Tagged: RPG

Added: Ultimate Action RPG Maker

Added: Ultimate Action RPG Maker

In his latest news post, Dino mentioned this interesting-looking new project, which aims to craft an RPG maker that features Ultima 7-ish graphics and no need for programming skill. It seemed worth a project...

Restored: Arx Fatalis

Restored: Arx Fatalis

Some of you may recall that Aiera did in fact play host to a demo version of Arkane Studios’ epic, Ultima Underworld-inspired RPG Arx Fatalis. Also to be found were a handful of update...

Beautiful Britannia progress report

Beautiful Britannia progress report

Because I’m a horribly forgetful person, I failed to post this news when it was at its freshest. Firstknight left a comment on his project’s entry to bring us all up to speed on...

'Syndicate' might be making a comeback

'Syndicate' might be making a comeback

I was always a big fan of Syndicate when I was a kid; I spent countless hours in front of my friend Tiago’s Mac LCIII laying into mercenaries (and sometimes civilians…who am I kidding?)...

So by now everyone's heard of Portalarium

So by now everyone's heard of Portalarium

And if not: have you been living under a rock, and/or what colour is the sky on your planet, and also…welcome to Earth. Okay, somewhat more seriously, Portalarium is “an online ecosystem of shared...

What have you been doing, busy little bee?

What have you been doing, busy little bee?

Thanks for asking! Mostly, I’ve been busy at work, and with being a husband and father, and I was just in Wyoming, and… …oh, wait. You’d probably rather hear about the updates to the...

New pen-and-paper Ultima RPG!

New pen-and-paper Ultima RPG!

Michael Shorten has released “Siege Perilous,” his Ultima-inspired tabletop RPG. “Siege Perilous” is an RPG based on the Ultima Age of Darkness CRPG games – #1 through #3. It is developed from an adaptation...

Interview with Denis Loubet

Interview with Denis Loubet

Michael Shorten, tabletop RPG enthusiast and authour of an Ultima-themed pen-and-paper RPG, did an interview with Denis Loubet — game, box, and manual art illustrator for many of the Ultima games — back in...

What is the best order to play the Ultimas in?

What is the best order to play the Ultimas in?

Those of you who have undertaken to read the Bible in its entirety may be familiar with the fact that most Biblical “reading programs” do not recommend attempting a cover-to-cover read-through. Indeed, many such...