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Rules assistance for The Exiled: Butchers
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1–5 players
- 90–120 min
- 14+
Rules assistant for The Exiled: Butchers
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The Exiled: Butchers is an expansion for The Exiled: Siege released in 2020 for 1–5 players, 90–120 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Mateusz Albricht and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Point to Point Movement, and Cooperative Game.
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About the game
This expansion introduces 3 new Heroes into the game for the Defenders to use. These are the criminals who - while still at large - were known as the "Butchers Gang". Their leader, a man called Adam Hermand, occupied the post of the city surgeon. He specialized in killing his patients in painful and gruesome ways and cutting out some of their internal organs to sell in the black market. Necklaces made of nails and ears of his victims were found in his sister’s room – the wretched woman was a partner in her brother’s atrocities. The last gang member is Olsen, a grave robber, who acquired for Hermand more… stale, but still necessary body parts. —description from the publisher
Designers
Publishers
- Officina Monstrorum
Questions and answers
The Exiled: Butchers supports 1–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for The Exiled: Butchers is 90–120 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists The Exiled: Butchers for ages 14 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
The Exiled: Butchers belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Fighting, and Medieval. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Point to Point Movement, and Cooperative Game. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of The Exiled: Butchers are: Mateusz Albricht. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists The Exiled: Butchers as an expansion for The Exiled: Siege. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need The Exiled: Siege to use it. Check that your edition of The Exiled: Siege is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.