What do we love playing when we only have one other person to play with? Or no one else? And what if we want to play a game during shelter-in-place with everyone out there? We've got you covered, folks.

Jamey Stegmaier -- president and cofounder of Stonemaier Games and designer of Viticulture, Scythe, and the recent Tapestry -- joins the Going Analog crew to chat about two-player and solo games, plus those easily streamable roll- or flip-and-write games. We also discuss his new, infinitely scalable Rolling Realms, the "Mario Party" of roll-and-writes (our term, not Stonemaier's...in case Nintendo wants to send anyone a cease-and-desist).

And is Stegmaier using us for research when we discuss how we feel about replaying scenarios vs. "failing forward" in cooperative games? Make sure you listen to get a small hint about what he's working on next. And we all stan designer Uwe Rosenberg (Caverna, Patchwork)...with a bonus fun Rosenberg story from Jamey)!

Our topics:

1. Shoe (producer): What are our favorite 1P and 2P games? (2:42)
2. Jamey (guest): Cooperative games and the required replaying of scenarios after losing vs. failing forward with consequences. Which do you prefer? (17:40)
3. Christina (host): What are our favorite beginner-friendly and heavier ___-and-write games? (32:00)
4. Jess (contributor): What are our favorite Uwe Rosenberg games? (52:41)

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Here's a full list of games discussed on the show:

Intro

• Wingspan
• Viticulture
• Scythe
• Euphoria
• Tapestry

Shoe's topic: What are our favorite two-player and solo games?

• Lost Cities
• Hanamikoji
• Jixia Academy
• Onitama
• 7 Wonders Duel
• 7 Wonders
• Shards of Infinity
• Shards of Infinity: Shadow of Salvation
• SHOBU
• Jaipur
• War Chest
• War Chest: Nobility
• Patchwork
• Pathfinder: Adventure Card Game
• The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game
• Arkham Horror: The Card Game
• Coffee Roaster

Jamey's topic: How do we feel about replaying scenarios vs. "failing forward" in cooperative games?

• Forgotten Waters
• Gloomhaven
• Pandemic Legacy
• Legacy of Dragonholt
• The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth
• T.I.M.E Stories
• Forbidden Desert
• Atlantis Rising
• Arkham Horror

Christina's topic: Favorite beginner-friendly and heavier ___-and-writes

• Second Chance
• Qwixx
• Ganz Schon Clever
• Fleet: The Dice Game
• Rolling Realms
• Welcome to...
• Silver & Gold
• On Tour
• Cartographers
• Doppelt So Clever
• MetroX
• Welcome to New Las Vegas

Jess's topic: What are our favorite Uwe Rosenberg games?

• Agricola
• Patchwork
• Caverna: Cave vs. Cave
• Agricola: All Creatures Big and Small
• Viticulture: Moor Visitors Expansion
• A Feast for Odin
• Caverna
• Caverna: The Forgotten Folk
• Bohnanza
• Cottage Garden
• Fields of Arle
• Le Havre
• Ora et Labora

Final thoughts

• Kingdomino
• Pinnacle
• Scythe
• My Little Scythe
• My Little Scythe: Pie in the Sky
• Rolling Realms
• Euphoria

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