Is there a downloadable .pdf manual anywhere on the longbowgames website or is it purely in-game?

in-game manual is great, but I would like to be able to read and search a manual separately, while playing too.

But if the manual is part of the game, and you're already playing the game... why do you want to search a separate PDF while trying to play?

There is a .pdf manual included with the game. Just look in your Hegemony: Gold folder.

KageToraUK: many thanks! will look there! :o) (Probably should have before posting the question...)

Onyx: it's to have a printed out version, i.e, an old-fashioned paper copy, that can be easily flipped through and in which to make comments, etc. Very good as a supplement to an in-game manual. Although if I have to choose, I prefer the in-game version.