I dont play these, so I'm quite new to formats and things. Is this a game that runs on a PC with, as you have described, printed supplementary material?
We are presently just at the early stages of a game played on screen, with no external dependencies, that is used in its professional version for strategic training, and also for scenario building and checking, and it has already taught us some very harsh lessons about the nature of warfare.
Quite independent of each other, an Indian and a Pakistani has offered to get/has already got the simulator, and it looks like we are assured of support playing it in future. Currently, it is being played on a particular forum, but there is no reason to think that the two owners will restrict their support to that forum.