Compile: Main 1 from Greater Than Games immerses you in the world of artificial intelligence, where two players compete to understand the world around them. Each player selects three protocols from a total set of 12 (ranging from Darkness to Water) and shuffles them to form a deck of 18 cards. The goal is to play cards on your protocols' command lines to reach a threshold of 10 points. Moving and revealing cards trigger immediate actions that allow you to control your opponent's lines or speed up your own.
The first player to compile all three of their protocols wins. The game combines strategic planning with dynamic card interactions, creating deep mechanical synergies. The compact format makes Compile ideal for quick games, while the multi-layered strategy ensures high replay value.
The set includes 85 cards with stunning foil illustrations created by Nolan Nasser, Allen Panakal, and Keegan Moore. The game design is by Michael Yang, and the publisher Synapses Games guarantees quality execution.
Information from the publisher:
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 the 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 with 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.
