Hey, That is a very fun trip down memory lane. It surprised me how much has changed since the days of all those DOS prompts, floppy disks, and big box PC games :) (my fav was the floppy disks format), and It sounds like Lords of the Realm 2 was a fantastic introduction to strategy games, in my case my introduction to strategy games were the Command & Conquer games franchise. I agree, those old game manuals and "feelies" definitely added something special to the experience.
Regards and cool post.