Manual: Just got the Proof - WOW!

[Nerfix]

I've never had any really, really big manuals. This one will be my first. Bu boy, 300 pages, I've read books shorter than that!

[DominionsFan]

Nerfix said:
I've never had any really, really big manuals. This one will be my first. Bu boy, 300 pages, I've read books shorter than that!

Yeah heh. Hm...My Oblivion manual is the only one what is so big so far. Eh damn, that game was so good at first look, but it became boring after 4-5 days. Gameplay > graphics, this is why I still play Dominions 2. a lot.

[PDF]

Nerfix said:
I've never had any really, really big manuals. This one will be my first. Bu boy, 300 pages, I've read books shorter than that!

You're too young, man !
In the late 80s-early 90s 100+ pages manual were rather usual.
Now the last fat ones (ca 200p) I've got except Dominions where BFC'Combat Mission manuals. Even then it was only the US versions, when CDV published them in Europe we had the usual crap-leaflets instead
Often now we have a big PDF manual files in addition to the leaflet but that's not the same thing ...

[Agrajag]

Though not big at all, I really liked the Starcraft manual with all the cool background stories

[Morkilus]

I think I had just as much fun with the Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin manual as I did with the game. I never got many human opponents, though.

[Cainehill]

Some of the Baldur's Gate / Icewind Dale manuals were rather beefy; iirc even some of the ancient Gold Box AD&D based games had 100+ pagers.

[baby_arm]

The Baldur's Gate and Arcanum manuals are two of my favorites. The TOEE manual is also quite nice: 176 pages of spiral-bound nerd love.

[JaydedOne]

Baldur's Gate II was indeed a lovable monstrosity. After so much time staring woefully at razor-thin console game manuals, it's beautiful to be getting something so substantive again.