[matt_d]

Here's a collection of get-started resources: http://tinyurl.com/fpga-resources

You can start with the EDA Playground tutorial, practice with HDLBits, while going through a book alongside (e.g., Harris & Harris) for examples, exercises, and best practices.

Similarly to a sibling thread, I'd also go with a free and open source flow, IceStorm (for the cheaply available iCE40 FPGAs): http://www.clifford.at/icestorm/

You can follow-up from the aforementioned tutorial and continue testing the designs on an iCE40 board -- starting here: http://hackaday.com/2015/08/19/learning-verilog-on-a-25-fpga...

Here are some really great presentations about it (slides & videos) by the creator (which can also serve in part as a general introduction):

- http://www.clifford.at/papers/2015/icestorm-flow/

- http://www.clifford.at/papers/2015/yosys-icestorm-etc/

Have fun!