Trust, But Verify: FoundryVTT
Do I like Foundry as a Virtual Table Top? Yes, love it. Do I recommend it to others? Uh, well, it depends on your definition of “recommend” 😬 Some idle screaming-into-the-void on Mastodon prompted a conversation with the Old Scouser Roleplayer about my Foundry setup, and I realised I end up typically saying the same thing a lot about Foundry: It is a beautiful product, especically for crunchier games You will absolutely get distracted with doors, and sight lines and music, and audio effects, and away from the actual game It is an utter pain to use securely. The word “securely” here is key. There have been some cracking vulnerabilities in the software already (fixed already!). The developers are moving fast and breaking things, and that’s great for making a beautiful VTT with some really novel features, but less good for boring, stuffy, security. So I love Foundry, but I don’t trust it. Let me explain. ...