I can't recommend Fantasy Flight Games' co-op card offerings enough. They allow 1-4 people to play against an encounter deck that acts as the opposition and generates the story of the quest/encounter. -Lord of the Rings: They have the rights to the books, not the movies, which allows for a ton of creative writing and characters. Definitely the heaviest and most complex of the three, but allows for the most granularit…
Arkham Horror is on sale at Amazon and Walmart right now.
I can't recommend Fantasy Flight Games' co-op card offerings enough. They allow 1-4 people to play against an encounter deck that acts as the opposition and generates the story of the quest/encounter. -Lord of the Rings: They have the rights to the books, not the movies, which allows for a ton of creative writing and characters. Definitely the heaviest and most complex of the three, but allows for the most granularit…
It isn't one-player exactly, but it's easy to jump into from home during quarantine, so quick plug: FFG's tragically deceased LCG Android:Netrunner lives on digitally at http://jinteki.net , and the community is very welcoming to new players. (It's also open-source and quite elegantly engineered using Clojure/ClojureScript.)
There is a solo variant for both the runner and corp that you can find on BoardGameGeek. I believe the runner side is called Running Solo, can’t remember what the corp side is called. I printed it out ages ago and never tried it, you’ve inspired me to give it a go today!