgrades and add new features.

To be fair, there are a few other Strategy Guides/Walkthroughs for Westward Kingdoms available on the web. They vary in format and quality, but, here they are:

Casual Game Guides Walkthrough has a Hint System/Spoiler style and is mostly accurate. The best things about this resource are the Maps for each Kingdom (which were painstakingly combined from dozens of screenshots).

Jasisgames Guide also in a hidden spoiler format and quite good.