DM’ing at a local game store for total beginners. What adventures are good one-shots that can be “finished” or come to a satisfying end in under 2 hours?
I’m thought about running a tournament-style dungeon like ‘And He Shall Eat the Sun’ or ‘The Cursed Cave of One Billion Bats’ because they are designed explicitly for fast play (2 hours or less), but I’m thinking a bloodbath dungeon may be a little much for brand new players.
I am a very experienced DM and will be running Knave 2e as it’s my preferred system and I found the rules-light approach makes it very accessible to beginner players. Knave 2e is compatible with OSE, B/X, etc but I’m also comfortable adapting adventures to Knave 2e so feel free to recommend anything.
And yes, I will be bringing pre-gen character sheets and avoiding all filler (dropping them right into the adventure) so no need to worry about all that!
Posted Jul 6, 2026, 9:01 PM UTC