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.
Rumours have been circulating that Microsoft might be looking at buying up EA. Or Valve. Or the PUBG developers.
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.
What better way to kick off a new year of Spam Spam Spam Humbug than to do a “live” recording at a meetup of Ultima Dragons?
In which we explore headcanon, what-if scenarios about Sosarian and Britannia history, and even where some Ultima games themselves took canon in a different direction.
A previously unpublished 2014 interview with Richard Garriott, in which he discusses Ultima 9, Ultima X, Shroud of the Avatar, and other things besides.