Shroud of the Avatar - Update #28, Translation To German and a New Tier

If you want you can still pledge for Shroud of the Avatar. As they are translating to German first, they added a 'German' tier as well.

$550 EDELMANN TIER - The Edelmann Village House Tier contains the following:

• INCLUDES ALL THE REWARDS FROM DEVELOPER TIER
• Your in-game avatar will receive the honorific title of "Edelmann" to be proudly displayed for all to see (title visibility controlled by player)
• Rent free, Village Level House Deed, transferable between players
• A special, commission free Vendor!
• An upscale, German Edelmann's home (German home styles to be submitted and voted on by community)
• A waterfront, German-style Cabana, sitting on stilts, in the water, attached to your Village property by a bridge (**Village waterfront lots available to Village, Town, or City property deed holders; higher value pledges have lot selection priority over lower value pledges**)
• Unique Beer Brewing Ability adhering to the German beer purity law, Reinheitsgebot.  Only you will be able to teach this unique beer formula to others!
• An animated, German Automaton house decoration (we are inspired by the Rathaus-Glockenspiel in Munich)
• Unique, in-game, Deutsche Dogge house pet (or maybe a Dachshund)
• Special Founder Level plaque as a digital, in-game decoration for your house
• Printed Shroud of the Avatar novel signed by Tracy Hickman and Richard Garriott!
• Printed Village Property Deed, hand signed by Richard "Lord British" Garriott

There will also be an all digital version of the Edelmann tier available for those that do not want physical goods shipped to them:

$545 EDELMANN - ALL DIGITAL TIER - Contains only the digital rewards of the Edelmann Tier

Also Garriott is talking at the Quo Vadis German game conference.