Spam Spam Spam Humbug 99 – Board Games, Ultima, and Other Things
This is something of a mystery episode, but the discussion at least starts out focusing on board games, and attempts to adapt Ultima as one.
This is something of a mystery episode, but the discussion at least starts out focusing on board games, and attempts to adapt Ultima as one.
The Dightal Antiquarian turns his attention back to Origin Systems, and the first time they ever re-used a game engine.
During this past year, a number of projects came to light, were started, or even saw releases. Each of projects on this list are closely inspired by the Ultima games, often the early games...
K.G. Orphanides has published a long interview with Joe Garrity, he of Origin Museum fame, on Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
This previous year was a veritable cornucopia of fan projects both large and small. With so many fan projects, it is hard to keep up with what each project did this year and if...
Rumours have been circulating that Microsoft might be looking at buying up EA. Or Valve. Or the PUBG developers.
Goldenflame Dragon has, as always, been improving and adding to The Dark Unknown.
Quest chains and narrative storylines are commonplace in MMORPGs now, but do the inclusion of these elements break the group play experience? Also, Shroud of the Avatar is slated, possibly, for launch this March.
ChicagoWiz is hosting, using Roll20 and Discord, tabletop gaming sessions with an Ultima theme, using his Siege Perilous RPG framework.