Using the in-game one just isn’t the same

You know how some games are notebook games?

Well,The Banished Vaultis a manual game, no two ways about it.

I don’t think I could have survived in the game without it.

A space monastery is accompanied by three smaller ships in The Banished Vault

The Banished Vault is a complicated game.

Once you’ve completed the two introductory scenarios, the manual does get more general after that.

I mean, just look at this thing.

An in-game manual screen in The Banished Vault

Did I mention those gorgeous illustrations?

A double page spread of The Banished Vault’s physical manual on Exiles, with an illustration of a man drinking from a cup

A double spread illustration of The Banished Vault’s monastery in the physical game manual

A solar system consisting of three planets in The Banished Vault

A manual page detailing the construction costs of The Banished Vault’s buildings

A solar system consisting of several planets in The Banished Vault