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.

 

[Gozzy]

Im confused because I literally have both sourcebooks for this as physical copies. Ive had them since November.

They seem published to me sitting on my shelf

Me too! These are the Traveler's Handbook and Encyclopedia published by Archetype Entertainment who are developing the videogame. Those books are out of print, and rather than reprinting them and/or developing the line further, Wizards have decided to pass the game to Renegade.

 

[Dire Bare]

Im confused because I literally have both sourcebooks for this as physical copies. Ive had them since November.

They seem published to me sitting on my shelf

The world building is excellent though its not what I was looking for. Its strongly based on 5e and the learning curve is shallow if you know 5e.

VERY interesting Temporal mechanics because this world uses Time Dilation. There are rules handling family, and community as you leave to find things to expand the community.

There are Aliens but they are all humans evolved very differently from the first Exodus if earth. The world takes place several million years in the future.

Very interesting and I highly recommend it.

What's confusing?

Archetype published the two books in a very limited run available only to folks on their newsletter. You can't get them anymore, other than on the secondary market.

The hope amongst fans was that WotC would do a more formal and widespread launch so that everybody could get the game . . . and that's finally happening, although Renegade will be publishing the books under license.

So far, it's the same books, the Traveler's Journal and the Encyclopedia, renamed Creature Catalog. Will there be any significant changes? We don't know yet. Will there be more books? We don't know yet.

 

[Mournblade94]

What's confusing?

Archetype published the two books in a very limited run available only to folks on their newsletter. You can't get them anymore, other than on the secondary market.

The hope amongst fans was that WotC would do a more formal and widespread launch so that everybody could get the game . . . and that's finally happening, although Renegade will be publishing the books under license.

So far, it's the same books, the Traveler's Journal and the Encyclopedia, renamed Creature Catalog. Will there be any significant changes? We don't know yet. Will there be more books? We don't know yet.

Because I HAVE them. In that they HAVE been published.

 

[Reynard]

Because I HAVE them. In that they HAVE been published.

Yes, and in the future, they WILL BE published by Renegade. I am missing what might be difficult here.