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News Roundup: Renegade Game Studios Loses Partnership with White Wolf, Embraces Hasbro
The game publisher will no longer publish World of Darkness books but continues to support Hasbro and its non-D&D IP properties, including an update to its GI Joe/Transformer RPGs.
Christopher Hutton
October 04, 2026 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes
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Good golly, there is a lot of news this week! The big reveal focuses on Renegade Game Studios, which lost one of its IPs while also solidifying its partnership with one of the world's biggest toy and RPG publishers.
Dungeons & Dragons continues to release major updates, including a tease for a new adventure and a spooky-themed Drop. There are new releases, staff changes, and all sorts of other things. Finally is a partnership between Goodman Games that will help it become a multimedia IP.
Two minor updates from my side! First, I got to appear on fellow TTRPG News outlet Rascal’s podcast. Keep an eye out for that release on Monday. Second, I have confirmed my press credentials for PAX Unplugged, so we will be heading there for a third consecutive year. Still a bit early to say much more, but I am very excited. In the meantime, let’s get to the news!
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Renegade Game Studios Loses World of Darkness, Renews Hasbro License
Board game and TTRPG developer Renegade Game Studio announced a number of changes to its company line-up this week.
The standout revelation was the end to Renegade and World of Darkness publisher White Wolf’s partnership. RGS will no longer publish or sell Vampire: the Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse and Hunter: the Reckoning tabletop supplements through its website.
This marks the end of an important chapter for both of our teams, and one we’re very proud of. Together, we’ve had the opportunity to work on Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Hunter: The Reckoning, and other World of Darkness projects with an incredibly talented group of writers, designers, artists, developers, and partners.
Most of all, we’re grateful to everyone in the community who has played these games, shared them, talked about them, and supported them over the years. Thank you for being part of this chapter with us.
We wish the White Wolf team all the best with what comes next, and we hope you’ll continue to join us for the other games and worlds we’re working on.
RGS published a detailed Q&A noting that it will no longer host VTM books on its website starting Jan. 1, 2026. It has made it unclear what will happen to outstanding books and whether they will be reprinted.
World of Darkness confirmed the breakup but offered little detail on its own plans for Fifth Edition books, making the ruleset’s future uncertain.
White Wolf posted another dev diary exploring what it is tweaking about the Alpha playtest for VTM Sixth Edition. A glimpse of some updates was teased, but little was offered about what might change beyond what stood out in player feedback. No timeline has been established for V6’s release yet, likely leaving a notable gap between new VTM releases in 2027.
V6 was notably controversial after its release at GenCon, receiving a large amount of feedback from players about how it incorporated new metacurrencies and removed the need for a storyteller to roll dice.
The partnership's end also coincides with Renegade’s plan to crowdfund Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe Roleplaying Game, a TTRPG adaptation of the popular Interview With a Vampire and Vampire Lestat television series from AMC. There’s no evidence that the two are clashing, as Renegade staff have told TTRPG Insider that discussions for Immortal Universe have been going on for a while.
The other notable news was confirmation by Renegade that it was renewing its licensing agreement with Hasbro, which will allow it to continue to publish games based on Hasbro IP like Transformers, G.I. JOE, Power Rangers, M.A.S.K., My Little Pony, JEM and the Holograms, and ROM the SpaceKnight, as well as classic tabletop games including Axis & Allies, Acquire, Diplomacy, Heroscape, Robo Rally, and Ikusa.
"We’re extremely pleased to extend and expand our relationship with Hasbro,” said Scott Gaeta, President of Renegade in a press statement. “From our beginnings with Power Rangers to our most recent projects on Dungeons & Dragons Lords of Waterdeep, working with the teams at Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast has been a pleasure. It’s an honor to be entrusted with bringing these iconic brands to tabletops worldwide.”
“Renegade Game Studios has been a valued partner in bringing Hasbro’s iconic brands to life through engaging tabletop games,” said Marianne James, Senior Vice President, Global Licensing at Hasbro. “We look forward to continuing our collaboration and creating new ways for fans to connect with the brands they love.”
The brand renewal is far from shocking considering Renegade is publishing Hasbro’s Exodus sci-fi TTRPG, as well as the upcoming updates to Essence20 system (which are used for its GI Joe, Transformers and My Little Pony TTRPGs).
Renegade confirmed during its RenegadeCon stream on Friday that it intended to launch second editions of Transformers and G.I. Joe with the new 5.5e RPG rulebooks, as well as the Energon Universe series of TTRPGs. These books are expected to crowdfund in February 2027.
