Renegade Announces It Will Publish Exodus Roleplaying Game in 2026

The Exodus Roleplaying Game, an RPG based on the upcoming Exodus video game developed by Wizards of the Coast's Archetype Entertainment, will be published by Renegade Game Studios this year. Renegade announced the plans today at GAMA Expo, with Renegade initially publishing the Exodus Traveler's Handbook and the Creature Catalog for the RPG in August. From the sounds of the press release, Renegade has plans to further the Exodus line of RPGs, similar to its Vampire: The Masquerade and World of Darkness lines. The Exodus RPG is a sci-fi game that uses 5E as its underlying engine.

Exodus was developed by James Ohlen, who was the lead of Archetype Entertainment until earlier this year. After leaving Bioware (where he was the lead designer for Baldur's Gate among other games), he founded Arcanum Worlds, an RPG studio that developed several 5E supplements. Ohlen also developed the Exodus Roleplaying Game, where it was released to a select group of Exodus early adopters.

What's notable about the announcement is that Wizards of the Coast is working with another company to produce and publish the Exodus game. The Exodus RPG's rollout has been a bit odd, with no fanfare outside of a few posts on Archetype Entertainment's social media and website. Exodus doesn't come out until 2027, so the timing is a bit odd, but at least Renegade's partnership with Wizards of the Coast guarantees a wider release for the game.

 

[Morrus]

Yeah, Renegade does great work with their licensed RPGs, but . . . none of them are on D&D Beyond or seem planned to be, despite the tons of Hasbro IPs in their catalog.

D&D Beyond is for D&D. They are not D&D, nor are they powered by D&D. A 'Beyond' for those games would require them to code an entirely new platform.

 

[Dire Bare]

D&D Beyond is for D&D. They are not D&D, nor are they powered by D&D. A 'Beyond' for those games would require them to code an entirely new platform.

Yes . . . .

Demiplane manages to support multiple systems with a very similar interace to D&D Beyond. It's very possible, but of course, WotC is choosing not to do so. Which was my point.

Likely, WotC is still shy of spending resources on a non-D&D game that could be spent on D&D.

We're more likely, I think, to see Renegade's Hasbro IPs show up on Demiplane rather than D&D Beyond. I'd take that!