tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post5792633644735596659..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: PC to tabletop: Ultima IVJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-17975884015125981862007-11-08T18:24:00.000-06:002007-11-08T18:24:00.000-06:00I'm a game technology Master's student at the Univ...I'm a game technology Master's student at the University of Abertay in Dundee, Scotland. At last year's GDC I heard Waren Spector say, "Ultima IV changed my life" <BR/><BR/>I couldn't agree more. I have a big U4 poster on my wall to remind me why I'm here.<BR/><BR/>http://gamedev.alaskajohn.net/htsrv/trackback.php?tb_id=42Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-21013982772873504462007-09-06T12:00:00.000-05:002007-09-06T12:00:00.000-05:00And kudos for the Denis Loubet illustration, S. Jo...<B>And kudos for the Denis Loubet illustration, S. John! I always thought those were gorgeous illustrations in the Ultima IV booklet...</B><BR/><BR/>It's also a long-term quest of mine to produce a short run of screen-printed Uresia cloth maps ... Not much progress on that front, but it's my own fault for self-swamping; it's not like it's rocket-science to find a local scren-printing house that could do it :) Sigh.S. John Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284417121877141161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-54518122769666988012007-09-06T03:32:00.000-05:002007-09-06T03:32:00.000-05:00I almost forgot to comment on the point of the pos...I almost forgot to comment on the point of the post. Aside from Ultima IV's coolness, I mean.<BR/><BR/>I think it would be absolutely super-keen if gaming companies were willing and able to package an RPG like Ultima IV. I've been pleased to see more companies releasing games in a smaller format - from <I>Castles & Crusades</I> collector's boxed set and Mongoose's $20 players' handbooks to <I>Burning Wheel</I> and other indy games. Since getting my <I>Traveller</I> LBBs, I've also enjoyed the easy portability of such gamebooks.<BR/><BR/>The in-character map, history book, and magic book double as props <I>and</I> as rules for players. Granted, being produced for a video game, they aren't required to detail the rules like your average RPG, but then, having a separate GM's book in the box would probably solve that, I warrant.Devin Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944849659698291143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-19052781161741613972007-09-06T03:07:00.000-05:002007-09-06T03:07:00.000-05:00I had wanted to post on this earlier, but I got di...I had wanted to post on this earlier, but I got distracted and forgot.<BR/><BR/>Anyway. I absolutely <I>loved</I> Ultima IV. It influenced my <I>D&D</I> games for years afterward, and I wanted to use that chargen morality system in my own game somehow, though I never quite worked it all out. Many of my happy nostalgic memories are of playing Ultima IV on the C64 in the wood-paneled living room with my friends sitting around the desk. <BR/><BR/>However, my best friend's favorite pastime was making his character as evil as possible, just so that Hawkwind the Seer would verbally blast him every time we checked in on him ("Thou art lower than a slug!").<BR/><BR/>Man, I miss that map, too.<BR/><BR/>And kudos for the Denis Loubet illustration, S. John! I always thought those were gorgeous illustrations in the Ultima IV booklet...Devin Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944849659698291143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-8177250670671571352007-09-05T12:36:00.000-05:002007-09-05T12:36:00.000-05:00I dropped many hours on Ultima IV. I had the cloth...I dropped many hours on Ultima IV. I had the cloth map hanging on my wall. <BR/><BR/>Defeating the pirate town was one of the hardest things I've ever done in a video game.Mike Kuciakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13345342370898964077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-77616537376053671942007-09-05T07:57:00.000-05:002007-09-05T07:57:00.000-05:00wulfgar: jrients at the gmail to the dot comwulfgar: jrients at the gmail to the dot comJeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-30618440283862852092007-09-05T07:54:00.000-05:002007-09-05T07:54:00.000-05:00hey Jeff,Do you have an email address that I can c...hey Jeff,<BR/><BR/>Do you have an email address that I can contact you at?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-26300302869615732862007-09-04T18:07:00.000-05:002007-09-04T18:07:00.000-05:00I died so often in this game. I loved it, but I re...I died so often in this game. I loved it, but I really sucked at playing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-21968868614092621602007-09-04T15:26:00.000-05:002007-09-04T15:26:00.000-05:00I never played Ultima IV, though - from the sound ...I never played Ultima IV, though - from the sound of it - I ought to have done so. If you can address some of the ways it approached morality, I'd be appreciative. It is <A HREF="http://neitherworldstories.blogspot.com/2007/09/beyond-alignment-adding-moral.html" REL="nofollow">an interest of mine</A>, you know...Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319443832578685630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-52314076773949892102007-09-04T13:58:00.000-05:002007-09-04T13:58:00.000-05:00I thank you for introducing me to the term "Crysta...I thank you for introducing me to the term "Crystal Dragon Jesus". I intend to use this term with great frequency when describing religions in certain campaign settings now that I know that it exists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-10330284216988631682007-09-04T13:21:00.000-05:002007-09-04T13:21:00.000-05:00I look back at Ultima IVBack? Your blog makes me f...<B>I look back at Ultima IV</B><BR/><BR/>Back? <BR/><BR/>Your blog makes me feel old :)<BR/><BR/>[Returns to his game of Beyond Zork ...]S. John Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284417121877141161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-9260685014157590732007-09-04T13:17:00.000-05:002007-09-04T13:17:00.000-05:00Ultima IV is the #1 reason there's a Denis Loubet ...Ultima IV is the #1 reason there's a Denis Loubet illustration in Uresia II ;)S. John Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12284417121877141161noreply@blogger.com