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A rocky start for the free Warhammer 40,000 App

July 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There have been nearly 2,500 reviews and most of them 1/5. At the time of writing, the app has an average review score of 1.2/5.

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apps, free to download, games workshop, warhammer 40k

D&D Beyond’s free mobile app hits the App Store charts

July 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The app has no dice rolling functionality, but you can track hit points, spell slots, conditions and features.

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

Campaign Cartographer lands on Humble

June 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Campaign Cartographer, a long time favourite set of mapping software used by tabletop gamers, is currently on offer at Humble Bundle.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: campaign cartographer, cartography, humble bundle, sales

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

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