Compounded
Compounded is a game about building chemical compounds through careful management of elements, a fair bit of social play and trading, and just a bit of luck. In Compounded, players take on the roles of lab managers, hastily competing to complete the most compounds before they are completed by others – or destroyed in an explosion. Some compounds are flammable and will grow more and more volatile over time; take too long to gather the necessary elements for those compounds and a lot of hard work will soon be scattered across the lab.
Although Compounded does involve a fair share of press-your-luck tension and certainly some strategic planning, the most successful scientists will often be those who strike a good trade with their fellow lab mates. Players are able to freely trade elements, laboratory tools, and even favors – if there is truly honor among chemists!
Data sheet
- Minimum number of players
- 2
- Maximum number of players
- 5
- Age
- 14+
- Playing time
- 60 - 90 minutes
- Language
- English
- Language dependent
- Limited text usage
- Designer
- Darrell Louder
- How many players?
- For 2
- How many players?
- Big groups (5-6)
- How many players?
- Small groups (2-4)
- Game mechanism
- Negotiation
- Artist
- Christopher Kirkman
- Artist
- Darrell Louder