Just wanted to let the community here know that the Kickstarter for the Spanish language to English language translation of the Aquelarre Dark Medival RPG is now live!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1861515217/aquelarre-the-dark-and-mature-medieval-rpg-now-in

Ends on Nov 16th 2015

I was just reading some more about the kickstarter and I see it's being run by
"Stewart Wieck", one of the founders of White Wolf. And the translator is none other than Lester Smith of GDW fame.

Lester says he's been in love with Spanish Culture since he was a tween. So to have someone who speaks both languages fluently, is an RPG fan let alone an RPG designer/writer, you couldn't come up with a better team for this project.

Quote from: Gwarh;861503I was just reading some more about the kickstarter and I see it's being run by
"Stewart Wieck", one of the founders of White Wolf. And the translator is none other than Lester Smith of GDW fame.

Lester says he's been in love with Spanish Culture since he was a tween. So to have someone who speaks both languages fluently, is an RPG fan let alone an RPG designer/writer, you couldn't come up with a better team for this project.

Well, they could have invited me to get involved. I fit all of the above plus I've run two campaigns with the game.

Anyways, I did my part: their money raised doubled within 24 hours of my promoting it on my blog.  I've already been promised a review copy for my labours.

What's the "Bravarium" exactly? Art stripped out or text is cut and if so what kind of text is cut?

Quote from: Daztur;862081What's the "Bravarium" exactly? Art stripped out or text is cut and if so what kind of text is cut?

The latter, from what I understand. One of the updates clarified the differences. Basically, both the Brevarium and the Deluxe versions of Aquelarre have all of the information on character creation, the game system itself (including combat), ceremonies, rituals, and saints. But the other Brevarium chapters have been edited down to just the essentials. That's what is in the Spanish version, anyway; they haven't decided exactly what will be cut out in the English translation.

Basically, the 500-page Deluxe book contains everything you need including all of the setting and historical information while the half-size Brevarium is good for players or for GMs to use to reduce the amount of wear and tear their Deluxe books receive.

Here is the update which outlines the specific differences between the Brevarium and the full package.

Lester Smith also has a long history with the game, having reviewed the original for Dragon and concluded that it was an interesting piece but way too black metal for his tastes and not appropriate for the American market. He posted an interesting article here about why he's changed his mind about a translation.

Thanks for posting the link to that article Warthur. I'm going to check it out right now.

4 hours to go!

Well, it turned out pretty good, I think.

Looks like! 20% of supporters showed up on the last day, they said. I am looking forward to eventually getting a pretty book and a bunch of pretty dice.

Quote from: Skarg;865091Looks like! 20% of supporters showed up on the last day, they said. I am looking forward to eventually getting a pretty book and a bunch of pretty dice.

I'm looking forward to a review copy!