Ultima Online: The Ultimate Collector’s Guide Update

Stephen Emond has posted an update on Facebook what to expect with his upcoming Ultima Online: The Ultimate Collector’s Guide, due out later this fall (around the time of UO’s 15th Anniversary):

Ultima Online TUCG – As I continue revising and updating the original (unpublished) book I’ve also been redoing the pictures at 400dpi, which is double the resolution I used in the Ultima guide. This will mainly affect the set & variation pictures, but should show up nice and crisp in the final.

Companion Guide 2013 – An expanded version of the original will be made available for everyone alongside the Ultima Online guide. It will include an Addendum to the 2012 Ultima guide with new additions, updates and corrections.

Full Color Books – Like most of you I would have loved to release the Ultima book in full glorious color. Alas a color option was unavailable for a book of its considerable heft. The good news is full color “Gold Editions” WILL be available for both the UO & Companion Guides.

Addendum 2013 – I will also be providing the Addendum section from the Companion Guide as a free PDF for everyone who purchased the original, so that everyone has the most complete information available.

Official Website – I am also pleased to announce that the Ultima Collector’s Guides will soon have an official home at the new Ultima Codex website 🙂

RocketHub – I plan to run preorders for the new books later this year through RocketHub as I did with the original. I already have a few ideas for some exclusive pre-order swag, but I’m open to suggestions if there’s anything in particular you guys would like to see.

Very good news! And he will be joining us at Ultima Codex as well.

Just over a week ago, he was looking for information on the following Ultima Online editions (localized):

Third Dawn: Norway

Lord Blackthorn’s Revenge: Norway, Sweden, Denmark & South Africa

Age of Shadows: South Africa

Samurai Empire: France, Denmark, Poland & Australia

8th Age & 9th Anniversary: England

If you have information about those, contact Stephen through his Facebook page

If you haven’t picked up a copy, Ultima: The Ultima Collector’s Guide at Amazon is still over 20% off, at $39.95, for 826 pages of Ultima goodness.