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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3083008, member: 57463"]True Dungeons is alive and well. (See. here: <a href="http://truedungeon.com/upcoming-events" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://truedungeon.com/upcoming-events" rel="nofollow">http://truedungeon.com/upcoming-events</a>). I first wrote about them in 2009 for <i>The Numismatist</i>. They now have several engagements per year.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]776655[/ATTACH]</p><p>The top four are from the first two years. They soon went to the heavier, casino-style tokens shown below.</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #0000ff">Back then, I wrote: </span></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #0000ff">... True Adventures, Ltd., [is] the host company for a live-action, simulated dungeons and dragons-style game in which players navigate a two-story maze of monsters and puzzles. The game tokens represent weapons, armor, magic scrolls, potions, and other artifacts and effects. Originally wooden, the tokens have an embossed obverse and are made of a heavy composite so they feel like an actual gold piece. True Adventures organizes and sells them as “common,” “uncommon,” “rare” and “ultra rare.” Players buy, sell and barter the pieces among themselves to build their inventories, and during the game, they can find hoards of them in the dungeon. When “consumable” coins, such as potions, are activated, they are surrendered to dungeon masters.</span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Georgia"><span style="color: #0000ff">According to Dave Radtke, True Dungeon’s technical director and volunteer coordinator, the players “have established their own fair-trade minimum standards, and have even attempted to ascribe real-world monetary value to an individual token.” He adds, “We have our own True Dungeon analogue to a 1914-D U.S. cent; it is called the ‘Scroll of Light’, was made in 2003, and most were turnedin when used and then destroyed.” [<i>The Numismatist,</i> October 2009]</span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3083008, member: 57463"]True Dungeons is alive and well. (See. here: [url]http://truedungeon.com/upcoming-events[/url]). I first wrote about them in 2009 for [I]The Numismatist[/I]. They now have several engagements per year. [ATTACH=full]776655[/ATTACH] The top four are from the first two years. They soon went to the heavier, casino-style tokens shown below. [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#0000ff]Back then, I wrote: ... True Adventures, Ltd., [is] the host company for a live-action, simulated dungeons and dragons-style game in which players navigate a two-story maze of monsters and puzzles. The game tokens represent weapons, armor, magic scrolls, potions, and other artifacts and effects. Originally wooden, the tokens have an embossed obverse and are made of a heavy composite so they feel like an actual gold piece. True Adventures organizes and sells them as “common,” “uncommon,” “rare” and “ultra rare.” Players buy, sell and barter the pieces among themselves to build their inventories, and during the game, they can find hoards of them in the dungeon. When “consumable” coins, such as potions, are activated, they are surrendered to dungeon masters.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#0000ff]According to Dave Radtke, True Dungeon’s technical director and volunteer coordinator, the players “have established their own fair-trade minimum standards, and have even attempted to ascribe real-world monetary value to an individual token.” He adds, “We have our own True Dungeon analogue to a 1914-D U.S. cent; it is called the ‘Scroll of Light’, was made in 2003, and most were turnedin when used and then destroyed.” [[I]The Numismatist,[/I] October 2009][/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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