“Fantasy Gaming Headquarters” at Hobby Town in 1978

August 20, 1978. The Lincoln Journal Star of Lincoln, Nebraska, brings us another early look at the Dungeons & Dragons* roleplaying game, this time of the “advanced player handbook” at Chick Bartlett’s Hobby Town store. Looking at the date and location of the ad, I instantly thought it possible that this was connected to the chain of Hobby Town stores . . . and I was right! This journalstar.com article from 2012 confirms my suspicion and now I am wondering what other early Hobby Town newspaper ads are out there.