Compile: Main 1
2024Michael Yang
- Videos
- 34
- Creators
- 31
Mainly reviews. Compile: Main 1 is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 14 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 5 recorded sessions, 7 unboxings, and 1 other video.
2 players
20 - 30 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
>? >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. Compile: Main 1 protocols list: Darkness Death Fire Gravity Life Light Metal Plague Psychic Speed Spirit Water -description from the publisher
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Compile: Main 1 has 34 videos from 31 creators: 14 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 5 playthroughs, 7 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2024 to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Gen Con 2024 Preview: Compile" by BoardGameGeek, which runs 16 min. For a quicker teach, "Compile: Main 1 How to play" by JestaThaRogue runs 8 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Shut Up & Sit Down review: COMPILE: MAIN 1" by Shut Up & Sit Down. 13 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Compile Teach, Playthrough, and Early Review // Best of 3 Tournament" by Gaming Top-Down, one of 5 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Compile: Main 2, Compile: Main 3, Compile: Aux 1 and Compile: Aux 2, also by Michael Yang. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2024.
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2026Michael Yang
- Videos
- 4
- Creators
- 2
Mainly playthroughs
1 - 2 players30 - 40 minMedium weight
About Compile: Main 1
From BoardGameGeek:
>? >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. Compile: Main 1 protocols list: Darkness Death Fire Gravity Life Light Metal Plague Psychic Speed Spirit Water -description from the publisher
Designer
Michael Yang
Artists
Keegan Moore, Nolan Nasser, Allen Panakal
Publisher
Greater Than Games, LLC
Categories
Mechanics