Abstract

The William J. Hoyt Dungeons & Dragons collection is a compilation of scans, photographs, and digital files documenting Hoyt’s personal involvement with Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing games. The bulk of the materials are dated between 1966 and 1979.

Scope and Content Note From the Series: Per the Autumn 1975 issue of The Strategic Review by E. Gary Gygax: “John Bobek and Bill Hoyt have used D&D as a teaching aid in grade school classes. Bill has a great little book of accounts of adventures and illustrations of monsters prepared by 6th graders.” (This is also mentioned in the letter from Gygax to Hoyt in Series I, Folder 1, File 12.) While the booklet cited in the Strategic Review, labeled as “6th Grade...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: This series holds files such as text, photos, and audio. The first digital folder includes typewritten narratives from Hoyt, including recollections about the creation of Dungeons & Dragons. The second digital folder contains images and descriptive audio recorded by Hoyt. Other folders include photographs (some with captions) and scans of original newsletters created by Dave Arneson, including the first issue of Corner of the Table (then called ...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: This series holds files such as text, photos, and audio. The first digital folder includes typewritten narratives from Hoyt, including recollections about the creation of Dungeons & Dragons. The second digital folder contains images and descriptive audio recorded by Hoyt. Other folders include photographs (some with captions) and scans of original newsletters created by Dave Arneson, including the first issue of Corner of the Table (then called ...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: This series holds files such as text, photos, and audio. The first digital folder includes typewritten narratives from Hoyt, including recollections about the creation of Dungeons & Dragons. The second digital folder contains images and descriptive audio recorded by Hoyt. Other folders include photographs (some with captions) and scans of original newsletters created by Dave Arneson, including the first issue of Corner of the Table (then called ...

Scope and Content Note From the Series: This series holds files such as text, photos, and audio. The first digital folder includes typewritten narratives from Hoyt, including recollections about the creation of Dungeons & Dragons. The second digital folder contains images and descriptive audio recorded by Hoyt. Other folders include photographs (some with captions) and scans of original newsletters created by Dave Arneson, including the first issue of Corner of the Table (then called ...