Game's manual

From the first clash at Manassas to the epic confrontation between Lee and Grant, the Brother Against Brother series will bring new levels of historical detail and realism to the battles of the Civil War. This regimental-level game, created by the developers of the award-winning Forge of Freedom, builds on that game’s acclaimed tactical engine, adding scrupulously researched orders of battle, high-quality map graphics, command and control rules reflecting the numerous challenges faced by army commanders, and plenty other features. Beginning with The Drawing of The Sword – which recreates the pivotal opening battles at Manassas , Wilson ’s Creek, Mill Springs and Williamsburg – Brother Against Brother lets you refight the Civil War from start to finish.

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Gil and Eric, do you plan to update the pdf manual if you do changes in the game engine (or even update the printed manual when you will release the other titles in the series) ?
Could the players do some suggestions if they find some infos lacking in the manual ?

(For instance, I would like having more informations about each different difficulty level).
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The PDF manual can only be updated for new releases. It's not the work of updating the text (done by the two of us) that is the issue, but the expense of having the layout redone that is the issue. I'm assuming that you are aware that every change via patch is documented, so that counts as a supplement to the manual.

But since we do intend to update the manual in the future we certainly would welcome feedback and corrections (which, if contained in a single thread, might also be helpful to new players).
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Thanks for updating the manual.
I have received the game 3 days ago and it's not so easy to understand all its mechanisms.
The historical infos about the battles are really usefull for an european player who doesn't know well american history, a lot of things are well explained in the manual, but some are lacking.
(For instance, I could read for one unit : "Move 16 Delayed 2". I don't understand what represents this "Delayed 2").
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It means delayed by the terrain. Rough terrain will slow units down.
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