GI Joe, Transformers, My Little Pony RPGs Also Confirmed For 2021

Renegade Game Studios and Hasbro confirmed to Forbes that GI Joe, My Little Pony, and Transformers will be coming as official RPGs, following the already announced Power Rangers tabletop roleplaying game.

While they were hinted at in their press release this week, it hadn't been confirmed that - other than Power Rangers -- these other games would be tabletop RPGS.

Casey Collins at Hasbro told Forbes "“The tabletop and roleplaying games Renegade Game Studios innovated for the Power Rangers franchise have proved to authentically connect with both gamers and the Ranger Nation and we are confident that G.I. Joe, Transformers and My Little Pony fans will love the exciting games coming soon.”

Renegade Game Studios' Scott Gaeta elaborated a little more, confirming that the games would be powered by the D&D 5th Edition rules. "Part of the strategy here is that if we want a GI Joe fan to play an RPG. We want to use the system that’s most common and widely known. Fifth Edition at this point is the common language in RPGs. We went back and forth on our discussions but we landed on Fifth Edition being what we wanted to use to achieve our design goals.”

The games should be released in 2021.

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These aren't the only animated properties seeing new RPG revivals. Recently D&D Beyond owner Fandom announced Legends of Grayskull: The Masters of the Universe Roleplaying Game, and a Dragon Prince RPG, powered by the Cortext Prime system. Additionally, Monolith Edition recently announced a Batman roleplaying game.

 

[Weiley31]

You know, if the Transformers RPG ends up using the 5E system as well, that means you can combine both Transformers and the Power Rangers RPG together.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Wow, the '80s are really back, aren't they?

 

[AmerginLiath]

There’s been the ongoing debate on how to run 5th edition more like 1st edition, but all these new properties being run on a 5e engine solve that “problem” in one particular way: having your 5th edition party wander through a dungeon door into Gotham City or onto Cybertron is the new 1st edition party stumbling into Oz or onto Barsoom!

 

[UngeheuerLich]

This means that we will have 5e for a few more years to come. There will be no 6e for a long time. Having commited for 5e with different brands digging into it, we at most get a consolidation for 5e rules probably in 2023, when the next book of everything might be scheduled.

I don't see it as a bad thing though. Actually a good thing.
But right now I am at the point, where I could see minor revisions to base class structure and a few mino updates to the combat engine and action structure as well as a slight imrovements to skis. I am really looking forward to TCoE right now and I hope the options presented will be good.

So I am crossing my fingers for new core books in a few years that replace my old ones which incorporate a few updates without invalidating my other books.

Maybe those other RPGs try out a few stealth updates for 5e rules which might have an effect for the base game later.

 

[Aldarc]

In general how I feel anytime a new adaptation of a licensed property is announced for 5e.

 

[Warren Ellis]

Regarding the "My Little Pony" RPG, doesn't Ponyfinder for Pathfinder 1e & D&D 5e kind of already fill that niche?

 

[Nilbog]

I have wanted a tranformers RPG for so long, but I'm not sure it will work in the 5e frameset. To be honest it sounds a quick cash grab

 

[aco175]

Marvel superheroes for 5e?

 

[Alzrius]

Regarding the "My Little Pony" RPG, doesn't Ponyfinder for Pathfinder 1e & D&D 5e kind of already fill that niche?

Ponyfinder is completely unofficial, so I doubt Hasbro took that into consideration (if they even know about it).