A friend says that some of the Lord of the Rings PoDs were translated to German, some weren't.

Is there any official anouncement if those PoDs will get translated or is there a way that FFG always does this? I need to decide if I will start to collect the whole game in German (so I have more people that are willing to play it) or play it in English (if some parts of the game will only be available in English).

I know of no official statement, but you could post the question on the message board of the German publisher for an answer from Heidelberger Spieleverlag.

Also there's the question of getting the original print on demand items here in Germany. Several gaming stores I've been to have had a falling out with Heidelberger (who are always said to only deliver the German translations, keep back the other orders or misplace them, according to them) and switched to other distributors to obtain the untranslated card sets. It was almost impossible to get the print on demand products on Lord of the Rings here already.

It would be very nice if you could offer the print on demand items also in small quantities for single purchasers. I'd gladly pay the shipping and customs, but I won't of course be able to order packs with 12 of the same set etc.

I can understand you want to support the flagship stores primarily of course, but a little help with those special products would be nice.