Mobile Bridges

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I will say that as a new player, having essentially two manuals to reference (Main Help File, and User Manual) makes it a bit convoluted to find things. I don't recall what I was looking for the other day, but a Ctrl+F search in one document gave zero results, while the other document told me exactly what I wanted to know. And frequently the user manual will mention something, and then tell me to read about it in the help file - if they rely on each other so much and are both needed for complete information on how to play the game, why are they separate? 

The separate Getting Started document makes total sense since it introduces you to the game mechanics without burying you in the details, but as a user I can't find any value in having to look two places for complete information on how to play the game at a higher level.

I just want to say that I agree with you wholeheartedly, and have never understood why we needed two separate manuals when each applies to every game in the series anyway.

I suspect the original intention was not to clutter the rules with a detailed catalogue of interface functions.

The problem is that over time some rules have tended to creep into the Program Help. The Optional Rules being the prime example. Of course, when the first game was released most of the Optional Rules we have today did not exist. But now these are an important part of the game and should be fully explained in the User Manual. And clearly these are not the only rules that this applies to. 

So it needs to be re-looked at and my understanding is that this is planned. Whether this will result in one combined manual or a reorganization of material between the two, I am not sure. But either way, all the rules would be in one document.