its an ok game, lots of people have problems with the exploding 6s mechanic though and it is mostly fairly balanced but some fleets stand out above the rest (yanks have lots of firepower at long and short range, are tougher and lose less dice due to less turrets).
I do run Brittania but you will have serious problems against flyers due to most your secondary weapons being torpedos and to be honest prefer my Antarctica fleet.
still one of the more fun naval games around. how to get people in I am unsure, perhaps buy 2 starter boxs for differant fleets as they are not that expensive and run some intro games.