Compile: Main 2 Game Review

Initializing: Main 2 Online

Compile: Main 2 is the follow-up standalone to Compile: Main 1, the surprise hit that took the gaming world by storm last year. I still remember my friend running up to me at Gen Con 2024 saying, “Dude, we have to play this. I saw a demo and instantly bought it.” I hadn’t even heard of the game, despite the massive banner stretched across the skybridge into the convention center. Since then, we’ve played countless duels of Main 1, and it’s quickly become one of our go-to two-player lane battlers.

Fast forward to this year, and designer Michael Yang has returned with more rogue-AI flavor and tactical toys for our lane-battling arsenal. While Main 2 is a standalone box, its protocols can be mixed with the first set to create strange and clever synergies. The theming doesn’t always line up perfectly, but Main 1 already proved that this system doesn’t rely on strict narrative cohesion to shine. Since fellow Meeple Mountaineer David McMillan covered the Compile: Main 1, this review will feel more like coverage of an expansion—albeit a very thoughtful one.

Operational Subroutines

Much like Main 1, this box contains 12 unique decks, each with six cards. Players draft three…

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