Despite being owned by TSR, the Dungeon Hobby Shop in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin sold RPGs, boardgames, and gaming accessories by a number of companies.

Their 1982 mail order catalog is a snapshot in time of the state of the hobby. For gamers who did not live near a metro area blessed with a hobby shop, mail order was their only source for RPGs.

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1982 Dungeon Hobby Shop Catalog
TSR Hobbies, Inc.
The Dungeon Hobby Shop Dept. 501
PO Box 756
Lake Geneva, WI 53147
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The catalog kicks off with RPGA Member gear, including…
TSR Lizard belt buckle
A Lizardman TSR belt buckle! (pic from somebody’s 2013 eBay auction), and…
AD&D Fighting Wheel 1
The Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Fighting Wheel! Quite rare today. Sold this one back in 2018 for $190. More on this here.
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The Dungeon Hobby Shop sold D&D and AD&D stuff, no surprise there. (Look at those prices!)
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And TSR’s other game lines of the time, including Gamma World, Top Secret, Gangbusters, Star Frontiers, and Boot Hill.
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Also releases from other game companies like Avalon Hill
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Traveller (GDW)
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Back issues of Dragon Magazine and White Dwarf were available
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Promotional poster still stapled in the centerfold
AD&D Paladin poster b
The poster art is by Larry Elmore. A Paladin facing off against 3 orcs. I remember this picture from back in the day… it’s also the cover art of Dragon Magazine issue 62. It formed my mental image of orcs forever after that.
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Best of Dragon ad. The fighter with the battleax was my character art for one of my PCs back then.
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Several pages of order blanks
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Coupons
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Back cover (mailing side)

See also: 

Fighting Wheel: Make quick work of by-the-book AD&D combat (1981)

GATEWAY TO ADVENTURE: TSR’s Classic Games Catalog (1980 & 1981), plus Rare Black Cover

TSR product posters (ca. 1978-9?)