The next game from Richard Garriott and Portalarium, the browser-based Ultimate Collector: Garage Sale, is in open beta this weekend only!

I realize that the game — which is largely focused on virtually buying and selling items at garage sales run by NPCs and players — may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but it’s still something that Ultima fans (and Richard Garriott fans in general) should pay attention to, because it will pave the way for the much-discussed Ultimate RPG that Lord British has talked about at length.

If you’re on Facebook, you can try the game here. I’d already signed up to test Ultimate Collector, so I was taken right in to the game. For those of you who haven’t similarly registered for it, there may or may not be a registration screen to fill out; I really can’t say.