We had 13 entries from the Drachenfels shard that included some very creative stories. For your enjoyment, here are the 5 winners: [Somewhere in Sosaria back in 1999…] Dear diary, *inkblot* It´s been some weeks now, since I started travelling the lands of Sosaria. In my efforts to become a good citizen I had to encounter fearsome creatures like Mongbats, Ettins and evil undead. My brothers Hegor and Kregor are good-for-nothing, lambasting murderers and bandits down at the crossroads, but I think a woodelf should follow the path of the virtues. … more or less. *smiles and takes a nip […]

Anniversaries are always ripe with memories of a time past. The original producers of UO recently shared their memories of the early beginnings of Ultima Online at the 2012 Game Developers Conference. Gamasutra did an interesting summary of a few of those memories here.

Though we enjoyed all of the entries we received from the Catskills shard, we had to force ourselves to only select half of them. Here are the 5 winning entries from Catskills: Author: Ludes Title: The Discovery of Illshenar          Ludes puffed contentedly on his pipe as he sat on the porch of his first home..  It was a small marble workshop south of Minoc, close to the bay.. It had taken almost a year for him and Lady Kyra to buy it.. but at last it was his.. an actual home to store his things and […]

We received many stories from Baja and our winners shared some inspiring memories of camaraderie. The top 5 most memorable UO moments from Baja: Fig The Ancient I struggled with this one for a while…their are so many good moments to remember but this one touched me deeply, and also gave me insight to the folks that played on our server. It was a few months after guilds were introduced into the world. It was during the times when houses were often vandalized by red characters. They would often kill members and steal the keys to your home then empty it […]

It is time for another Ask and Answer and this week we answer a lot of great questions from UO Mania. UO Mania clorenz – Are there any plans to add books to store Scrolls of Alacrity or Powerscrolls similar to the books for Scroll of Transcendence? Mesanna:  When we did the SOT book we had planned to add these other ways to store items.  There are just so many things we want to get done we have to take them one at a time.  Please be patient they are coming. UO Mania clorenz – Are there any plans to […]

Choosing winners from the Atlantic shard was extremely tough. We had received 22 entries from the shard and enjoyed every one! We hope you enjoy our top 5 winning selections: The Kindness of Friends & Strangers. There has been so many memorable moments in my years of playing Ultima Online that it is difficult to pick only one. Foremost in my mind are the friends and just random people that I have met. These people really enhance the experience of this world we call Sosaria. During the Earth Year 1998, my goal was to place my first house. Placing even […]

Please join us in witnessing the Coronation of Lord Blackthorn the New King of Britannia, on your resident shard.  This re-enactment is for all the citizens that were not able to join us for the live party in Va. Baja 10-10 @ 10pm EST Catskills Not Announced Yet Chesapeake10-10 @ 8:30pm EST Lake Superior Not announced yet Legends Not announced yet Napa Valley 10/09 @ 7pm PST Pacific 10/11 @ 7pm PST Siege 10/14 @ 3pm EDT Sonoma 10-8 @ 9pm EST Drachenfels 10-10 @ 2pm EST Oceania 10-14 @ 6am EST Please check with your town crier for additional information […]

The Oceania shard’s contestants remind us that though some moments are full of strife, it’s the people with which we share the challenge that make the moment special. We had three entries from the Oceania shard so all of them are winners! Most Memorable Moment in UO In all my time of playing UO, there have been quite a few memorable moments, But to be honest nothing really captures the very first time I logged in (On my very first account – way back in 1998) It was Chespeake, the shard I first played on; because Oceania didn’t exist yet. […]

It is time to announce the next set of winners in the Memorable Moments Contest. Players on the Formosa shard mixed it up with entries containing poetry, epic battles and a holiday event. We hope you enjoy their tales as much as we have! We received four entries from the Formosa shard and, once again, all entries are winners! It was the year 2006, almost a year had passed by and business had picked up that year since the relocation of the Chocolit Shoppe in Formosa. With the year at end and the joyous atmosphere in the air, I had […]

We are patching out a new client this afternooon for an art  and cliloc updates. A new publish version will arrive with the next regular maintenance to update in-game links to the new website. See you in the game!