Dominions 3 - The Manual

[Tim Brooks]

There seems to be a couple of threads now on the Dominions 3 Manual, so I thought I'd start another one, just to make things a little more confusing.

We have looked at the manual from all angles. Seems alot of you are worried about the binding, and frankly so were we. In fact, it got to the point where we had to make a money desision. So to keep costs low, and I hope this doesn't disappoint too many, we have cut the size down to 150 pages and we will be going with a less expensive...

I'm just joking!

Here is where we are:

The manual is in final proofing and is at 299 pages. This may slip to 300 pages, but that would just be a formatting thing, not adding anything else at this point -- the content is set. We will be spiral binding the manual, using a, and I think I have the name of this correct, plasti-coil binding. This is supposedly both durable and attractive, and we will make the coil as large as we can while controlling those costs, for those worried about the size. The manual will go to the printers on Monday, Sept. 15th, and at this point it keeps us on schedule for the October 2nd release. Of course, unforseen problems could still affect final release date, but we don't anticipate any troubles.

Folks, Bruce Geryk and Illwinter have done an outstanding job on this manual. I think everyone will be happy with their efforts. It is by far, the most detailed manul we have ever published. Many thanks go to Bruce and the Illwinter team.

I spent some time reading these forums this morning (something I don't often get the time to do), and let me just say, this fan base is awesome! Thanks for supporting Illwinter and Shrapnel Games!

[DominionsFan]

Sounds awesome Tim! Manual with 300 pages...I just can't wait to get my Doms 3. copy and start browsing the manual before playing. Oh and yes the fans here are really cool, I also like them very much.

[PDF]

Wonderful, it's like in the good'ol days where PC games had a nice big fat manual !
I'm really furious with the marketing brainlessness that has led to DVD cases and leaflet manuals, and really happy that SG doesn't follow !

[PashaDawg]

Thanks. Sounds great!

Pasha

[Nerfix]

Sounds very good.

[Caduceus]

I hope you mean Monday September 18th, or it is going to be a long wait for the manual!!

Thanks for all your extra effort, Tim and the rest of the Shrapnel staff!

[Endoperez]

Great news!

[JaydedOne]

First-rate, Tim. Thank you.

[Agrajag]

Thanks for letting us know.
I've looked around da internet to see exactly how a "plasti-coil binding" looks like, and it seems nice, as long as Dom3's plasti-coil binding will be as big as in the pictures

[Caduceus]

To be honest, the first two paragraphs of the post scared me!