If you have civdos boxed:

[PritomD]

What didyou get? I just got the cd in a sleeve, with the manual in the sleeve too! It just seems so empty, I know you can print the full manual,but the emptiness makes me feellike I am missing something..

 

[Matrix]

That's with a lot of games! It was the same with Civ3. Yea, that kinda disappointed me as well.

 

[PritomD]

really civ 3 was like this? I got civ 3 LE, so I got alot of stuff. My friend bought civ3 boxedand he got the manual printed, so he had like a huge book....

 

[Yashed To]

The original manual was a lot of fun to read! It had the size of a small Paperback and contained a lot of those background informations you could find in a lot of manuals in the "Golden Days" (the early 90s, that is).
Not only about the game, but about the concept of civilizations in general. Was the same with "Railroad Tycoon" or "Die Hanse" (a German game), where I learnt more about the topics in such a short time than anywhere else.