Stonemaier Games records

Collection

Identifier: 122.7393

Collection Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of the digital design assets of Stonemaier Games, a tabletop game publisher based in St. Louis, Missouri. The records consist of rulebooks and guides, design diaries, photographs, sell sheets, shelf talkers, and videos on game production. The games represented in this collection are Between Two Castles, Wingspan, Red Rising, Rolling Realm, Charterstone, Libertalia, My Little Scythe, Scythe, Tapestry, Pendulum, Between Two Cities, Viticulture, and Euphoria. The materials are dated from 2013 to 2022, with the bulk of the materials between 2020 and 2022. Additional scope and content information can be found in the "Collection Inventory" section of this guide.

Dates

Creation: 2013-2022
Creation: Majority of material found within 2020-2022

Creator

Stonemaier Games (Organization)

Language of Materials

Most of the materials are in English with some instances of German, Spanish, Japanese, Polish, French, Romanian, Dutch, Korean, Bulgarian, Greek, Portuguese, Chinese, etc.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use by staff of The Strong and on-site users of its library and archives.

Conditions Governing Use

Though the donors have not transferred intellectual property rights (including, but not limited to any copyright, trademark, and associated rights therein) to The Strong, they have given permission for The Strong to make copies in all media for museum, educational, and research purposes.

Historical Note

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Stonemaier Games is a tabletop game publisher based in St. Louis, Missouri with games distributed worldwide. In 2011, Stonemaier Games was co-founded by Jamey Stegmaier and Alan Stone. Jamey Stegmaier has run the day-to-day operations of the company from 2011 to the present [2024]. The company seeks to caputure the imagination of all types of people and build games that are beautiful, memorable, and fun. Stonemaier Games also produces content on social media and YouTube that helps other creators to share in their success, mistakes, and insights. Stonemaier brings people into the process of game production with their YouTube series "Tales from Production," "Favorite Game Mechanisms," "How to Teach...," and more. Here is a complete list of all games published by Stonemaier:

Viticulture

Euphoria

Between Two Cities

Scythe

Charterstone

My Little Scythe

Between Two Castles of Mad King Ludwig

Wingspan

Tapestry

Pendulum

Red Rising

Rolling Realms

Libertalia

Smitten

Expeditions

Apiary

Wyrmspan

[Material gathered from https://stonemaiergames.com/about/mission-statement/, April 2024.]

Extent

25.1 Gigabytes (1,798 files)

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection consists of the digital design assets of Stonemaier Games, a St. Louis, Missouri based, table top game publishing company. The materials date from 2013 to 2022. The assets are comprised of rulebooks, design diaries, photographs, sell sheets, and promotional videos. Games represented in the materials are Between Two Castles, Between Two Cities, Charterstone, Euphoria, Libertalia, My Little Scythe, Pendulum, Red Rising, Rolling Realms, Scythe, Tapestry, Viticulture, and Wingspan.

System of Arrangement

This collection consists of four series:

Series I: Design diaries, 2018-2022

Series II: Retailer and distributor assets, 2015-2022

Series III: Rules and other public files, 2013-2022

Series IV: Videos, 2019-2022

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Stonemaier Games records were donated to The Strong in December 2022 as a gift from Jamey Stegmaier. The files were accessioned by The Strong under 122.7393. The files were received from Jamey Stegmaier via weblinks.