Renegade Game Studios is an American game company based in
Escondido, California
Escondido is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. Located in the North County region, it was incorporated in 1888, and is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County. It has a population of 151,038 as of the 2020 census.
Et ...
that creates and publishes
board games
Board games are tabletop games that typically use . These pieces are moved or placed on a pre-marked board (playing surface) and often include elements of table, card, role-playing, and miniatures games as well.
Many board games feature a comp ...
,
card games
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific.
Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card ga ...
and
role-playing games
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal ac ...
. In 2020, they also began producing jigsaw puzzles using art from their games.
History
In 2014, Scott Gaeta, a former Colorado games store owner and co-founder of
Cryptozoic Entertainment
Cryptozoic Entertainment is an American publisher of board and card games, trading cards and collectibles based on both licensed and original intellectual properties. The company is well known for its "Cerberus Engine Game", the catch name for i ...
, founded Renegade Game Studios.
From 2014 to 2017, RGS used traditional industry methods to finance publication of their games. Starting in 2018, RGS used
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, ...
community funding to finance some larger licensed game projects such as ''Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid'', ''Scott Pilgrim Miniatures the World'', and most recently ''
Vampire: The Masquerade Rivals Expandable Card Game''.
Games published
Game published by RGS between 2014–2021.
* ''Altiplano''
* ''Apotheca''
* ''Atlas: Enchanted Lands ''
* ''The Aquicorn Cove Board Game''
* ''Arboretum''
* ''Architects of the West Kingdom''
* ''Artsee''
* ''Bargain Quest''
* ''Blood of an Englishman''
* ''Brick Party''
* ''Bubble Tea''
* ''Bullfrogs''
* ''Byzanz''
* ''Castell''
* ''Castles of Caladale''
* ''Circadians First Light''
* ''Circus Puppy''
* ''Clank! A Deck-Building Adventure''
* ''Clank! In! Space! A Deck-Building Adventure''
* ''Clank! Legacy: Acquisitions Incorporated''
* ''ClipCut Parks''
* ''Covert''
* ''Dicey Goblins''
* ''Doggy Go!''
* ''Dokmus''
* ''The Doom That Came to Atlantic City''
* ''Double Feature''
* ''Dragon's HOard''
* ''Eternal: Chronicles of the Throne''
* ''
Ex Libris
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''
* ''Explorers of the North Sea''
* ''Fireworks''
* ''FLATLINE''
* ''Flip Ships''
* ''Flip The Bird''
* ''The Fox in the Forest''
* ''The Fox in the Forest Duet''
* ''FUSE''
* ''Gates of Delirium''
* ''Ghostbusters: The Card Game''
* ''Gloomy Graves''
* ''Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension''
* ''Gunkimono''
* ''Hex Roller''
* ''Hokkaido''
* ''Honshu''
* ''Icarus''
* ''Junk Orbit''
* ''Kepler-3042''
* ''Kids on Bikes''
* ''Kitty Paw''
* ''Knee Jerk''
* ''Lanterns: The Harvest Festival''
* ''Lanterns Dice: Lights in the Sky''
* ''Lotus''
* ''Lucidity Six-Sided Nightmares''
* ''The North Sea Runesaga''
* ''The North Sea Epilogues RPG''
* ''Outbreak: Undead''
* ''Overlight RPG''
* ''Paladins of the West Kingdom''
* ''Prowler's Passage''
* ''Passing Through Petra''
* ''Pie Town''
* ''Power Rangers: Deck-Building Game''
* ''Power Rangers: Heroes of the Grid''
* ''Proving Grounds''
* ''The North Sea Runesaga''
* ''Raiders of the North Sea''
* ''Revolution of 1828''
* ''Reykholt''
* ''Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Card Game''
* ''Shipwrights of the North Sea''
* ''Sentient''
* ''Slap It''
* ''Space Battle Lunchtime Card Game''
* ''Spell Smashers''
* ''Spy Club''
* ''Stellar''
* ''Succulent''
* ''Sundae Split''
* ''
The Tea Dragon Society
''The Tea Dragon Society'' is a webcomic and graphic novel written and illustrated by Kay O'Neill which debuted late 2016. The story focuses on Greta, an apprentice blacksmith who becomes fascinated by "tea dragons" after rescuing one.
Published ...
Card Game''
* ''Teens in Space''
* ''Terror Below''
* ''Time Chase''
* ''Topiary''
* ''
Trajan
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''
* ''Transformers: Deck-Building Game''
* ''Wardlings Campaign Guide''
* ''Wendake''
* ''World's Fair 1893''
Notable Awards
A number of RGS games have been nominated for or have won awards. The most prominent include:
ENnie Awards
The ENNIE Awards (previously stylized as ENnie Awards) are awards for role-playing game (RPG) products (including game-related accessories, publications, and art) and their creators. The awards were created in 2001 by Russ Morrissey of EN World i ...
* ''Kids on Bikes'' was awarded the Gold Medal as the "2019 Best Family Game"
SXSW Game Awards
* ''Lanterns: The Harvest Festival'' was a finalist for "2016 Tabletop Game of the Year".
* ''Clank! In! Space! A Deck-Building Adventure'' was a finalist for "Tabletop Game of the Year"
* ''Paladins of the West Kingdom'' was the winner of "2020 Tabletop Game of the Year"
Spiel des Jahres
The Spiel des Jahres (, ''Game of the Year'') is an award for board and card games, created in 1978 with the purpose of rewarding family-friendly game design, and promoting excellent games in the German market. It is thought that the existence ...
* ''Raiders of the North Sea'' was nominated for the ''Kennerspiel des Jahres 2017''
* ''Fox In The Forest'' was listed as recommended by the ''Spiel De Jahres 2020'' Jury
Mensa International
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* Both ''Architects of the West Kingdom'' and ''Gunkimono'' were named as "2019 Mensa Select Winners"
References
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