For beginners or a quick adventure, one-shot campaigns can be the perfect way to go.
This list has you covered.
10Shipwreck
Where Are We?
One day, a jailbreak occurs, and the prisoners take control of the facilities.
In the chaos, the party all happens to run into each other for the first time.
8Masquerade
Who’s Behind The Mask?
you could use players' session zeros to come up with costumes, theme ideas, and more.
It’s time to go to the ball!
Then, during the first session, introduce the players to one another via their masquerade costume masks.
7Planar Rift
Where Could That Go?
Let players start wherever they want to in the campaign setting.
They can start at home, in a far-off city, or anywhere their heart desires.
Dragonlance Tavern by Scott Murphy
6The Open Road
Heading North?
5Casino
Big Money, No Whammies
Why not start a campaign at a high-stakes table?
Are you putting a team together?
Storm-Tossed Ship by Olivier Bernard
For added fun, have a heist occur while the party is in the casino.
An Ocean’s 11-style caper is a surefire way to bond a party quickly.
Mysteriously, their minds seem bonded together by a benevolent (or perhaps malevolent) force.
Storm-Tossed Ship by Olivier Bernard
Players can meet one another, share their locations, and more.
This is similar to the introduction of the core party in Baldur’s Gates 3.
Why not start a campaign all captured by your big bad?
Greyhawk by Bruce Brenneise
With no combat and no puzzles, what’s there left to do but roleplay in Dungeons & Dragons!
Here are some tips for DMs running roleplay-only sessions.
The table will have to work together to escape and figure out what the machinations of this antagonist are.
Duchess D’Honaure via Wizards of the Coast
They must herd and return all escaped animals to the ringmaster, and prevent any civilian injuries.
Firestorm Peak by Alfven Ato
Different Players by Katerina Ladon
Life In A City by Sam Keiser
Climactic Battle by Sam Keiser
Sage’s Room by Lixin Yin
Web Trap by Robson Michel
The Carnival by Olly Lawson
Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game that first took the world by storm in the 1970s, and continues to enchant millions of players today. With a seemingly endless number of campaigns for you to play, and spin-off media from video games to blockbuster movies, you’ll never get bored of D&D.
