Thanks for the responses. I had not red the FAQ until I saw Edi’s message, so I did not realize that Illwinter/Shrapnel only puts out their manual in hardcopy.
To the one responder who implied that there was something sinister about my asking, I can only say that it seems like a perfectly valid question to me. Today many PC game companies provide a copy of their manual in electronic format and are willing to post and/or allow dissemination of their manuals (e.g. AGEOD for its strategy war games on the American Revolutionary and Civil wars and Matrixgames for at least some of their games), so I don't think there was anything inherently suspicious in asking about an e-copy of the manual. However, Illwinter/Shrapnel prefer to take another course, fair enough. As for it seeming strange that I haven't received my copy of the game yet, I agree, perhaps someone at Illwinter will quickly get that set to right.
