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RE: Printed Manual? - 5/28/2010 9:12:05 PM   
Arnir


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Status: offline 		Erik,
How many of these products are still sold on store shelves?  I worked software retail in the 80s and 90s and saw box standardization come and go, etc.  If the store market is waning, are you still limited to DVD boxes?


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RE: Printed Manual? - 5/28/2010 9:13:46 PM   
Rander


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Status: offline 		And something like this?

http://www.scanavo.com/overlap_30mm_one.asp

On this box you can put a 17mm manual (like the WitP-AE one).

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RE: Printed Manual? - 5/28/2010 9:16:25 PM   
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Well, now Matrix can no longer say that they are constrained by the size of a DVD case.

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RE: Printed Manual? - 5/28/2010 9:59:06 PM   
Rander


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In fact, scanavo is the company that provides Matrix their current DVD-boxes. Don't know if they rejected this option or if they didn't know about it.

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RE: Printed Manual? - 5/28/2010 11:34:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		I may be alone in this, but for a game that I ordered (not one that caught my eye in the store) I would rather have a nice full color manual than a nice box.  So, if it was just me, I would skip the box and take the manual especially if the box limited everything else.

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RE: Printed Manual? - 5/28/2010 11:44:49 PM   
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I believe both have hyperlinks.

The printer version uses much higher quality graphic images (charts and screenshots) to enhance the hard copy quality. The e-version is intended to be light on memory and CPU requirements for better online viewing performance.

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RE: Printed Manual? - 5/29/2010 3:44:27 PM   
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RE: Printed Manual? - 5/29/2010 5:22:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey guys, I don't know whether you saw my post in my impressions thread but I printed the manual today in color - took 1/2 of an HP ink cartridge to do so and less than 200 pages of A4.

The font used is large and the graphics plentiful but not over the top, meaning an economical use of color.

I've placed the lot in a binder prefilled with plastic inserts (ie: not a flimsy one that gets added to but more of a professional marketing display finish).

I've then got 2 smaller prefilled display binders: One containing the Interface Screen by Screen section covering pages 171-187 for a quick easy to flick through reference; and a second covering the Annexes and Charts that run from page 188 to page 208 - again, for an easy to carry, quick reference.

The rules start at page 27. This is a very well arranged and easy to print rule book. Though I bought my HttR with a printed manual in its cardboard box, it was too small to enjoy and use conveniently being less than DVD case-sized. My BFtB A4 manuals are so much better for my eyes and ability to use quickly.




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RE: Printed Manual? - 5/29/2010 5:53:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think a small rules book- or maybe a better description is a tutorial book- that gives a brief example of play- ala what was done with Highway to the Reich would have been a good compromise. Say, 32 pages of what you need to get quickly up and running with a reference on the back of keystrokes or maybe a pullout reference with that info.

I am in the publishing business so I know the cost of it would be nominal, as compared to the the price of the game... plus it gives the buyer something more for their money. Nothing worse than opening a game and finding it is full of only air.

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RE: Printed Manual? - 5/30/2010 12:00:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		Blastpop I like your idea.

The thing I really appreciated with Uncommon Valor all those years ago, was that even though it didn't come with a printed rule book, its DVD case included a ful color, cardboard reference chart.

For BFtB I think that the "Interface Sceen by Screen" section, some of the charts, short cuts, scenario overviews and a section on victory would make an execellent mini manual for the game as you envisage. 30 pages tops.

Thing is though, some of the charts in a small booklet would be a bit hard to read for some.

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