TOPIC: SPECIAL 2025 Token and Season Announcements on True Dungeon Talk with Trent!!!

Here's the show if you couldn't catch it live. Soooooooooo much 2025 info!!!

Thank you for another great show. All dates for VTD 2025 in calendar and ready to go.

Jason Efford wrote: Thank you for another great show. All dates for VTD 2025 in calendar and ready to go.

Woo hoo, thanks for watching!

Summary of things I noted in the show:

1. V-25 next weekend is sold out.

2. V-26 in November tickets go on sale Sunday at Noon eastern (earlier maybe for AG/Patrons).

3. Gamehole con October 17-20 will have two adventures:
* Temple of the Dune Viper - 7 room full adventure as presented at Gen Con, with choice points, Jeff mentioned there will be some quality control adjustments
* Desert Knights - True Grind

4. Ring Con time and location TBD in 2026, will likely be near Walker's Bluff - there is now a Casino nearby Walker's Bluff within walking distance.

5. Last day to purchase 2024 tokens, and get 2023 PyP selections: Friday September 27th.

6. 2025 Token Pre Orders:
* Start October 1st
* Shipping starts November 1st
* Early Bird Bonuses though December 31st, including 10x Treasure Chips and Averon's Cherry Mead (Rare potion, heals 3 HP and negates fear)
* All $8k orders guaranteed a Golden Ticket "while supplies last"

7. Setting name for 2025 seems to be "Runeheim" which is "a year-long story arc of epic Viking fun!"

The Runeheim storyline will weave between VTD and in person cons.

8. Jeff said with regard to Golden Ticket distribution:

"We thought it would be better just to be as transparent as we can and as honest as we can about what your chances are of getting one, how we're going to distribute them out, and basically we're going to insert these things every 9.6 boxes so if you get an 8k order you'll be guaranteed to get one.

So if you divide that by, for every thousand, its an eighth of a chance. If, lets say, you do a $4k order then you've got a 50% chance of getting one.

[unintelligible] Instead of being mysterious about it, I thought I would be up front and transparent as we can, it seems like the best policy all the time."

Trent provided an example of "If I made three $2k orders and a $1k order I'd have a 7/8 chance?" and Jeff said yes.

9. 2025 Token Page at: www.truedungeon.com/2025-tokens

10. VTD announcements:

V-28 Blood & Burrow - January 10-12
V-29 Blackseel Spire - Feb 7-9
V-30 Ymir's Icy Maw - March 7-9
2025 VTD Patron Adventure - Valhalla & Back - April 12
V-31 Runeheim Ravaged - August 15-17
V-32 Runeheim Reforged - September 12-14
V-33 Runeheim Revenged - November 7-9

11. Live 2025 Events (subject to change)

Origins June 18-22: Raid on Ravenshold

Gen Con July 31-August 3: Raid on Ravenshold, Runecrag Crypt, Eldest Ice Unbroken (the story of these adventures goes Raid ... > Runecrag ... > Eldest)

San Japan - Labor Day Weekend: Details to come

Game Hole Con - October 2025 - Eldest Ice Unbroken

12. First time in several years that TD will have 3 or possibly 4 all new live adventures for in person cons.

13. Jeff said the last room of Eldest Ice Unbroken is planned to be really cool (I'm not sure if that's a droll pun or not).

14. The number one complaint TD people get from new players is being overwhelmed with generous offers of token loans from vets, and it also takes away the fun of them being able to do their own min/maxing / trading if everyone around them is all set etc..

Grunnel Xmas special number 3?

Matthew Hayward wrote: Summary of things I noted in the show:

1. V-25 next weekend is sold out.

2. V-26 in November tickets go on sale Sunday at Noon eastern (earlier maybe for AG/Patrons).

3. Gamehole con October 17-20 will have two adventures:
* Temple of the Dune Viper - 7 room full adventure as presented at Gen Con, with choice points, Jeff mentioned there will be some quality control adjustments
* Desert Knights - True Grind

4. Ring Con time and location TBD in 2026, will likely be near Walker's Bluff - there is now a Casino nearby Walker's Bluff within walking distance.

