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Compile: Main 2

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Published
2025
Players
2–2
Play time
20–30 min
Reach
Niche
Evaluations
0
Themes:
Card GameScience Fiction
Mechanics:
Area controlHand managementDrafting

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Main mechanics explained

  • Area control: Presence on the map decides who scores.
  • Hand management: Timing which card to spend is the core puzzle.
  • Drafting: You pick from a shared pool and pass the rest along.
Full publisher description

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 Chaos to Mirror 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. Compile: Main 2 brings 12 new protocols to use either alone or mixed with your Main 1 . Compile: Main 2 protocols list: Chaos Clarity Corruption Courage Fear Ice Luck Mirror Peace Smoke Time War description from the publisher

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