[PvK]

I can imagine some people being disappointed with the manual. Personally, I rather like it. More explanation of mechanics and things would be nice, and perhaps better than the spell/item lists, although I do like having the spell/item lists in a book with good table of contents.

It'd be hard to know when to stop detailing things, though, as there is so much detail in the game to describe. I think you mainly just need to know how to get started, and then learning how things work is fun for many players.

There is a ton of info available on this forum and on the web, such as the Doms II walk-through pages someone did, and the Doms I pages which give still-valid summaries of the strengths and weaknesses of most of the major nations, etc.

I expect that fans would probably be best at writing a user strategy guide.

PvK