New details and launch of Equinox’s printing service
Equinox’s printing services are ready for launch for all official Altered base sets, according to a new statement from the team. Read the full release below:
When we announced the end of the Altered TCG adventure, we made one final promise: to make Print-on-Demand available more broadly, through a solution capable of supporting the seven sets released for the game.
Today, that promise has been fulfilled.
We are happy to announce that a new Print-on-Demand service for Altered is now available through Forgefire.
Based in the United States, Forgefire has extensive experience with custom trading card printing. Over the past months, we have worked with their team to validate the technical aspects of production and provide the closest possible match to your existing Altered cards, within the constraints of digital printing on a different production system.
From now on, Forgefire will operate this new service independently and handle all Print-on-Demand production, customer support and technical inquiries with respect to POD cards.
How does the new Print-on-Demand work?
For its launch, cards are available through predefined packs based on their set and rarity. A system allowing you to create and print your own custom card lists is already in development.
A few things to know:
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All packs are available in their original release languages.
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Packs can be ordered in regular or foil versions.
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Every card uses its original design, including the original hand-created foil treatment for foil cards.
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Some specific cards are not included due to the conditions of their original availability.
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Every pack includes one free Unique card. Unique cards are available in English and French languages only, orders for other languages will include an English unique card.
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Every card includes a QR code, which cannot be used to redeem the ownership of these cards.
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The upcoming Altered Re:Union scanning app will be able to use it to direct you to the corresponding card information on the community website (detailed rules, lore and translation in other languages) and for deckbuilding.
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Orders are processed directly and individually, with no minimum production threshold to reach.
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Manufacturing of standard POD cards takes 10-14 days, while manufacturing of POD foil cards takes 14-21 days.
Pricing and shipping
Pack prices are based on the number of cards included, regardless of their rarity or power. The goal is to keep the pricing structure as straightforward and fair as possible.
Regular and foil packs now have different prices. Producing foil cards requires different materials and production costs, and the previous identical pricing between regular and foil treatments could not be maintained with the new printing process, production volumes and commercial conditions.
While production is now based in the United States, we can rely on Forgefire’s established export process to the EU and UK, designed to keep international shipping costs as low as possible, particularly in light of the recent increase in import taxes for goods entering the European Union.
Custom Altered playmats
Forgefire is also offering a custom Altered playmat printing service using high-quality digital printing.
You can personalize your playmat using several options, including:
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More than 200 backgrounds, with additional backgrounds possibly available on request
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Discord emojis
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Faction banners
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Localized card grids
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Nameplates with your own custom text
This gives you another way to keep a piece of Altered on your gaming table and create something connected to your own experience with the game.
Looking toward the community
This new service is also intended to support what comes next.
Forgefire will work directly with Altered Re:Union regarding future community-created cards and sets.
If you want to follow these initiatives, contribute to them, see what the community is working on or use their digital tools, you can join Altered Re:union through:
Altered Re:union is an independent community initiative and will remain your main point of contact for these community-led projects.
One last promise kept
Print-on-Demand was an important part of what we wanted to build with Altered. It gave cards a life beyond the booster in which they were found and gave players new ways to play with and preserve their collections.
We wanted that possibility to remain after our own service came to an end.
Thank you to the Forgefire team for their work over the past months and for taking on this new chapter of Print-on-Demand.
We hope this service will help you find the cards you were still looking for, complete your collections, keep playing, and preserve the memories you built around Altered TCG.