What's the fuss about?
Ultima is a series of computer games with much more depth and religious and political content than the usual stuff on the shelves. The core of this series is a numbered trilogy of trilogies, together with several add-on scenarios, spin-offs and fan-made extra scenarios. I recommend the series as highly educational and well researched, not just entertainment but also an exccellent ethical guide which teaches a lot about virtues and buddhistic philosophies. On this page I will describe the games in detail and I will also try to describe how they mirror our real world. Unfortunately the designer of Ultima, Lord British aka Richard Garriott has sold the rights to his games to a very sales-oriented company who has decided to end the series after the ninth part.

ULTIMA TIMELINE:
    THE AGE OF DARKNESS TRILOGY
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  1. The First Age of Darkness
  2. The Revenge of the Enchantress

    3. Escape from Mt. Drash (Ultima Spin-Off)
  3. Exodus

    4. Forging Britannia (Fan-made game)

    THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT TRILOGY

  4. Quest of the Avatar
  5. Warriors of Destiny
  6. The False Prophet

    7. The Savage Empire (Worlds of Ultima I)
    Runes of Virtue I (Ultima Spin-Off)
    Martian Dreams (Worlds of Ultima II)
    Runes of Virtue II (Ultima Spin-Off)
    Arthurian Legends (Worlds of Ultima III,unreleased)
    The Stygian Abyss (Ultima Underworld I)

    THE AGE OF THE GUARDIAN TRILOGY (aka Armageddon trilogy)

  7. The Black Gate

    8. The Forge of Virtue (Ultima 7 Add-On)
    Labyrinth of Worlds (Ultima Underworld II)
    Serpent Isle (Ultima 7 Part II)
    The Silver Seed (Serpent Isle Add-On)
  8. Pagan

    9. The Lost Vale (Ultima 8 Add-On, unreleased)
    The Dark Core (Fan-made game)
  9. Ascension

    10. THE AGE OF REBIRTH?

  10. Odyssey (unreleased)

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