I just sent the following to True Dungeon in response to some bullshit email advertising their fancy new tokens:

Please unsubscribe me from your list. I've been meaning to write this for a while, but I went through True Dungeon at SoCal GenCon 2005 with some friends and honestly thought it was one of the worst wastes of money and time I've ever been through at a con, and as a long-time gamer, that's saying something. I strongly feel that the treasure tokens are a money-raking scheme that are of little value in the actual scenarios which are, if '05 is anything to judge by, dull, badly thought out, and poorly organized. I would compare the experience of going through True Dungeon to that of going to an expensive strip bar. All build-up, lots of money, and no payoff. As a long-time gamer, I have also been to many strip bars, so I know what I'm talking about here.

It was a particularly disappointing experience because I went through the True Dungeon at the first SoCal GenCon with the same group, and we uniformly agreed that it was a better experience. In that dungeon the rooms had more variety and lots to do. In the 05 dungeon there seemed to be one central puzzle or feature in each room with little side exploration to do. There also did not seem to be much creativity on the part of the DMs or very much usage for our pricey tokens.

Anyway I was let down by the experience. I guess because it's a rather expensive thing to do and such an exciting idea we expected more. We expected fun and laffs and instead we felt ripped off. We all agreed that it would be better in the future to spend the money on lapdances. Actually though I do not go to nudie bars anymore because I am in a long-term, satisfying relationship, so probably instead I would spend the money on Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

But anyway thanks very much for listening.

Jr0n "Take Me Off The List" Oeterson