Veteran World of Darkness publisher and former White Wolf business development lead joins Renegade to help steward its rapidly expanding RPG portfolio.

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. 

De Vir brings more than fifteen years of experience in roleplaying game publishing, licensing, and business development, with deep roots in the hobby. 

Early in her career, De Vir founded Biblioteca Oscura, the Spanish-language licensed publisher for various World of Darkness lines. Under her leadership, the company published more than 35 titles and ran a V20 crowdfunding campaign that became the fifth most-funded crowdfunding project in Spain across all categories. She also distributed the Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Deluxe books across Europe after founding the V20 Europe initiative, and produced a 1,200-person Vampire: The Masquerade event in Madrid. 

Recently, De Vir has held business development and partnerships management roles at Paradox Interactive and White Wolf where she led the international expansion of World of Darkness roleplaying games across languages, territories, and licensing partners. She also co-created and spearheaded the Storytellers Vault, a community content platform that opened new ways for fans to create, share, and publish material for World of Darkness. She is also an advocate for the ethical use of AI through the AI Ethics Alliance, which she founded in Brussels. Through this alliance, she works to shape responsible AI practices by connecting education, governance, and cross-sector collaboration, with a focus on helping organizations and communities understand and adopt AI in ways that are ethical, inclusive, and socially beneficial. 

“Dhaunae has spent her career building real, lasting communities and partnerships.” said Scott Gaeta, President & Publisher at Renegade Game Studios. “Our RPG business has rapidly expanded, and Dhaunae is exactly the kind of leader we need to help steward that growth while strengthening the relationships that make these games thrive.” 

“I am thrilled to join Renegade as Director, RPG Brand,” said De Vir. “I have spent much of my career working with roleplaying communities, licensed worlds, and passionate fanbases, so this role feels like a natural next step. Renegade has shown real care for the brands it publishes, and I am excited to help grow these lines while honoring what makes them meaningful to players.” 

De Vir’s arrival comes as Renegade continues to grow its RPG division. With upcoming 2nd Editions of its Hasbro RPG line just announced, the EXODUS RPG in partnership with Wizards of the Coast and based on the upcoming video game from Archetype Entertainment, and as it prepares to release the Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG based on Matt Dinniman’s smash hit LitRPG series of the same name.  

Fans should also look for an announcement very soon about a new franchise joining the Renegade RPG line-up.