Courtesy of Joe Garrity of the Origin Museum, and thanks to the hard work of both him and the team at the Wing Commander CIC, Ultima Aiera is pleased to present over 180 scanned images from a guidebook issued to prospective Ultima Online Game Managers (GMs), and to members of the now-defunct Counselor programme for the game as well . The Counselor programme was a volunteer effort that Origin Systems fostered in order to “enhance the overall enjoyment of the community for themselves and other members.” The programme was disbanded in 2000, a move which resulted in a class action lawsuit being filed against Origin and EA.

The images offer an interesting glimpse into the administrative workings of Ultima Online, and into the responsibilities which were placed on the people Origin hired and/or brought on board to serve as guides to the UO community. I have rendered them into a single PDF as well, although the resultant file is quite large (since it is composed of images rather than text).