War of the Whey: A Comedic Alien Invasion One-Shot for D&D 5e
War of the Whey is a comedic alien invasion one-shot for 5e: a zero-prep 2-3 hour night where…
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Zero-prep 5e One-shots You Can Run Tonight.
Dense, ready-to-run adventures for two or three players. Read it on the train, run it after dinner — no homework.
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110 titles in print & PDF
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Every title is a complete, self-contained adventure — pick a cover and you’re ready to run tonight.
One-Shot Adventures
The Stitchery: A Frankenstein DnD One-Shot of Flesh, Sanity, and Sacrifice
The Stitchery is a Frankenstein-inspired 5e body-horror one-shot: graft monstrous parts onto your heroes, watch sanity fray, and…
The Blood Waltz: A Vampire D&D One-Shot for 2–3 Players
The Blood Waltz is a vampire D&D one-shot for 2–3 players at levels 2–3 — a complete, zero-prep…
The Ink-Stained Estate of Oiwa: A Japanese Horror One-Shot for Small Groups
The Ink-Stained Estate of Oiwa is a Japanese horror one-shot for 5e: a zero-prep, 2-3 hour ghost story…
The Cinderwell: A Norse One-Shot Where the Ice Runs Warm
The Cinderwell is a norse one-shot for 5e: a zero-prep, 2-3 hour glacier-forge adventure for 2-3 players where…
The Oni’s Road: A Samurai One-Shot Where the Mountain Judges You
The Oni's Road is a samurai one-shot for 5e: a zero-prep, 2-3 hour feudal-fantasy adventure for 2-3 players…
The Gilded Cage Review: A 5e Prison-Break One-Shot in a Sky Palace
The Gilded Cage is a 5e-compatible prison-break one-shot for two or three players at levels 2–3 that runs…
Legend of the Dungeon Core Landlord, Book 3: Hostile Takeover
The rival files a claim. Dungeon Core Landlord Book 3 is a cozy base-building LitRPG: a 90-day rating…
Feyre & Loathing: A Fey Horror One-Shot Where Manners Kill
Feyre & Loathing is a fey horror one-shot for 5e — a 2-3 hour dinner-party nightmare for 2-3…
The Last Train to Hellion: A Weird West D&D One-Shot for Small Groups
The Last Train to Hellion is a Weird West D&D one-shot for 2–3 players at levels 2–3 —…
The 100-Room Citadel: A Replayable 5e Megadungeon for Small Groups
The 100-Room Citadel is a replayable 5e megadungeon for 2-3 players: 100 rooms, five zones, and a fresh…
The Last Hearth Review: A Cozy Horror One-Shot for Small Groups
The Last Hearth is a cozy horror one-shot for D&D 5e: a zero-prep, 2-3 hour adventure for 2-3…
Twisted Fairy Tales
Breadcrumbs Review: A Hansel and Gretel D&D Adventure That Turns the Fairy Tale Inside Out
Breadcrumbs is a Hansel and Gretel D&D adventure for 1-3 players—dark fairy tale one-shot where the witch is…
Pay the Piper: A Dark D&D 5e Fairy Tale One-Shot for Small Groups
Pay the Piper is a D&D 5e fairy tale one-shot for 2-3 players. A dark retelling of the…
The Name of Rumpelstiltskin: A D&D 5e Fairy Tale One-Shot Where Every Choice Has a Price
The Name of Rumpelstiltskin is a D&D 5e fairy tale one-shot for 2-3 players. A dying king, a…
The Twelve Dancing Princesses: A D&D 5e Fairy Tale One-Shot That Turns the Story on Its Head
The Twelve Dancing Princesses is a D&D 5e fairy tale one shot for 2-3 players. A morally complex…
Solo & Duet
MINDSCOURGE: A Mind Flayer Solo RPG Where Losing Your Mind Is Worse Than Dying
MINDSCOURGE: A Mind Flayer Solo RPG Where Losing Your Mind Is Worse Than Dying You are githyanki. Your…
D&D Date Night for Two: The Goblin’s Guide to Courtship
Skip the prep and the DM. The Goblin's Guide to Courtship is a 5e-compatible D&D date night adventure…
Half-Pint Review: The Solo Halfling RPG Game You Can Play Tonight
Half-Pint is a solo halfling RPG game of stealth and small-time crime. No DM required. Play free online…
Goblin Defense D&D 5e: The Other Side of the Door
The Other Side of the Door: Goblin Defense D&D 5e One-Shot You’ve kicked down a thousand dungeon doors.…
Deep Delving: Ultimate Solo Dungeon Crawler Game Guide
Deep Delving: The Ultimate Solo Dungeon Crawler Game for Quick, Tactical Adventures Looking for a solo dungeon crawler…
The Dungeon Master's Library
101 books. One download.
101 Anvil N Ink titls — from our very first adventure to our 100-book milestone and one beyond. Ready-to-run one-shots, player guides, solo games, and full LitRPG novels: over 200 hours of adventure. Delivered as PDF & EPUB, with the interior art files and battle maps included.
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Game Masters keep coming back for the same reason: it runs.
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titles in print & PDF
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Each series is its own world. Pick a shelf and follow it.
Series I
One-Shot Adventures
Run-tonight 5e for two or three. Horror, heist, kaiju, cosmic dread — pick a night, pick a tone.
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Series II
Twisted Fairy Tales
Dark fables turned playable. Goblin courtship, warring pets, and imps with contracts to keep.
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A Free Table Personality Quiz
Discover Your Dungeon Master Type
DMs and players both. Answer a few very-real table questions, get your named archetype and four-letter code, and find out who you'd click with on the other side of the screen.
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From the Workshop
Field notes, design diaries, and free short fiction — a deep backlog of stories from the table.
Battle Maps
Halloween Battle Maps: The Long Night of Hallowmere Map Pack
Fourteen Halloween battle maps for D&D 5e and every VTT, from a pumpkin patch to a witch's bog, linked by one story from dusk to dawn.
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Arkh-Perain: Dust and Coin, a Living Desert Setting for D&D 5.5e
Most desert settings hand you a stretch of sand to cross and a tally of waterskins to watch. Arkh-Perain: Dust…
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The Halloween Horror Vault: A Halloween D&D Bundle of 8 5e One-Shots
The Halloween Horror Vault: an 8-book Halloween D&D bundle of zero-prep 5e one-shots for 2-3 players. Three classic monsters plus…
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The Silver Bell: A Werewolf One-Shot for 5e Small Groups
The Silver Bell is a zero-prep werewolf one-shot for 5e: a locked village, five suspects, and a monster that heals…
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How to Run a Megadungeon in D&D 5e Without Losing Your Table
By Anvil N Ink Publishing · Updated September 2026 · 8 min read To run a megadungeon in D&D 5e,…
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Best Samurai D&D One-Shots: Feudal-Fantasy 5e Adventures
The best samurai D&D one-shots pack the heart of feudal fantasy — honor, ronin, oni, and a tragic blade —…
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Best D&D Heist One-Shots: 7 Ready-to-Run 5e Capers
The best D&D heist one-shots pack a full caper — case the target, slip past the guards, grab the prize,…
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Best D&D Horror One-Shots: 12 Ranked 5e Scares for Small Groups
The best D&D horror one-shots deliver a full scare — dread, a monster, and a nasty turn — in a…
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Best D&D Prison Break & Escape One-Shots for 5e
The best D&D prison break one-shots drop your party behind bars — stripped, watched, and on a clock — and…
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