[manikus]

I would love to hear what others think as well.

I would also like it if someone could post some names of games with in-game help. I ca't think of any outside of a Linux solitaire game (PySol) that I use.
It seems to pull something like this off, DC would need to be running in a window with an additional menu at the top (like a solitaire game).

I would think if help were going to be added to the game, it makes the most sense to do it at the very first menu - the 'add character/create character/load saved game/exit' menu. It seems that any later in the process and the player must already know enough to be able to play the game.