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‘Transformers’ Without Politics is Boring and Stupid

The Transformers Roleplaying Game is a boring salute to the most boring version of the franchise with the most boring version of Megatron

Credit: Renegade Games Studios

The Good

The game’s existence is a dis track to Wizards of the Coast

WotC is a Hasbro subsidiary. Transformers is a Hasbro brand. It must have been humiliating for WotC to learn that they wouldn’t be making a Transformers roleplaying game.

Instead of greenlighting a 5e Transformers game, Hasbro let Renegade Studios make a Transformers game AND a G.I. Joe game AND a Power Rangers game with a whole new ruleset. At this rate, Renegade will make the next edition of Star Frontiers.

This is a good thing because WotC makes D&D and should be punished for it.

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