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Compilation and Layout by Aaron Frost

Organizer:
Alex Schroeder

Judges:
Paul Go - Robert Oglodzinski
Gianmatteo - Jason Morningstar
Adrian Shieh - Shane Mangus
Jeffrey Runokivi

Each dungeon is released under the


Creative Commons Share-alike 3.0 unported License
Cover Image
"Magma Gorge" by Michael Richards/ CC BY 3.0
(the image has been cropped from the original and signature added)
http://butteredbap.deviantart.com/
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Aaron Frost Meckwick's
Best Dungeon Generator
& Mundi King Pair O'Dice

The Return of
Aaron Kavli Best Science Fiction
the Hecate Rose

Splashdown in
Alan Brodie Best Science Fantasy
Fiend's Fen

The Monastery
Dale Horstman Best Library
at Dor Amon

Water Genie vs.


David Gay Undead Mermaid Best Gonzo
Gladiator

Eran Aviram
One Last Tribute Best Tomb
& Aviv Or

Fco. Javier Barrera The River of Stars Best Ruin

Gene Sollows Holy Sword Most Fun

Greengoat Devil Gut Rock Best Theme

Sell-Swords
Jason Kemp Best Wilderness
of Mars

Best 1st Level


Jason Shaffer The First Casualty
Dungeon

Crypt of the
Jeff Shepherd Best Riddles
Four Brothers
Jerry LeNeave A King with No Crown Best Temple

