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The Best of Both Worlds Digital Downloads and Physical Shipment!
When you select this option you can use our digital download option to get the game right away and start playing. Then have a boxed copy of the game shipped to you as a backup for permanent storage. With a backup, you'll be prepared for whatever comes your way-whether it's a system crash, a computer virus damaging your files or the software simply no longer functioning as it should. You will be billed to have the game shipped in a printed DVD box with a printed CD and your serial number.

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ORIGINAL: csharpmao

I think there has been a discussion on the forum on pre-ordering the game, but I can't find it anymore.
I think it's not necessary, as Matrix proposes to buy any of their games, and dowload it while it's shipped.

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The Best of Both Worlds Digital Downloads and Physical Shipment!
When you select this option you can use our digital download option to get the game right away and start playing. Then have a boxed copy of the game shipped to you as a backup for permanent storage. With a backup, you'll be prepared for whatever comes your way-whether it's a system crash, a computer virus damaging your files or the software simply no longer functioning as it should. You will be billed to have the game shipped in a printed DVD box with a printed CD and your serial number.

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ORIGINAL: Mike Parker

Yes you get a serial number to use. So if your HDD goes bad you can just redownload the thing (or you did save the download file onto a CD-R right?) and your good to go. I get physical also so that I have a box with a pristine disc as backup to re-install and a manual, that I occasionally pop open and read when I get into bed a little early. I am sure you appreciate the details of my home life.

But Its worth the extra $$ to me to have the disc and printed manual in a box. I realize I could archive the downloaded file, with a .txt containing the reg code and put the manual on the disc too, but wow that is alot of work, it made me tired typing it!

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ORIGINAL: brian brian

if you buy the download you get a permanent serial number to use, if you need a new copy?

I avoid buying any more fragile little round discs as much as possible these days. I'd rather move a couple-three external hard drives around than boxes and boxes of jewel cases, etc.

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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

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ORIGINAL: Mike Parker

Yes you get a serial number to use. So if your HDD goes bad you can just redownload the thing (or you did save the download file onto a CD-R right?) and your good to go. I get physical also so that I have a box with a pristine disc as backup to re-install and a manual, that I occasionally pop open and read when I get into bed a little early. I am sure you appreciate the details of my home life.

But Its worth the extra $$ to me to have the disc and printed manual in a box. I realize I could archive the downloaded file, with a .txt containing the reg code and put the manual on the disc too, but wow that is alot of work, it made me tired typing it!

The printed manual will be more than double the size of most. Actually it has been so long since I looked at another computer game, I don't know how big the typical manual is these days. However, I do know that Erik had to make special arrangements with the printer and the company that boxes their games to print/bind the larger manual and have a box that was large enough to accommodate it.

I estimate the manual will be roughly 250-300 pages of 8.5" by 11".

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ORIGINAL: Mad Russian

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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

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ORIGINAL: Mike Parker

Yes you get a serial number to use. So if your HDD goes bad you can just redownload the thing (or you did save the download file onto a CD-R right?) and your good to go. I get physical also so that I have a box with a pristine disc as backup to re-install and a manual, that I occasionally pop open and read when I get into bed a little early. I am sure you appreciate the details of my home life.

But Its worth the extra $$ to me to have the disc and printed manual in a box. I realize I could archive the downloaded file, with a .txt containing the reg code and put the manual on the disc too, but wow that is alot of work, it made me tired typing it!

The printed manual will be more than double the size of most. Actually it has been so long since I looked at another computer game, I don't know how big the typical manual is these days. However, I do know that Erik had to make special arrangements with the printer and the company that boxes their games to print/bind the larger manual and have a box that was large enough to accommodate it.

I estimate the manual will be roughly 250-300 pages of 8.5" by 11".

I just printed out the final version of ADG's rules and they were 97 pages long. Without charts. I have no idea how large the charts are or at this point even where to get them. The charts can't be many pages compared to the rest of the rules though. The production spiral should all be on the computer and that will help as well. I'm sure that most, if not all, of the charts will be in the computer as well.

Good Hunting.

MR

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ORIGINAL: Mad Russian
...I just printed out the final version of ADG's rules and they were 97 pages long. Without charts. I have no idea how large the charts are or at this point even where to get them...

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ORIGINAL: Mad Russian

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ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

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ORIGINAL: Mike Parker

Yes you get a serial number to use. So if your HDD goes bad you can just redownload the thing (or you did save the download file onto a CD-R right?) and your good to go. I get physical also so that I have a box with a pristine disc as backup to re-install and a manual, that I occasionally pop open and read when I get into bed a little early. I am sure you appreciate the details of my home life.

But Its worth the extra $$ to me to have the disc and printed manual in a box. I realize I could archive the downloaded file, with a .txt containing the reg code and put the manual on the disc too, but wow that is alot of work, it made me tired typing it!

The printed manual will be more than double the size of most. Actually it has been so long since I looked at another computer game, I don't know how big the typical manual is these days. However, I do know that Erik had to make special arrangements with the printer and the company that boxes their games to print/bind the larger manual and have a box that was large enough to accommodate it.

I estimate the manual will be roughly 250-300 pages of 8.5" by 11".

I just printed out the final version of ADG's rules and they were 97 pages long. Without charts. I have no idea how large the charts are or at this point even where to get them. The charts can't be many pages compared to the rest of the rules though. The production spiral should all be on the computer and that will help as well. I'm sure that most, if not all, of the charts will be in the computer as well.

Good Hunting.

MR