Mohawk Games have released the offical manual for Old World: It’s a 100 pages long PDF document with all the basic explanations you need for the game. The manual has been made with the help of a Velociryx, https://www.twitch.tv/velociryx, the author of the SMAC/X strategy guide.
You can find the manual here, and you can leave comments in our forum here.
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