https://www.vekn.net/2-uncategorised/54 ... ugust-2023
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A message from Black Chantry CEO and VEKN Chairman Hugh Angseesing:
We are happy to announce our first Vampire: the Eternal Struggle cards in German, or Deutsch: Aline Gädeke and Horst von Brühl.
Why these two?
Well, they’re German vampires in the best set of Vampire: the Eternal Struggle Fifth Edition - so it seemed appropriate!
Why any German cards?
These have been created to celebrate the German Grand Prix in Essen on 17th September 2023 and to reward the German players for the effort they have put into creating a, nearly, fully operational rulebook. Thank you, team Deutschland!
A German rulebook you say?
A German rulebook has been drafted and it will need some final adjustments as we reprint and tidy up the English rulebook first.
What happens in the future?
In terms of whether we will be printing more German cards in the future, we intend to get the rulebook available as a PDF and then see what demand is like for a local print, either through our traditional printers or via a print-on-demand facility.
What is the scale required?
Minimum volumes through our traditional printers would be around 1,000 copies.
Partnership
We have discussed working with other partners to make a German language product, at the moment there is nothing happening there, but we will continue looking at options. A pre-order or crowdfunding option is likely to be the best way to make a larger volume, especially for retailers.
What about other languages?
I don't want to steal from the success of the German team, but we have also been working with our Italian friends and would hope to release a PDF rulebook and again some rewards as a minimum and go from there.