Vanguard Exiles

Vanguard Exiles

Early access since Mar 2025

Blending deep board game strategy with auto-battling mastery, and designed by Richard Garfield (creator of Magic: The Gathering), lead your Squads over an ever-changing dieselpunk battlefield where no two games are ever the same. Think ahead, adapt fast, outwit your opponent and claim victory.

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Publisher
The Tea Division
Achievements
11
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · PvP · Local/Split Screen

About this game

Designed by the Creator of Magic: The Gathering

Vanguard Exiles is a competitive auto-battler card game designed by Richard Garfield (legendary game designer of Magic: The Gathering), bringing his signature philosophy of strategic depth, meaningful choices, and emergent gameplay into a fast-paced digital battleground.
In your role as General, every match challenges you to outthink and outmanoeuvre your opponents whilst unpredictable zones reshape the battlefield, driving ongoing tactical adaptation.


Strategic Auto-Battling with Meaningful Decisions

Unlike traditional auto-battlers, Vanguard Exiles emphasizes player agency where victory is determined by how well you:

  • Discover card synergies/interactions within each unique Squad

  • Evaluate card selection and deployment each round

  • Unleash your Vanguard's potential through your choices

  • Manage and leverage Zone effects in an evolving battlefield

  • Anticipate your opponent’s strategies

  • Re-evaluate your tactics throughout the game

Your decisions matter, rewarding long-term planning and Squad mastery.


Dynamic Battle Zones That Change Every Match

The battlefield is in a state of flux, as emerging zones introduce game-changing modifiers and obstacles. Players must continuously adapt their strategy as the environment evolves, a hallmark of Richard Garfield games. No two matches are the same; each game unfolds its own unique challenges that shape every strategic decision.


Competitive PvP, Built for Replayability

  • Head-to-head PvP matches

  • Strategy-driven outcomes

  • High replay value through Faction and Unit variety

  • Designed for players who enjoy thinking several moves ahead


Claim What Remains

The world has fallen. In the wake of a global cataclysm, survival has reshaped everything, including allegiances. Old enmities have faded, replaced by alliances forged out of necessity. Technology and magic now coexist in a dieselpunk landscape where domination is the only path forward.

Across this shattered world, survivors band together into Squads, aiming to reclaim lost territory and carve out a future from the ruins. For this, it’s more than a matter of strength. A General is needed to lead their Squad, with the instincts and foresight to outthink every rival who stands in their way.

That General is you.

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