a game that involves a single playing session rather than a continuing adventure or story. Many theater style LARPs are one-shots, with pregenerated characters customized for that specific scenario.
( link / ) An adventure designed to be played in a single session, and not as part of an ongoing campaign. One-shots often feature pre-generated PCs.
A comic book issue that is published only once with no plans of a series.
A story that is not part of a series or continuing coverage.
In the comic industry, the term one-shot is used to describe a pilot comic or stand-alone story only designed to last one issue. These single issues are usually emblazoned with a "#1", despite there being no following issues.