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Foundry Virtual Tabletop launches today

May 23, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Foundry Virtual Tabletop is disruptive. It thumbs its nose at the established conventions. You pay a one-time fee for Foundry, and then your players connect for free.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: foundry, software, virtual tabletop

D&D Beyond extends integration with Discord bot Avrae

May 19, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The new D&D Beyond library integration means that the bot can access and help with a broader range of rules.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: discord, dnd beyond, Dungeons & Dragons

Star Wars PopSockets for your phone

May 17, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There are six different designs in the Firebox Star Wars collection. You can go for the Aluminium Death Star PopSocket, a Baby Yoda, a Baby Yoda in a pod, an Episode IV, generic Star Wars or a Stormtrooper design.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: firebox, smartphones, star wars

S.H.A.R.K. ships designed for climate monitoring

May 11, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The S.H.A.R.K. is designed so that it can stay afloat for 168 hours at a time and carry 30 kg.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: aircraft

Only VR can produce genuinely next-gen hardware

May 10, 2020 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

The second generation of VR headsets will be an incredible leap in capabilities from the first. This upgrade will be the real next-gen stars of the upcoming wave of hardware changes.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: facebook, google, oculus, playstation, virtual reality

Limited Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox One X deal will be the last of its kind

April 20, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The bundle will be out in June 2020, but the Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox wireless controller is out today, as are some of the other accessories while the rest are on pre-order.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Cyberpunk, cyberpunk 2077, microsoft

This dramatic bomb blast is actually a lamp!

April 16, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Your sci-fi wargame needs a dramatic background, and for practical reasons, it would be advantageous if the background was also a lamp that could cast a friendly glow.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Etsy, household, lights

Fantasy Grounds Unity opens for public beta

March 20, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’re tempted by this Roll20 alternative, a software-based platform rather than a browser-based one like Astral, then there are discounts available until the official launch.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Fantasy Grounds

Fog Monster 2: Summon ground crawling mist for your tabletop minis

March 13, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fog Monster 2 is a smoke machine that’s built into gaming tiles. It’ll turn your gaming den, if you have one, into a kick-ass mini-movie set.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: kickstarters, models

Play and Record – How to get started in actual play podcasting

February 6, 2020 by Guest Writer 1 Comment

We talked to Mike Burnett of the fledgeling Billowing Hilltop Podcast to see what they had learned on the way.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: podcasts

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