THE READY ADVENTURE SERIES

Total Adventures :
21

Complete one-shot adventures designed to run in under 4 hours. Perfect for busy groups, convention games, or testing new characters. Each adventure includes battle maps, pre-generated characters, and detailed DM notes. Minimal prep, maximum fun.

  • D&D 5e Desert Adventure for 2-3 Players | The Oasis of Hours

    The Oasis of Hours: A D&D 5e Desert Adventure for 2-3 Players That Runs in One Session What happens when your party takes a shortcut through cursed desert and wakes up in an impossible jungle with no way out? The Oasis of Hours is a complete D&D 5e desert adventure designed specifically for 2-3 players using level 2 characters. In just 2-3 hours, your…

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    D&D 5e Desert Adventure for 2-3 Players | The Oasis of Hours
  • D&D 5e Gateway Adventure for New Players | No Rest for the Buried

    No Rest for the Buried: The Perfect D&D 5e Gateway Adventure for New Players and Families Looking for a D&D 5e gateway adventure that actually works for first-time players? One that teaches the game through play, delivers genuine heroic moments, and wraps up in a single session without requiring a PhD in encounter design? No Rest for the Buried is exactly that adventure —…

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    D&D 5e Gateway Adventure for New Players | No Rest for the Buried
  • D&D Pub Quiz Book: 550+ Trivia Questions | Roll for Knowledge

    Roll for Knowledge: The Ultimate D&D Pub Quiz Book for Game Stores, Conventions & Tavern Trivia Nights Looking for a D&D pub quiz book that actually understands your crowd? Most trivia books force you to adapt generic questions for tabletop audiences, but Roll for Knowledge was built from the ground up for people who know their THAC0 from their Tarrasque. This comprehensive D&D trivia…

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    D&D Pub Quiz Book: 550+ Trivia Questions | Roll for Knowledge
  • Morally Complex D&D One-Shot: The Extraction Job | 2-3 Players

    The Extraction Job: A Morally Complex D&D 5e One-Shot for Small Groups A simple retrieval job. Three days in the swamp. What could go wrong? The Extraction Job drops your party into a morally complex D&D one-shot where the mission briefing tells you one story and the truth tells another. The Mechanist Guild hires your party to recover a mysterious power source from a…

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    Morally Complex D&D One-Shot: The Extraction Job | 2-3 Players
  • 101 Adventures for Busy DMs: Ready-to-Run D&D Adventure Ideas That Respect Your Time

    101 Adventures for Busy DMs: Ready-to-Run D&D Adventure Ideas That Respect Your Time Every DM knows the feeling. 101 Adventures for Busy DMs exists because session prep shouldn't take longer than the session itself. This reference book delivers complete adventure frameworks across 20 themes—dungeon crawls, heists, political intrigue, moral dilemmas, horror, and more—each with NPCs, locations, three-act structures, and multiple resolution paths your players…

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    101 Adventures for Busy DMs: Ready-to-Run D&D Adventure Ideas That Respect Your Time
  • Frostfall: D&D 5e Survival Adventure Where the Dragon Isn’t the Monster

    Frostfall: D&D 5e Survival Adventure Where the Dragon Isn't the Monster A dragon is hunting you. You stole something precious. You just don't know it yet. Frostfall is a D&D 5e survival adventure that subverts everything you expect from dragon encounters. When your airship crashes in frozen wilderness, survival seems like the goal. But as companions die and secrets unravel, you'll discover the real…

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    Frostfall: D&D 5e Survival Adventure Where the Dragon Isn't the Monster
  • Comedic D&D 5e One-Shot: The Golden Rest

    The Golden Rest: Comedic D&D 5e One-Shot with Elderly Adventurers Four retired adventurers. One misheard rumor. A whole lot of expired potions. The Golden Rest is a comedic D&D 5e one-shot that delivers genuine laughs before pivoting into unexpected heroics. Elderly adventurers hear about "The Golden Chest"—a legendary treasure vault in the mountains. They gear up for one last run. Problem: it's actually "The…

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    Comedic D&D 5e One-Shot: The Golden Rest | Anvil & Ink
  • Valentine’s Day D&D One-Shot: Love’s Labyrinth | Anvil & Ink

    Love's Labyrinth: Valentine's Day D&D One-Shot for Couples and Small Groups Cherubs kidnapped the newlyweds. You're crashing their dimension to get them back. Love's Labyrinth is a Valentine's Day D&D one-shot that weaponizes romance tropes into a complete 2-3 hour adventure. Wedding guests become unlikely heroes armed with champagne bottles, battling through a pocket dimension of pink portals and candy-heart clubs to rescue a…

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    Valentine's Day D&D One-Shot: Love's Labyrinth | Anvil & Ink
  • D&D 5e Survival Horror One-Shot: Little Lambs | Anvil & Ink

    Little Lambs: D&D 5e Survival Horror One-Shot for Small Groups Someone you trusted sold you to die tonight. Little Lambs is a D&D 5e survival horror one-shot that delivers genuine dread, emotional betrayal, and a monster you cannot fight—only flee. Street kids take a simple job from a familiar fence. They wake in a pit beneath the city, surrounded by bones, with something massive…

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    D&D 5e Survival Horror One-Shot: Little Lambs | Anvil & Ink
  • Goblin Defense D&D 5e: The Other Side of the Door | Anvil & Ink

    The Other Side of the Door: Goblin Defense D&D 5e One-Shot You've kicked down a thousand dungeon doors. This goblin defense D&D 5e adventure asks the question nobody else does: what if you were the one trying to keep that door shut? The Other Side of the Door flips traditional dungeon crawling completely. Players become goblin defenders protecting their warren from invading adventurers. The…

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    Goblin Defense D&D 5e: The Other Side of the Door | Anvil & Ink