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Renegade Revives Lords of Waterdeep, Invites New Diplomacy, and Doesn’t Stop Dungeon Crawler Carl

tonyheth November 19, 2025

▪️ Announcing yet another new edition of a game in the Hasbro catalog, U.S. publisher Renegade Game Studios will re-release Peter Lee and Rodney Thompson‘s Lords of Waterdeep in April 2026, along with the Scoundrels of Skullport expansion.

Lords of Waterdeep debuted from Wizards of the Coast in 2012, and in the years since, it’s become one of the prime examples of a worker-placement game due to its ease of play. Here’s an overview of the game:

Waterdeep, the City of Splendors – the most resplendent jewel in the Forgotten Realms, and a den of political intrigue and shady back-alley dealings.

In Lords of Waterdeep, a strategy board game for 2-5 players, you take on the role of one of the masked Lords of Waterdeep, secret rulers of the city. Through your agents, you recruit adventurers to go on quests on your behalf, earning rewards and increasing your influence over the city. Expand the city by purchasing new buildings that open up new actions on the board, and hinder – or help – the other lords by playing intrigue cards to enact your carefully laid plans.

During the course of play, you may gain points or resources by completing quests, constructing buildings, playing intrigue cards, or having other players use the buildings you have constructed. After eight rounds, the player with the most points wins.

▪️ At Gen Con 2025, Renegade teased a G.I. JOE crossover with its Heroscape game line, bringing together two other Hasbro-originated product lines.

Now Renegade has revealed that the standalone base game for this product line will be G.I. JOE Heroscape: Rumble at the Rift Battle Box, which is due out in March 2026 along with three expansions — Strike Forces, Greenshirts & Battle Copter, and COBRA Troopers & COBRA Flight Pod — and a Serpentor pre-order freebie.

What IP will be found in the Heroscape sets of the 2060s? Heroscape: Jake Paul? Heroscape: Labubu?! I can’t even imagine what folks will be nostalgic for forty years from now…

▪️ Yet another Renegade title emerging from the Hasbroverse is Diplomacy: The Golden Blade, a 2-7 player card game from newcomer Rosco Schock that’s due out in May 2026. Here’s an overview:

In the prelude to World War I, the seven great European powers contend for supremacy, both with their military might and political maneuvering. In this game, players must choose and negotiate alliances carefully, knowing when to expand…and when to stab. Only the most cunning leader will emerge victorious as “The Golden Blade”.

Diplomacy: The Golden Blade is a standalone card game for new or experienced Diplomacy players that features no player elimination.

▪️ To follow up another Gen Con 2025 revelation, Renegade has announced that in addition to the promised Dungeon Crawler Carl Roleplaying Game, the second title using that license will be Dungeon Crawler Carl: Unstoppable, a one- or two-player game based on John D. Clair‘s 2025 title Unstoppable. The short description:

Dungeon Crawler Carl: Unstoppable is a co-operative card-crafting deck-builder set in the World Dungeon. You’ll battle against neighborhood, borough, and city bosses while gearing up and leveling your chosen hero to survive and reach the next floor. Play solo or bring along your own Princess Donut for a co-op run!

A crowdfunding campaign for these two titles, which will both be illustrated by Dungeon Crawler Carl artist Luciano Fleitas, will launch in April 2026.

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