2023 One Page Dungeon Contest Compendium
A collection of dungeons with all of the 2023 One Page Dungeon Contest entries. This contains all of the dangerous dungeons, exciting encounters, amazing adventures, and wonderous worlds. Each one is contained on a single page of the compendium.
There are over 100 entries to this year's contest. 112 to be exact. You get the compiled compendium and a zip file containing each of the individual entries.
Proceeds help to keep the dungeon contest running and help to fund prize pools for future years.
Overall Winner
Yay! We won! So now what? By Justin Evans
You managed to slay the Dracolich! The battle was action packed and you all looked super cool, but the ruins collapsed, sending you all tumbling down into the flooded cavern below. Now the water seems to be quickly rising around you. Time to find a way out, while hauling as much treasure as you can!
Runner Up
Recipe for Adventure - Rise of the Undought By Daniel "Salynrad" Sluschny
A Necromancers evil plan to asphyxiate a town in bonedust meets an overzealous baker, mayhem ensues and the heroes are thrown into the middle.
Presented as a recipe in 4 courses.
Theme Winner
Fall, Rise, Repeat By Daniel James
A one-page, vertical dungeon for players that believe themselves unworthy of death, seeking to rise once more and stand amongst the living.
Youth Winner
Temple of the Sun By Brandon Evans
The characters stumble into the Temple of the Sun. They must face its challenges and recover the four elemental gems to unlock its treasure.
Youth Theme Winner
The Shadow in the Sun By Lina, Hendrik, and Joaquin
You wake up in a room full of diamonds. A sun being tells you that you have to help him and his people to save the sun from the shadow creatures…
Winners' Circle
5 Feet High and Rising By Tom (Tremendous) Martin
Deep beneath the bustling city streets lies a derelict temple devoted to a long forgotten god.
The walls adorned with faded symbols and fractured murals depicting the deity's terrifying power. Echoes linger, hinting at a monstrous presence that guards it's secrets."
A "Quick-and-Easy" 5-Step Multi-Level Monument to Self Help By Connor & Evan Murphy
No one likes mega-corporations! They’re bad enough in real life and they certainly have no place in your fantasy world! Gather your friends together to take down the evil Mr. Vilderbrandt and the corporate greed of UP Co.
They Dug Too Deep By Felipe Tuller
Dwarven miners found a precious gem deposit. Unfortunately, their greed led them to dig too deep... Upon opening the walls of an unholy temple, the group of miners accidentally released an undying creature that decimated everyone.
Bettie Krocker By Michelle Boivin - Carriere
Rumors of a long-abandoned wizard’s den in the side of a mountain tells of riches beyond anyone's wildest dreams. Once risen to the occasion the players are in for a treat. As they search of a slice of the riches they will uncover a forgotten history as well as a batter they won't forget.
On The Rise By P.J. England
Set in the On The Rise bakery. The baker has been driven out by magically infused bread caused by the broken Compass of Ways. Find the Compass and destroy it by throwing it into the infused oven.
Unbidden Ascent By Roger A Speer Jr
Cultists completed the rituals a month ago, and no one had any clue. We watched the tentacled horrors of the Ancient Ones rise up. We saw the end of everything. You have been summoned to the Templum Omnium and given a mission to save the last vestiges of
humanity. Will you answer the call?
Keep of the Troll King By Larry Z. Pennyworth
Desperate villagers ask the heroes to assassinate Molar, the troll king that lives in his keep in the mountains.
The Relentless Dead By Matthew Bulleyment
This adventure combines a traditional interpretation of the prompt, the rising of undead soldiers, within the backdrop of an escape room inspired puzzle dungeon. The undead protecting this room rise again when slain, more powerful than before. Can the players escape before they are overwhelmed?
The Stygian Coil: Secrets of the Azagathalus Wyrms By Ramsey Hong
Everyone in the remote village of Prunt has disappeared except for Zora, drunk and hysterical, in The Hot Duck pub. "They're all DEAD! Taken away by DEATH WORMS!" Is that purple blood on the ground?
The Swarm, The Spore, and the Root By Tallis Clark
A shrine built atop a wellspring of pure water has been corrupted and its draconic protector possessed by a trio of digestive demons—only by dispelling the rot can the well be made safe once again!
Honorable Mentions
Sisyphus' Burdern By Adrien Nivaggioli
Sisyphus the Giant, cursed to endlessly push a rock up a mountain, faces hope as Boulder's Rest hires dwarf miners to break the curse. Mining during the day in a moving boulder, they used to clear out debris every night for months. Now, it's been a week since they've last be seen.
Enemy Mine By Rebecca Bennett
A mis-timed explosion breaches Crooked Tree Mine as something rises from the deep. It starts with a rumble. Then the tunnels go dark with only the glow of purple Cetus ore to light your path. Players have no choice but to climb out and into the safety of the Warden’s Camp.
THE INVISIBLE HAND By lynchpoet
Use a magic wand to explore the worlds inside items. Change the world, change the item. Change the item, change the World. Inspired by Disgaea's Item World mechanic!