5. Last day to purchase 2024 tokens, and get 2023 PyP selections: Friday September 27th.

6. 2025 Token Pre Orders:
* Start October 1st
* Shipping starts November 1st
* Early Bird Bonuses though December 31st, including 10x Treasure Chips and Averon's Cherry Mead (Rare potion, heals 3 HP and negates fear)
* All $8k orders guaranteed a Golden Ticket "while supplies last"

7. Setting name for 2025 seems to be "Runeheim" which is "a year-long story arc of epic Viking fun!"

The Runeheim storyline will weave between VTD and in person cons.

8. Jeff said with regard to Golden Ticket distribution:

"We thought it would be better just to be as we can and as honest as we can about what your chances are of getting one, how we're going to distribute them out, and basically we're going to insert these things every 9.6 boxes so if you get an 8k order you'll be guaranteed to get one.

So if you divide that by, for every thousand, its an eighth of a chance. If, lets say, you do a $4k order then you've got a 50% chance of getting one.

[unintelligible] Instead of being mysterious about it, I thought I would be up front and transparent as we can, it seems like the best policy all the time."

Trent provided an example of "If I made three $2k orders and a $1k order I'd have a 7/8 chance?" and Jeff said yes.

9. 2025 Token Page at: www.truedungeon.com/2025-tokens

10. VTD announcements:

V-28 Blood & Burrow - January 10-12
V-29 Blackseel Spire - Feb 7-9
V-30 Ymir's Icy Maw - March 7-9
2025 VTD Patron Adventure - Valhalla & Back - April 12
V-31 Runeheim Ravaged - August 15-17
V-32 Runeheim Reforged - September 12-14
V-33 Runeheim Revenged - November 7-9

11. Live 2025 Events (subject to change)

Origins June 18-22: Raid on Ravenshold

Gen Con July 31-August 3: Raid on Ravenshold, Runecrag Crypt, Eldest Ice Unbroken (the story of these adventures goes Raid ... > Runecrag ... > Eldest)

San Japan - Labor Day Weekend: Details to come

Game Hole Con - October 2025 - Eldest Ice Unbroken

12. First time in several years that TD will have 3 or possibly 4 all new live adventures for in person cons.

13. Jeff said the last room of Eldest Ice Unbroken is planned to be really cool (I'm not sure if that's a droll pun or not).

14. The number one complaint TD people get from new players is being overwhelmed with generous offers of token loans from vets, and it also takes away the fun of them being able to do their own min/maxing / trading if everyone around them is all set etc..

Very nice summary Matthew. I could not have summarized any better. Thank you.

It will be interesting to see how the inclusion of a Golden Ticket in every $8K order affects token auctions. Perhaps some of them will include the Golden Ticket as one of the auction items, or perhaps some auctions will fund at a level below $7,500. I'm also curious to see if the value of a Golden Ticket drops given the presumably higher supply.

Mike Steele wrote: It will be interesting to see how the inclusion of a Golden Ticket in every $8K order affects token auctions. Perhaps some of them will include the Golden Ticket as one of the auction items, or perhaps some auctions will fund at a level below $7,500. I'm also curious to see if the value of a Golden Ticket drops given the presumably higher supply.

I’m also curious!

The “while supplies last” part is a bit tricky - as you could count on getting a GT through your auction, but fail to do so because they get “sold out” by the time you place your order.

edwin wrote: Grunnel Xmas special number 3?

Will a second Patron event be added?

Currently 85 GTs accounted for and 86 Patrons (85 signed up and one available at Trent Tokens).

Matthew Hayward wrote:

Mike Steele wrote: It will be interesting to see how the inclusion of a Golden Ticket in every $8K order affects token auctions. Perhaps some of them will include the Golden Ticket as one of the auction items, or perhaps some auctions will fund at a level below $7,500. I'm also curious to see if the value of a Golden Ticket drops given the presumably higher supply.

I’m also curious!

The “while supplies last” part is a bit tricky - as you could count on getting a GT through your auction, but fail to do so because they get “sold out” by the time you place your order.

I'd have to think that the Golden Ticket supply is pretty substantial for this strategy to work. I'd also hope and expect that Jeff would make an announcement when they are almost gone, as he usually does.

Matthew Hayward wrote: 14. The number one complaint TD people get from new players is being overwhelmed with generous offers of token loans from vets, and it also takes away the fun of them being able to do their own min/maxing / trading if everyone around them is all set etc..

This seem like a very weird complaint. "I'm a new player and people are too nice to me!!" Probably get's into people being too aggressive loaning out things in PUGs.