You're right, this time it's indeed a manual for the PC game...
Talking about spells, I advise you to choose either water or earth as one of your picks, just for the healing spells. If you're playing a wizard, fire and wind will of course come in handy as well, but I always first go for some healing.
About that other HQ that OlSheep linked to: did anyone try the Dungeon yet? Just wondering how far you got... I had a hard time surviving the first few levels, but now a barbarian is becoming close to invincible
(15 attack, 12 defense, impossible values compared to the classic version of the game)