One-Shots & Adventures
Self-contained sessions, seasonal one-shots, and published adventures.
How to run Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus in Hell
A DM guide to running Descent into Avernus — grounding the party in Baldur's Gate, the fall of Elturel, infernal war machines, and the battlemaps that make Hell land.
ReadLost Mine of Phandelver: the complete DM guide
How to run Lost Mine of Phandelver and Phandelver and Below — the best starter adventure for new DMs. Session-by-session prep, common pitfalls, and where it leads next.
ReadHow to run Tomb of Annihilation: a DM's survival guide
Running Tomb of Annihilation? A DM guide to the Death Curse, the Chult hexcrawl, keeping the jungle deadly without killing the pace, and surviving the Tomb of the Nine Gods.
ReadHow to run Waterdeep: Dragon Heist (and fix its problems)
A DM guide to Waterdeep: Dragon Heist — tying the party to the city, making Trollskull Manor matter, fixing the fireball investigation, and picking the right villain and season.
ReadD&D Winter and Holiday One-Shot Ideas for Your Table
Festive and frostbitten D&D winter one-shot ideas: cosy, eerie, and heroic holiday hooks with twists and the maps you need to run a single-evening session.
ReadD&D Halloween One-Shot Ideas You Can Run This October
Spooky D&D Halloween one-shot ideas for any level: ready-to-run hooks, twists, and the maps you need for a single-evening horror session your table will remember.
ReadDark Gifts in D&D Explained (Ravenloft: The Horrors Within)
What Dark Gifts are in D&D's Ravenloft: The Horrors Within: how the horror feats work, the bargain they represent, and how DMs should hand them out.
ReadHow to Run a Pirate D&D One-Shot (Summer Sea Adventure)
Run a pirate D&D one-shot in one session: a 4-beat structure, ship-to-ship and on-deck combat tips, a memorable villain, and the maps you need.
Read10 D&D horror one-shot ideas you can run tonight
Ten ready-to-run D&D horror one-shot ideas across gothic, folk, cosmic and body horror, each with a hook, a twist, and the maps you need to run it.
ReadHow to Run a D&D One-Shot at a Convention
Run a D&D one-shot at a convention with confidence: pre-gen characters, tight four-hour pacing, table etiquette, safety tools, and what to pack.
ReadHow to run a D&D horror one-shot
Run a D&D horror one-shot that actually scares your table: pick a subgenre, build dread, use the frightened condition, and steal a ready-made skeleton.
ReadHow to run Curse of Strahd: a DM's guide
How to run Curse of Strahd: a DM's guide to the Tarokka reading, playing Strahd as a recurring villain, pacing Barovia, and prepping key locations.
ReadHow to prep for Ravenloft: The Horrors Within
Getting ready to run Ravenloft: The Horrors Within? Here's how to prep the Domains of Dread, pick a Darklord, use Tarokka draws, and set a gothic table.
ReadArcana Unleashed: What D&D DMs Need to Know
A preview of D&D's upcoming high-magic sourcebook Arcana Unleashed. What is confirmed so far, what is not, and what it may change for DMs running high-magic tables.
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