This is how I D&D
The Book of Lairs for the 2nd edition of Dungeons & Dragons came out in 1994 (I still remember buying it in my local gaming store).
It is a series of short encounters (usually 2-3 pages in length) based on a monsters from either the MC3: Monstrous Compendium, Volume Three: Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989) and MC11: Monstrous Compendium, Forgotten Realms Appendix II (1991).
This post has a handy table to help expand on the book, and make it more useful to Gamemasters.
I don’t like most adventures written for Dungeons & Dragons as they tend to be rather linear.
Having stated that, there are some adventures out there that are more like sandboxes: they have a basic background story and world to them, but they rely on players making choices about where they go and what they do.
They are a series of locations that the PCs can explore at their leisure.
Below are a series of old school & OSR sandbox adventures that I have found quite enjoyable and useful. This includes five official modules, and nine indie adventures.
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