Other TTRPG News This Week
Early evidence appears to confirm that the World of Warcraft D&D crossover is selling well, as the collector’s edition variant has already sold out. As a past fan of WoW myself, not shocked. Its community is very collector-heavy.
Somebody put Baldur’s Gate together with Ravenloft into a new third-party campaign, and is it sad to say I would consider trying it?
Wizards of the Coast laid off D&D community manager LaTia Jacquise and MTG social media manager Jordan Hopkins in a “greater restructure” of Hasbro’s team. Not a lot else is known so far, although some allege it could point to broader Q4 layoffs.
Kobold Press previewed its “Scarecase 2026” on October 10, where it intends to reveal details about its plans for 2027 crowdfunding
Strahd joins Daggerheart in a new zine from designer DNGNCLUB
The animation studio Titmouse announces a local event in Los Angeles to raise funds for underrepresented artists in animation through paid games. Lots of celebrity DMs helping out.
Roll20 adds a new token maker to its software.
A Faeseeker's Guide to Avallen, released by Modiphius, is the final book in a trilogy of TTRPGs inspired by Celtic lore.
Sirius Dice and WOTC are teaming up to make Disability Pride dice.
Monte Cook Games updated its character builder for the updated version of Cypher to include all of the free character options, and previewed plans to incorporate tools for Old Gods of Appalachia.
Someone tried to sue WOTC for rights to the idea of weresharks. Lin Codega uses it as a chance to talk about what it means to “own” a game concept.
Fantasy Grounds parent company SmiteWorks acquired Eldritch Foundry, an app that will allow them to integrate 3D minis into FG.
Dark Horse Comics previewed the announcement of a Baldur’s Gate 3 comic at New York Comic Con. Expect to hear more details on October 9.
D&D posted a horror trailer titled Project_Lamordia on September 29, which exudes a tone clearly different from what one might expect from D&D. Lamordia is a reference to a Domain of Dread from Ravenloft, suggesting it is expanding the lore… but details are vague.
“Project_Lamordia transforms the classic Frankenstein-inspired setting into a modern techno-horror nightmare centered around Mordenheim Kinetics, a sprawling research facility where technological ambition has gone horribly wrong,” an official description states. “Mechanized horrors, failed experiments, body modification, and survival horror collide as the setting explores contemporary fears around unchecked innovation, artificial intelligence, and the loss of control over the things we create.”
The project is expected to release on October 13.
At first glance, it appears to be a project embracing sci-fi horror, body horror, and Dead Space aesthetics.
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Shadowfell and “Sorrow Knights” Central to D&D October Drops
Wizards of the Coast
D&D Beyond released its October Drop this week, featuring a wide range of new monsters and maps for players. Many darker-themed creatures, maps, and encounters were added to bring a bit more of a spooky feel to the game.
Arguably the more interesting element to drop includes the Sorrow Knight, a new fighter class that wields a player character’s despair to create magical attacks. It is the first subclass released for the Drops, implying that very little content appears off the table right now.
A new tool called the Tarokka Life Path was also added, allowing players to build characters using a distinct approach to storytelling introduced in the 2026 update to Tarokka.
Dungeon Crawl Classics Embraces Comics in New Publishing Partnership
Dungeon Crawl Classics (not to be mixed up with Dungeon Crawler Carl) is going to get its own comic adaptation.
DCC publisher Goodman Games is partnering with American Mythology Productions to produce original comic book material based in DCC’s old-school fantasy-inspired setting. The books will be written by James Kuhoric, who is best known for Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, Army of Darkness, Return of the Living Dead, Stargate SG-1, Battlestar Galactica, The Six Million Dollar Man, and numerous other titles.
“Comics and RPGs have been part of my DNA for as long as I can remember,” said James Kuhoric in a press statement. “I was running Dungeons & Dragons on the elementary school playground back in 1980. We didn’t have elaborate terrain or fancy miniatures, we had pencils, paper, dice, and a bunch of kids ready to see what happened when their characters opened the next door. That feeling of possibility has never left me.”
“I’ve spent my career writing horror and fantasy stories, and Dungeon Crawl Classics captures that same sense of discovery, danger, weirdness, and fun that made those early games so magical. Getting to tell original stories in that world through comics and then connect those stories to adventures people can actually play, is an absolute dream.”
Additional details about the project, such as the comic artists involved and release schedule, are to be announced in the future.
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