Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds made huge acquisitions, Paramount stopped its DnD show, and WotC showed off a shiny new Monster Manual cove

Dungeons & Dragons’ new Dungeon Master's Guide gets a sweet cover, Final Fantasy 14 isn't so critically acclaimed, and two big Kickstarters smash their goals. 

Dungeons & Dragons revealed the cover art for its new rulebook, Adventure Time 5E joins the $1M club, and One More Multiverse shuts down.

Hunters Entertainment is offering a $10 credit for players who take part in Alice is Missing Week!

In this week’s stories, a 1983 DnD Red Box character gets a face reveal, Kobold Press shares the free Black Flag SRD, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners crosses over into tabletop, and kids trade bikes for capes.

Dungeons & Dragons makes another controversial business move, Fallout put up big numbers, and Final Fantasy 14 enters TTRPGs this month. 

On the business side, corporations took some big hits that are bringing them back to their favored franchises. On the hobby side, Discord/Roll20 users got a nice surprise and a mental health study had pleasant results.

This week in TTRPG news, Hasbro reacts to past successes and failures with Dungeons & Dragons, while players put on the biggest game in the world. Meanwhile Pathfinder causally announced that it’s going to kill a god.