How do you RP as yourself?
In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno teaches you how to sound like you're short, Scottish, and have a massive beard.
Jim Moreno looks at how you can bring your pen-and-paper RP experience to Dungeons & Dragons Online: Unlimited.
Jim Moreno walks us through how to properly roleplay in Star Trek Online. Live Long and Prosper.
Jim Moreno discusses how best to network with fellow roleplayers (and himself, of course).
Mythic has big plans for its games which include Warhammer Online, Dark Age of Camelot and Ultima Online. Find out what's in store for players' holiday celebrations by clicking 'read more'.
Jim Moreno outlines the things that would make him one very happy roleplayer this Christmas, even if they won't fit under the tree.
Jim Moreno shares his list of the five most crucial tools for any MMORPG to support roleplaying.
Jim Moreno finishes his look at how to RP using magic with some handy links from around the web.
In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at the actual act of casting the spell itself.
In this week's RoleCraft, we'll look at how a spellcaster puts their magic to good use in the world of roleplay.
Former Ultima Online players are being invited back to Britannia through October 16th. Grab the details by clicking 'read more'.
This week in RoleCraft, we look at how players can work the mystical arts of magic into their RP.
Moments ago, UltimaOnlineEA tweeted this message:
@UltimaOnlineEA: The Stygian Abyss is now Open!!! http://bit.ly/3TX6mY
The Stygian Abyss expansion to Ultima Online is now on sale via UO Gamecode and the EA Store.
Jim Moreno looks at how roleplayers can create a character who is in the military.
Ultima Online gets the star treatment it deserves this week with The MMO Report: Ultima Online: The Stygian Abyss Special.
This week's episode of The MMO Report features Mythic Entertainment Producers Joshua Drescher and Calvin Crowner talking about the new expansion for the game that started it all, Ultima Online. They discuss the new zone, new boss mobs, a new race, and more in The Stygian Abyss!
Felicia Day's MMOG-focused comedy series is great at getting laughs, but can it also teach us things about roleplaying in online worlds?
Morale is a very real aspect of warfare. Historical battles are as often won through moral superiority as physical strength. Rules that account for morale loss (and less frequently, morale gain) are very common in military computer, miniature, and board games yet have been largely neglected for games where a player controls a single avatar.
Ultima Online subscribers are being treated to a free content upgrade in the form of the 2005 expansion, Mondain's Legacy. Check out how to get it by clicking 'read more'.
EA and Chinese developer, NetDragon, have signed a licensing agreement to create a new MMO based on the Ultima Online property. Keep reading!
As long as player action sequences are the driving force behind special maneuvers, MMOs will be nothing but a numbers game. The key to break this cycle is to focus on responses to the enemy's actions.
How much of an MMO is button smashing and how much involves actual skill? This installment is an investigation of how armor choices and shield employment can yield more combat decisions.
I like stats as much as the next person (probably more), but when warfare is boiled down to raw probabilities, battlefield skill disappears. The building of the best stat base becomes much more important than any sort of tactical competency. Instead of seeking a skill based work-around, games come up with new statistical probabilities.
Beta sign ups for Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss have started at the official site. Pop through to the other side to find out where and how to sign up!
In this installment, Jonathan Steinhauer looks at the last MMO class archetypes, the Healer, and why this role at least is solidly developed.
The box are for Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss has been revealed and you can get a gander at it in all its glory by clicking below! What are you waiting for?
The announcement is official for the release of the next expansion to the grandaddy of MMORPGs, Ultima Online. Stygian Abyss is scheduled for a summer release this year! Check out the details by clicking 'read more'.
The archetypal concept of the tank assumes that PvE opponents have the mental capacity of cattle. Instead of a monster intelligently attacking what would make his enemy most vulnerable (the Healer) or what is the greatest actual threat (the DPS), it attacks the one opponent that isthe smallest real threat and the hardest to kill: the Rodeo Clown... er Tank.
