I would have like to have known earlier that "TURNS" were the pay item, I squandered immense amounts of them zipping around exploring at the start. Been a long grind to recover!

Any suggestions to do this in a seamless way? It is mentioned in the text tutorials but we could use another way.

Have the quartermaster tell you at the start? Ration out the turns more at the start so people don't squander so quickly till they figure out what's up? Give people an ad to buy more as a subtle heads up that this is the $ item?

Turns are the pay item mostly at wars. At all other time, the pay item is usually voodoo.