Manual distribution

[Berkut]

In the ongoing effort to convince some people that this is not Gary Grigsby's Axis & Allies, I ahve been talking a bit about the game that I learned from the manual. I bought the game a few days agao via DD, but have ahd little time to play.

That made me wonder - would it be ok to send someone who has not yet purchased the game a copy of the PDF manual?

Which then made me think: Hey, why don't they jsut let people download the manual from the website? I think that would be an *excellent* way of letting people know what the game is about, how it plays, etc., etc.

Typically game companies do not do that because having a manual is seen as one of the advantages of not pirating a copy - but with DD and PDF amnuals, anyone pirating the game will have a manual in the same format anyway. So that doesn't seem to be an issue.

I don't see any downside to this, and plenty of upside. Why not let people downalod the manuals for all the games that you ahve PDF manuals for? Win-win situation...

I suspect I could get at least three people to buy the game if I could send them a copy of the manual.

[Knavery]

Can't you just send them a copy of your manual?

Knavery

[Rocco]

Why not invite them over for a hot seat game instead?

Rocco

[Berkut]

ORIGINAL: Knavery

Can't you just send them a copy of your manual?

Knavery

I *can*, I don't know if it is ok, however. I suspect that the manual is licensed.

[Berkut]

ORIGINAL: Rocco

Why not invite them over for a hot seat game instead?

Rocco

Because none of them live anywhere near me.

If I can get someone over to play a wargame, it is going to be Europe Engulfed or ASL[:D]

[Berkut]

Any chance I can get an "official" answer on whether or not it is ok to send someone just the PDF manual?

[Paul Vebber]

My personal view is, if you prined out the manual and let your frined borrow it to check it out that would be fine, so I don't see an issue with emailing it so somebody. Posting it on a website or otherwise Mass distributing it" we ask you not to do.