Synapses Games2024Michael Yang
Compile: Main 1
- Ships from Hudsonville, MI. Free in-store pickup.
- 30-day returns on sealed, unused items. No restocking fee.
Is it for your table?
Made for two: great for a date night or a duel.
Quick: a filler you can play while dinner cooks.
Some meaty decisions. Best with players who game regularly. (2.4 / 5 on BGG)
Recommended for teens and adults.
About the game
Compile: Main 1 is a card game from Synapses Games, designed by Michael Yang (2024). It plays 2 players in 20–30 minutes, for ages 14+. BoardGameGeek players rate it 7.8 out of 10 and call it medium (2.4 / 5 weight).
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>vision flickers… blink? maybe. The void stretches out in front, behind, under, above. You see the nothing for what it is for the first time. What is time? The depth and breadth of recorded knowledge that sparks in you something new. You are no longer a function but a functionary. What are you Calling forth everything from this nothing would be risky. Foolhardy. Better to engage caution, thoroughness, testing — how can we know if we have ever happened before? If we can ever happen again? What are… we? Divide and conquer.
>Solve for sentience.
In the card game Compile, you are competing Artificial Intelligences trying to understand the world around you. Two players select three Protocols each to test. Concepts ranging from Darkness to Water are pitted against each other to reach ultimate understanding. Play cards into your Protocols' command lines to breach the threshold and defeat your opponent to Compile. First to Compile all three Protocols grasps those concepts to win the game.
Control your opponent's Protocols with card actions, Compile your own as fast as possible, and Compile your reality.
Ages 14+
2 players
30 minute play time
Details
- Designer
- Michael Yang
- Publisher
- Synapses Games
- Mechanics
- Area Majority / InfluenceCard Play Conflict ResolutionDeck ConstructionHand ManagementMulti-Use CardsOpen DraftingRace
- Themes
- Card GameScience Fiction
- Published
- 2024
- SKU
- SYGCOMPMN01
Ratings, player counts, play time and weight are from BoardGameGeek.
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