Exiles is a fast-paced, frenetic, buzzword-filled game of gritty Wild West adventure. The game plays as a "miniatures role-playing game" because it runs like an RPG and plays like a skirmish wargame. One player acts as the game master, or governor, and the others play against a scenario of his or her creation. The game ends when the players win or lose depending on the scenario's conditions or if the players survive.