Note - This is not an anti-manual reply, just some very helpful info
1. Very few games have manuals anymore.
2. While manuals are nice for looking something up quickly, the explanations are short and precise, and quite often don't give you the help you need
3. These forums are full of helpful people and even have a newbie section. Questions get answered pretty quickly here, and the answers you get from people who've been playing the game for a while are always more helpful than a manual
4. OOTP has a lot of depth and can be a bit overwhelming at first, so please come here and ask your questions. You'll find the vast majority here are quick to help and reply to your questions. Several of us go out of our way to find and respond to questions. Even the developers are on the forum on a regular basis answering questions.
5. Customer Service is better at OOTP than any game developer I've ever seen - they really do CARE about you here.
Give us a try, we're your best OOTP resource