A Rough Night at Best Relationship


Kelvin Green
the Dog & Bastard Map

L.S.F. Fungal Infection Best Fungoid

Leslie Furlong The Faerie Market Best Situation

Seven Spindles and Best Modifiable


Lester Ward
a McGuffin Map

Best Integration of
Luka Rejec Deep in the Purple Worm
Art and Story

PJ Cunningham Operation: Eagle Eye Best Espionage

Ramsey Hong The Cave of Kull Cove Best Cave

The Tomb of Oddli


Roger Carbol Best Multiple Factions
Stone-Squarer

Roger SG Sorolla Old Bastard's Barrens Best New Presentation

Tbe Seven- The Tomb of Nesta


Most Bountiful
Sided Die the Mischevous

The Tomb of
Will Doyle Best Eye Beams
Snowbite Pass
Aaron Frost & Mundi King - Meckwick's Pair O' Dice...............1
Aaron Kavli - The Return of the Hecate Rose............................... 2
Alan Brodie - Splashdown in Fiend's Fen.................................... 3
Dale Horstman - The Monastery at Dor Amon............................. 4
David Gay - Water Genie vs. Undead Mermaid Gladiator............ 5
Eran Aviram & Aviv Or - One Last Tribute................................. 6
Fco. Javier Barrera - The River of Stars...................................... 7
Gene Sollows - Holy Sword............................................................ 8
Greengoat - Devil Gut Rock........................................................... 9
Jason "Flynn" Kemp - Sell-Swords of Mars................................10
Jason Shaffer - The First Casualty............................................... 11
Jeff Shepherd - Crypt of the Four Brothers..................................12
Jerry LeNeave - A King with No Crown.......................................13
Kelvin Green - A Rough Night at the Dog & Bastard..................14
L. S. F. - Fungal Infection!.............................................................15
Leslie Furlong - The Faerie Market..............................................16
Lester Ward - Seven Spindles and a McGuffin............................17
Luka Rejec - Deep in the Purple Worm.......................................18
PJ Cunningham - Operation: Eagle Eye.....................................19
Radulf St. Germain - The Forgotten Bathhouse......................... 20
Ramsey Hong - The Cave of Kull Cove.........................................21
Roger Carbol - The Tomb of Oddli Stone-Squarer..................... 22
Roger SG Sorolla - Old Bastard's Barrens................................ 23
The Seven-Sided Die - The Tomb of Nesta the Mischievous...... 24
Will Doyle - The Tomb of Snowbite Pass.................................... 25
A.A. Bunkerclub55 - Here We Stand, Again.............................. 26
Aaron Bianco - 'Relaxx' Spa...................................................... 27
Aaron Webb - Quarentine!........................................................... 28
Andrew & Heleen Durston - Time Shear..................................... 29
Benoit - The Moriah Museum of Dwarven Artistry.................... 30
Berin Kinsman - The Shimmering Portals..................................31
Bill De Franza - Goblin Well........................................................ 32
Boric Glanduum - The Ebony Obelisk of the Snail Demon........ 33
C.M. Lebrun - The Ichor of Vercingetorix.................................... 34
Chris Engle - The Plague Years.................................................. 35
Chris Longhurst - Cult of the Tyrant Kings................................ 36
Chris Olson - Tomb of the Sword of the Vampire Princess........ 37
Christian Hollnbuchner - Slime in a Bottle................................. 38
Clarabelle Chong - Momentum .................................................... 39
Clay Thomas McGrew - The Giant Ant Nest............................... 40
Dakota Dornbrack - A Hole Lot of Goblins..................................41
Dan Roy - The Final Battleground.............................................. 42
David Brawley - Pearly Spiral of the Endless Hunger............... 43
David Dornbrack - The Chaotic Dungeon of Morvant the......... 44
David Thiel - The Ovens of Ar-Gar............................................ 45
David Van Slyke - Hermit Alchemist Tower............................... 46
Diogo Nogueira - The Hidden Shrine.......................................... 47
Dylan Hartwell - The Dutch Oven............................................... 48
Edward Green - Goblinville.......................................................... 49
Eric Harshbarger - In the Dying Light........................................ 50
Eric Minton & Joshua Krause - The Vault of Illusion
and the Cube of Power...................................................................51
Evangelos Vafeiadis & Nicolas Kabasele - Zombie Elves........... 52
Felbrigg Napoleon Harriot - One Page Dungeon........................ 53
Gabriel Perez Gallardi - The Oracle of Pagebrin....................... 54
Gerardo Tasistro - The Graveyard.............................................. 55
Ian Johnson - The Necromancer in the Three-Lobed Brain...... 56
Jan Pralle - The Lost Temple of Moradin.................................... 57
Jasper Polane - Ship of the Lost.................................................. 58
Jeff McKelley - Lair of the Minotaur............................................ 59
Jeff R. - Baron Fel's Vault........................................................... 60
Jens Thuresson - Close the Gates..................................................61
Jim "Wilmanric" Pacek - The Tesseract Prison
of the Putrescent Lord................................................................... 62
John Bailey - The Wanderer's Tomb.......................................... 63
John Geoffrey - The Mourning Wight of Brakhill...................... 64
Joshua Taylor - Enbeserth's Island.............................................. 65
Kabuki Kaiser - The Shrine of Urd and the Shield of Faith....... 66
Katie Simpson - The Maximum Utility Chambers....................... 67
Kevin Heuer & Michael Jones - Tomb of the Sea Dwarves......... 68
Konrad Ferlangen - Collateral Damage...................................... 69
Mark Garringer - Shrine of the Demon-Monkey God............... 70
Mark Morrison - Turtle Shell Bandits..........................................71
Matthew Schmeer - Lazzer Bears for teh Win............................ 72
Matthew Skipper - The Burning Lair......................................... 73
Matthias Hoefler - All Creatures Great and Small...................... 74
Michael Atlin & Michael Prescott - Dungeontown...................... 75
Michael P. Bonet - The Diagnosis................................................ 76
Michael Woodhead - Dungeon of Doom...................................... 77
Mike Monaco - The Panopticon of Peril..................................... 78
Nick Wedig - Project Phaeton...................................................... 79
OtspIII - Cave of the Hunted.......................................................... 80
Paolo Greco, Dyson Logos, & Stonewerks - Axo's Dungeon......81
Peter Regan - The Kobold Coalition............................................ 82
Ricky Anderson - Fine Art.......................................................... 83
Rob S. - Rot Tower....................................................................... 84
Rodney Sloan - Paranoia Pyramid............................................. 85
Roland Volz - The Lanisha Crisis................................................ 86
Ryan Lucas - Raven Ridge Mansion........................................... 87
S. Harlan - Snakes and Chutes and Ladders............................... 88
S.D. Hilderbrand - Cave of the Stone Sepulchre.......................... 89
Scott Slomiany - Twilight House................................................. 90
Sersa Victory - The Tears of Mother Pestilence..........................91
Sharang Biswas & Gracie Gage - Bathroom Trouble................ 92
S.J. Harris - Down Draft.............................................................. 93
Simon Dale - Beloved of Set......................................................... 94
Simon Forster - The Sunken Temple.......................................... 95
Tom Denton - The Mage's Prison............................................... 96
Tony Dowler - Haunted Tower of Forbidden Gods...................... 97
Vivian Smith - Evil Experimentation Lab................................... 98
Vladislav Volchenko - Night in "Al-Farhad's Pearl"................. 99
Warren Abox - Will No One Rid me
of These Troublesome Goblins?.................................................. 100
Wayne Snyder - MakMurdo's Infinite Sewer............................. 101
Xyphon - Tentacle Thing............................................................102
Yves Geens - The Biosphere.......................................................103
"History of the One Page Dungeon"
By Random Wizard

Way back in the blog scene of 2008, there was quite a bit of discussion about what is the
best way to present a dungeon. Old adventure modules from the 70s were examined for
inspiration and then new ideas were introduced to attempt to convey as much information
about a dungeon as quickly as possible without overwhelming the reader. Out of the dis-
cussion, the "One Page Dungeon" format evolved.

A noted writer on the Critical Hits website (ChattyDM) picked up on the "One Page" dis-
cussions and spearheaded the idea of running a contest to get the community involved.
Enlisting some of the principal players of the evolution of the format (Sham and ChgoWz),
the first contest was organized in 2009

For the next 4 years, one of the judges from the original 2009 contest (Alex Schroeder)
diligently took up the mantle of coordinating the contest. Thanks to his dedication the
contest was held for the next 4 years; 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. There have been over 350
entries combined after five years of contests, covering a versatile range of playstyles, set-
tings and genres. Best of all, every entry is licensed under the Creative Common Attribu-
tion-Share Alike 3.0 license for all to use.

Timeline:
How do you go about designing your MegaDungeon odd74 post by dwayanu, December 21, 2008
The Dismal Depths by Shame (aka Dave Bowman), December 29, 2008
One Page Dungeon Level Templates by Chgowiz (aka Michael Shorten)
Dungeon Jazz by Amityville Mike (aka Michael Curtis), January 2, 2009
Building the Font of Sorrows by ChattyDM (aka Philippe-Antoine Menard), March 17, 2009
New Grand Contest: The One-Page Dungeon! by ChattyDM (aka Philippe-Antoine Menard), April 14, 2009

- Random Wizard would go on to coordinate the contest for the next three years (2014-
2016), partnering with sponsors and members of the community to create some of the
largest participant turnouts ever.

DISCLAIMER:
Several entries contain links to external sites (websites/blogs/twitter/etc). The
views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the
views of the organizer, judges, or sponsors
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