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Continuing the archive of independent Cool Tech reporting (Archive Page 17).

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

Turn your Kindle into a spellbook

February 2, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I can think of a few reasons why sitting down with a grimoire is more appropriate than bringing a Kindle to the table.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Etsy, kindle

Early bird offers: The Level Up tabletop topper

January 29, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

With Level Up you can stick all your clutter on the table and put your board games or RPG maps safely on the raised section.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: household, kickstarters, level up

Vorpal: Play physical board games online

January 29, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Vorpal Board is a Kickstarter project that gives you the software and tech required to bring your internet friends to the table for board games.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: kickstarters

Turn your Google Nest Mini into a cylon cat

January 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here’s a work of design art that seems to register as either cute or creepy with different people.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: household

Bathe in the glow of an official D&D D20 lamp

January 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Did you know your life might be better if it had a glowing polyhedron on your desk?

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: dice, Dungeons & Dragons, household, lights, merchoid

Smart dice lure in nearly 2,000 backers

December 8, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

There are “shells” available that convert these die to d4, d8, d10, d12 and d20.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: dice, kickstarters

Kawaii desk lights

November 25, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here at Geek Native HQ, we have several cheeky faces from Smoko that light our way.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: household, lights

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