Renegade Game Studios Expands Leadership with Tom Lischke as Director of Product Development 

Game industry veteran of 25 years joins Renegade Game Studios as Director of Product Development

Renegade Game Studios is an award-winning publisher of tabletop games and roleplaying games, known for brands including Heroscape, Axis & Allies, Vampire: The Masquerade, G.I. JOE, Transformers, and Power Rangers. Most recently, Renegade launched the Dungeon Crawler Carl Roleplaying Game, which became the most-funded game in BackerKit history. 

Tom has spent more than 25 years making games, with his time in the industry taking him down a few different roads. He started as a designer at Decipher Inc., first designing cards and then building game systems for Star Trek, Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings CCGs. From there he moved to video game production, first delivering digital card games tied to MMOs before working for years on the Madden franchise, eventually serving as Line Producer. He's worked across just about every corner of the medium, including PC, mobile, console, and most recently Roblox.

Most of that work has been at studios like Sony Online Entertainment, Electronic Arts, and other boutique studios. What's stayed constant across all of it is a love of collaborating with talented, creative people to deliver fun, engaging experiences that players connect with.

“Tom's experience spans nearly every corner of the games industry, from tabletop to AAA video games, and he brings a thoughtful, player-first approach to product development,” said Scott Gaeta, President & Publisher at Renegade Game Studios. “With an exciting slate of projects ahead, Tom will play a key role in shaping the next generation of games at Renegade.”

“I’m really excited to be joining Renegade and can’t wait to work with the exceptional team. For me it means going back to my roots,” said Lischke. “There is just something special about delivering experiences that bring people together at the table.”

Lischke now serves as Director of Product Development where his leadership will contribute to the ongoing mission at Renegade Game Studios – to publish the highest quality games that are fun, unique, and bring people together.