1 Lair of the Lamentable Leech Lord by John Nash
2 Andreas’ Unstoppable Bacchanalia by Tyler Savoy
3 The Crystal Of Emernod by Sebastian Schenck
4 THE INVISIBLE HAND by lynchpoet
5 Sisyphus' Burdern by Adrien Nivaggioli
6 Where is the Druid? by Adrian Valente
7 Fall, Rise, Repeat by Daniel James
8 You're Trapped in a Bag of Holding! by Sam Seer
9 Recipe for Adventure - Rise of the Undought by Daniel "Salynrad" Sluschny
10 The Ghosts of Aramoor by Jason Renslow
11 The Celestial Spark by Simone Biagini
12 The BorderReiver's Lost Secret by Samuel Armstrong
13 Temple of Truth, Strength & Wisdom by Ed Oliver Jr
14 The Harvester by Steve Kilian
15 Assault on the Spire by Josh Domanski
16 Tiny in the Tower by Teun Veekens
17 Resurrection Rescue by Riley Duffield
18 The Musical Arts by Charles-Albert Lehalle
19 Unbidden Ascent by Roger A Speer Jr
20 NitrousDioxyEtamine by Ryan Paul Kelley
21 Those Dreaded Eyes of Mine by Mitch Hyde
22 A Scribe's Torment by Mark Ezra Stokes
23 Keep Of The Necro-Knight by Edward E. Sutton
24 5 Feet High and Rising by Tom (Tremendous) Martin
25 Yiggna-Tal: The Time Tangled Tree by Dylan Barker
26 The Dungeon of Resurrection by Enoch Bauer
27 Midsomer Goblins by Mark Love
28 Jacob's Landing by David H. K. Jackson
29 Horse Cave by AnarchyDice
30 Skelevator Pits by Robin Gibson
31 Yay! We won! So now what? by Justin Evans
32 A Good Night's Sleep by John Orndorff
33 Still The Flames Rise by T. Gumm
34 Anchors of the Lich Sphere by Guy MacDonnell
35 On The Rise by P.J. England
36 Crypt of the Pitiful Scion by Abdullahi Sheikh
37 Revenant's Rest by Sahh
38 The Relentless Dead by Matthew Bulleyment
39 The Perpetual Tower of Al-Galar by raza6
40 IT RISES by Andrew Cavanagh
41 Temple of Sorrows by Jason R Murray
42 the Tomb of the Loot by Oleg Šuran
43 The Temple of the Void Skull by Kyle Bingham
44 Enemy Mine by Rebecca Bennett
45 Whispers from beneath by Benny Raimondi
46 Gods Will Be Watching by Julian Stanczak
47 The Pyramid of the Gods by William Johnson
48 R.A.T.S. Up The Well by Ian Eller
49 Kobold Recall by Andrew Walker
50 Never May We Part by Bo Ryan Crum
51 Crypte Du Pain by Ali McDonald
52 The Lighthouse by Algan Coskun
53 Dungeon Of The Lonesome God by John Kaniecki
54 The Morphing Caves by Michal Budzinski
55 Curse of the Immortal Isle by Jack Oatway
56 Evil Debt! by Josh Archer
57 The Goblithopter of Skul-Uk by Chris Landergan
58 Temple of the Three Suns by Eshan Mitra
59 Into The Shade by David Huffman
60 The Primordial Library of Elemental Wisdom by C. S. Taylor
61 Raising Agents by Andrew Foglia
62 A Mission in Time by Cannadark and Dissenso Cognitivo
63 Keep of the Troll King by Larry Z. Pennyworth
64 They Dug Too Deep by Felipe Tuller
65 Honey Laundering by John MacAree
66 Retake the Temple of the Sun God by Gustavo F. Pedroso
67 The Stygian Coil: Secrets of the Azagathalus Wyrms by Ramsey Hong
68 Containment Bay by Grace A.
69 The Once and Future Chief by David Stucker
70 Death of the Fairy Princess by Rambling Wizard
71 The Tower of Nothingness by Marcin Łączyński
72 Idogall's Lighthouse by Tyler Monahan
73 What's this dam thing? by François Corvaisier
74 Limack's House of Houses by Jacob Cordeiro
75 Professor Jacquel's Perfect Tincture by Scott Parker
76 The Ice Airs by David Doughty
77 A Spark of the Past by Olobosk
78 Whispering Bakery by Tatu Niittykangas
79 The Inn With No Out by Danilo Erdeljan
80 Tower of Oximai the Undying by Morris Hansing
81 Sand Pit of the Immortal Snake by Bernardo de Vargas Shiguefuzi
82 Ascension to Apotheosis by Hunter Charest
83 Ascend Nousta's Tower by Jaclyn Lewis
84 Temple of the Tides by Matthew Peerce
85 After the Fall by Austin Rode
86 The Swarm, The Spore, and the Root by Tallis Clark
87 Returning a God's possession by Kevin Hinson
88 A "Quick-and-Easy" 5-Step Multi-Level Monument to Self Help by Connor & Evan Murphy
89 Trapped in the Amethyst Death Mine! by Adam Chafe
90 And Still We Rise by natescottjones
91 The Temple of Lost Bread by Shawn Connor
92 Always Rising by David Gayer
93 The Rise of the Yeast Demon by Cameron Badnell
94 This Elevator is Going Up by Margay
95 Bettie Krocker by Michelle Boivin - Carriere
96 Cottage Bread Canyon by Russell Scarola
97 The Pyramid by Eternal Torch
98 Trials of Fire by Nikolaos Themistoklis Parousis
99 The FIRE CRYSTAL by John Earegood
100-Y Temple of the Sun by Brandon Evans
101-Y Le acque salgono by Arianna Arcari
102-Y Delta 1 by David Nash
103-Y rise of a king by Alessandro Arcari
104-Y The Shadow in the Sun by Lina, Hendrik, and Joaquin
105-Y The Tomb Of The Sorcerers by Jamie Olsen
106-Y Mayhem of Tergg by Ian Kang
107-Y Mr. Korrigs library by Henry Ferris
108-Y City mineshaft by Chase Peterson
109-Y Titan Skull Dungeon by Redwyrmling
110-Y The Altar of the Wicked One by Xavier Train-Jimenez
111-Y Chest Chance Cave by Jenner Scarola
112-Y And still we Rise. How the Ukanda reach Adulthood. by Jalen Scarola