Stuff I read in the Exult forums
I sometimes forget to check the Exult forums for a few weeks at a time, which I really shouldn’t do. Forget, that is…shouldn’t forget. Like as not, those forums are the hub of much...
Tagged: Ultima
Calling all cartographers!
Now there’s a sentence one doesn’t usually expect to type. Mark Mitchell contacted me a couple months ago, and then again just this week, to inform me of his ambitious project to create a...
Ultima as tabletop wargame
Andrew Brozyna contacted me to inform me of his new project — which he calls “Ultima XXVIII” — which is an effort to create a tabletop wargame homage to the Ultima series using classic...
An Ultima-themed calendar
Girly calendars aren’t the sort of thing I’d normally cover here at Aiera, but this one merits an exception to the rule. Ergonpandilus Dragon brought to my attention this offering from Italian photographer Enrico...
News next Tuesday
Just a quick note: I’ll have a few news posting next Tuesday. I’ve been a bit lax, owing to an absurd amount of work and yet another trip to Wyoming. And in that time,...
Nazghul/Haxima 0.7.0 Released
I just got word from Tim Carlsen: version 0.7.0 of the Ultima-inspired adventure game engine, Nazghul, has been released. Do check the project website for details and downloads for Windows and Linux. Haxima, the...
Who mourns for Geocities?
Well, that’s it. Yahoo!’s Geocities website-hosting service is, as of today, officially closed. With it closes at least a dozen Ultima website, including some project websites listed here at Aiera. I haven’t gone through...
Let's Play Ultima 5!
Reader galway brought to my attention another YouTube-based effort to play through an Ultima game. Or, in this case, an Ultima remake: Ultima V: Lazarus. Ladies and Luke, I give you: Let’s Play Ultima...
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
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?
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...
