If I spend $49.99 on this game....

[PvK]

I like the manual. Ya it doesn't include many details, but this game has an unbelievable number of details, and learning them during play, continually, even after months of addiction, is one of the best parts. It also makes it practically impossible that it could ever all be explained, and it'd be silly to try. Really it should just be an introduction to the game so you can get started, with some references for things that are useful and hard to find elsewhere, like the tables of blessings and defensive units by nation, passive magic, etc etc.

The manual could be better and more complete, but I think it's quite useful as is, and in fairness, deserves an overall label of "good," at least for my own purposes.

PvK