Renegade Game Studios website have updated a new page with information and pre-orders of their new Transformers Deck Building game.

We had reported our first look at the packaging and official description of the game some days ago, and now we have a pre-order listing with a promo pack and expected for release in August this year. You can pre-order your deck here for $45.00. We can confirm that you can play the game solo or up to 5 players.

Read on for the new promotional images, as well as the full content of this promo pack after the break. Interested in this new board game? Click on the discussion link below and share your impressions on the 2005 Board!

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Via boardgamegeek.com we have our first images of the packaging, as well as an official description, of the new Transformers Deck Building Game by Renegade Game Studios.

We had previously reported that Renegade Game Studios had extended their partnership with Hasbro in order to manufacture board and card games. Now we can confirm that their first product is a new G1 Transformers Deck Building Game. A deck-building game is a card game or board game where construction of a deck is a main element of gameplay. Unlike other card games, the cards are not sold in randomized packs, all of them come in one single pack for you to build your best deck.

Price and released date of this game are yet to be revealed, but you can check the packaging images and the official product description after the jump. Click on the discussion link below and join to the ongoing discussion on the 2005 Board!

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A while back, we posted a news regarding Renegade Studios entering a brand new licensing agreement to manufacture RPG board games based on Hasbro properties. Transformers is one of them.

Creative talent at Renegade is working tirelessly during this ‘new normal’ period to complete their work and highlighted the same during an online podcast.

Elisa Teague, Senior Producer of Role Playing Games, stated the following:

“No, you’re not gonna be playing [as] Optimus Prime or anything like that. You get to pick up your own character. What kind of vehicle are you going to be? What is your motivation? What is your your rank? Are you an Autobot? What is your primary function? So, you get to create all of that and go off on adventures. That stuff is really exciting and it is coming along so amazingly and I just want to be out already, I know everybody does, but it’s been a joy to work on for sure.”

Additionally, she also highlighted G.I. Joe. It is likely that the gaming mechanic will be the same for the Joe brand as well.

TFW2005 Moderator Wreckgar reports sad news from the Transformers Trading Card Game team: Wave 5, Titan Masters Attack, is the game’s final TCG release.

We are informing our players and retailers so they can make the best decisions regarding event participation and product ordering. The Transformers TCG team wishes to recognize the tremendous effort that fans and retailers put into building a great community.

“The Transformers TCG was truly a labor of love for the Wizards team, and we saw that enthusiasm and love echoed by players across the world,” said Drew Nolosco, Wizards of the Coast Global Brand Manager. “We are grateful to our fans, content creators, retailers, and distributors for the enthusiasm they brought to the game. The greater Transformers TCG fan community is perhaps the best TCG community I’ve had the privilege of working with.”

‘Til all are one.

We know you enjoyed playing the game as much as we enjoyed covering updates about card artwork, product releases and strategy. Read the full press release here, then share your appreciation of the game on the 2005 boards!

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Hasbro sent through new details and pics for the latest Transformers Trading Card Game release – TITAN MASTERS ATTACK!  Read on to check out all the details and pics!

Today, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and TRANSFORMERS released the highly anticipated booster set – TITAN MASTERS ATTACK – for the popular TRANSFORMERS Trading Card Game (TCG). The new booster set contains 46 Character cards (43 of these characters never-before-seen in Transformers TCG), 94 non-Character cards, and 3 Titan-pack Character cards (one Titan pack in each sealed display).

Key product features include:

· Titan Master Characters: These character cards have two parts – a body and a head. Head characters give bonuses to the body, and when the body is KOed, the head deploys as a separate bot mode character. Mix and match heads and bodies to customize Titan Masters to fit your playstyle. Titan Master characters draw inspiration from Transformers toys released both in Titans Return and Generation 1.
· The Wreckers: The fan-favorite Autobot special-forces team make their debut in Titan Masters Attack. Led by Sergeant Kup, the Wreckers get the toughest jobs done, no matter what the cost.
· Stratagem cards: This completely new card type lets players further customize characters on their team. Most Stratagem are keyed to a specific character card, cost stars, and modifies a character in an interesting (and sometimes unusual!) way. Stratagems in Titan Masters Attack can modify characters from this booster release or from previous releases.
· Fortress Maximus: Every sealed Titan Masters Attack booster display includes a Fortress Maximus Titan pack. This pack contains the titan-sized Fortress Maximus character, his head character Cerebros, and Cerebros’ head character, Emissary.

The Transformers Trading Card Game team starts the week off with a mega-reveal of nearly twenty cards not previously shown on these pages.

Done? Now put your brain in high gear and start brewing decks!

Check out all the attached card artwork, then sound off on the 2005 boards!

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The Transformers Trading Card Game team adds Turn The Tide to Wave 5:

In the midst of battle – physical, psychological – it is very easy to feel alone. Together, you and your team: your family, your friends, your community can turn the tide.

Additional card artwork commentary from Josh Perez:

BG bots: Rescue Force (jet mode), TR Metalhawk (jet mode), G2 Gobots, Pretender Pincher (inner robot), Generic bot colored up like Duke’s Battle Mecht (GI Joe vs TFs), Generic bot colored like Omega Spreem, G1 TFA Bulkhead, Minerva, G2 Go-bots Sideswipe, Minerva, TR Bee

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Transformers Trading Card Game Designer Scott Van Essen leads us into the Wave 5 battle card bonus round:

• Precision Fire
• Disassemble

Read Scott’s column for more details, then share your deck plans on the 2005 boards!

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The Transformers Trading Card Game team concludes their Wave 5 character reveals:

Topspin and Freezeout are the final two characters in Titan Masters Attack! Start mixing and matching heads and bodies!

Check out the attached artwork, including the corrected Topspin image showing its 9 stars, then share your deck plans on the 2005 boards!

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