Hey there! I’m Benson, and I’m one of the principle designers of the Exiles game, if for some reason you didn’t already know that. Exiles is a… Read more “Benson’s Favorite House Rules – The Spirit of the Game”

If you learned anything from the last four of these posts, it should be that the Governor sets the tone of a game. It’s your job to… Read more “Being the Fucking Governor – Part 5: Cheaters Never Lose”

I know a lot of you are full of great ideas and awesome stories that you’d love to turn into Scenarios for your Exiles campaign. That’s awesome!… Read more “Writing Your Own Scenarios – Part 1: The Important Bits”

So you’ve read Parts 1, 2, and 3, and you’re feeling pretty good about Governing a game of Exiles, but now the Characters have, like 200 Learnin’… Read more “Being the Fucking Governor – Part 4: Even Toadies Can Be Badasses”

If you read Part 1 (link) and Part 2 (link), you already know you’re not supposed to kill all the Characters, and you have a pretty good… Read more “Being the Fucking Governor – Part 3: How Many Dead Guy Tokens?”

In Part I we talked about how it’s not the Governor’s job to kill all the players. Now we’re going to talk about how to avoid accidentally murdering… Read more “Being the Fucking Governor – Part 2: Game Balance”

Exiles may seem like a simple little minis game, but beneath its carefree, slapdash exterior is a deeply strategic skirmish game that can be a merciless bitch… Read more “Frontier Survival Guide – Part 1: Stay Together!”

Exiles plays a lot like a skirmish wargame on the tabletop, but it’s really an RPG at heart. It’s important to keep that in mind when you’re… Read more “Being the Fucking Governor – Part 1: It’s an RPG, Dude”

At long last! Here’s a free download of our Learnin’ the Game Exiles rulebook!