Notes from Bill Hoyt, one of the early D&D players

[sharps54]

If you like RPG history, particularly early D&D, check this out, it’s free.

Bill Hoyt - My Old Campaign by Smoldering Dung Games

smolderingdung.itch.io

 

[A Fiery Flying Roll]

Ooo, thanks, picked up.

 

[DanDareGM]

Thanks for that, a big trip down memory lane.

Its prompted me to go back through my original campaign notes from the 70's, and stand in awe of the simplicity and naivety. My notes got accidentally preserved because I gave them to my younger brother so he could DM from them, and a couple of years ago he gave them back along with his additions. There's some cool stuff in there.

 

[saskganesh]

It's neat he "buried" spells across the world for PC's to find. I also like how he has "communists". Fun notes.

 

[Voros]

This is cool, like the hand drawn maps in particular.

Reminds me of this collection by Tim Hutchings which collates a bunch of adventure and setting material made by kids in the 80s:

DriveThruRPG

preview.drivethrurpg.com

 

[sharps54]

This is cool, like the hand drawn maps in particular.

Reminds me of this collection by Tim Hutchings which collates a bunch of adventure and setting material made by kids in the 80s:

DriveThruRPG

preview.drivethrurpg.com

Also The Lonely Mountian

Lonely Mountain by Tidal Wave Games

A 1970s Dungeon

tidalwavegames.itch.io

 

[Voros]

Also The Lonely Mountian

Lonely Mountain by Tidal Wave Games

A 1970s Dungeon

tidalwavegames.itch.io

Oh cool, thanks! Might as well post our own J JoeNuttall's blog which collects a number of very early amateur D&D advenures.

Fascinating stuff and most of it still looks pretty damn playable:

Explore: Beneath & Beyond

explorebeneathandbeyond.blogspot.com

 

[T. Foster]

Classy of him to post this stuff for free instead of trying to hype it up and milk a Kickstarter out of it. Wish more people did that.

 

[AsenRG]

Oh cool, thanks! Might as well post our own J JoeNuttall's blog which collects a number of very early amateur D&D advenures.

Fascinating stuff and most of it still looks pretty damn playable:

Explore: Beneath & Beyond

explorebeneathandbeyond.blogspot.com

I did use one of them recently*, and even started a thread for people to run it in their system of choice, so yes, I can confirm it's quite playable. More so than some modern adventures, I'm afraid!

I guess I should see that document by Bill Hoyt as well...


*There's no prize for guessing the system.

 

[GildorJM]

Wow, that's a lot a of worldbuilding! It reminds me of early Greyhawk supplements that described nations in wargaming terms, with a lot of detail on troop strengths. The hobby's wargaming roots were still strong in those days. Cool document.

 

[StubbornMule]

Wow, that's a lot a of worldbuilding! It reminds me of early Greyhawk supplements that described nations in wargaming terms, with a lot of detail on troop strengths. The hobby's wargaming roots were still strong in those days. Cool document.

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