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Follow for pictures from the 1990s MMORPG Ultima Online. Screenshots ranging from 1997 to 2025, but always include a story. Stories shared by GM Boomland Jenkins https://uotides.com/

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At the Northwest Pole, as snow fell near,
Santa shared six gifts of cheer.

A festive hat, a tree stood tall,
A holiday ham to feed them all.
Candy canes, bent just so,
Gingerbread cookies, sweet and slow.

....

#Christmas #IndieGameDev #TidesofPower
Santa and Christmas themed items in a video game called Ultima Online
December 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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"Ice Ice Baby" ... someone killed Vanilla Ice at the Northwest Pole!

#UltimaOnline #TidesofPower #ScreenshotSunday
Screenshot from Ultima Online. The corpse of Vanilla Ice, laying at the trunk of an evil Christmas tree. This takes place at the North(west) Pole. A snowy scene with delightful Christmas trees, trinkets, and wreaths
December 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Players have started the annual ritual of summoning Krampus by slaying minions in front of the Krampus bush.

#screenshotsaturday #indiegamedev #krampus #ultimaonline
Ultima Online game screenshot. There is a red Christmas tree with a board game box called Summoning Krampus. There are candy canes, a gingerbread cookie, and knife wielding minions. This all takes place on a snowy scene.
December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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The Northwest Pole awaits! Today kicks off our annual Christmas and winter holiday event, featuring a collection of misfit toys who have put the holiday at risk.

Help the Toy Maker complete Santa's list before Christmas.

uotides.com/news/tides-c...

#TidesofPower #IndieGameDev #ScreenshotSunday
A screenshot from Ultima Online, featuring Santa at the Northwest Pole. There is an ice castle, reindeer, candy canes, and other holiday festive items.
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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It's almost time for Santa's workshop!

#UltimaOnline #TidesofPower #IndieGameDev
Santa's toy workshop, a large stone structure with gifts, candycanes, and more
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I just moved into my corner suite and it already feels like home.

#screenshotsaturday #indiegamedev #tidesofpower
A man sits in his large stone suite inside a castle. It has two fire places, leather couchs, and bear-skin carpet rugs.
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Setting up "mall Santa" at the West Britain Bank. I am under the impression that it is no longer too early to decorate for Christmas!

#Christmas #UltimaOnline #TidesofPower
A mall Santa style setup is on display at a popular bank. It sits on a flat-top and open roof. Ultima Online video game screenshot, full color, isometric design
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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The Stuffin' Speedrun is off to a great start! Many have tried, few have succeeded to make it to the end...

If you ever wanted to ride a giant turkey in Ultima Online, this may be your only chance!

#TurkeyTrot #IndieGameDev #UltimaOnline #TidesofPower
A man riding a giant turkey through a hallway of fire A man riding a giant turkey through a hallway of fire A man in a pink robe and with a cloak rides a giant turkey through a hallway of fire
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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We ask, who is hunting WHO, this Thanksgiving week?

Join us for the great turkey hunt, where YOU are the hunted!

#Thanksgiving #UltimaOnline #IndieGameDev
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Everything is fine.... Join us next week for Thanksgiving at the Stuffin' Speedrun track!

Players will ride giant turkeys through a fiery grid of paths and pits. The Player who make it the furthest, or to the end with the shortest time, wins!

#ScreenshotSaturday #IndieGameDev #EverythingIsFine
A man riding a giant turkey is trapped in a room filled with fire and narrow walkways. Ultima Online screenshot, video game 90s isometric RPG
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The first PvP tournament of many happened last night at the Bloody Farm Tavern. Players were treated to freshly baked pies between their fights and a sacrifice.

#UltimaOnline #PvP #Roleplaying #TidesofPower
A screenshot from Ultima Online. A person in a yellow outfit wields an axe near a chicken. The chicken stands on a pentagram with candles at its tips. This is all taking place in a strong tower filled with treasure chests, barrels, baskets, and other homely goods A screenshot from Ultima Online. A group of armored humans stand on top of a stone tower, near a pile of human body parts A group of mages and warriors stand on top of a stone tower, lined up and taking a picture. There is a farmland in the distance with bears and horses.
November 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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When the floods came, mercy drowned with the cities. Those cast out were left to wander the broken lands, scavenging for food and shelter wherever they could.

Play UO Tides of Power for free and join others in rebuilding Britannia after a catastrophic flood.

#roleplay #ultimaonline #TidesofPower
A wilderness setting with signs of distress, litter, human trash and waste, along with a few people who wander aimlessly. A screenshot from the 1990s RPG Ultima Online
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Extra pillows, a bottle of something to drink, a whip, a mask and a queen sized bed. Sounds like a fun night...

#TidesofPower #UltimaOnline #ScreenshotSunday
a bed with colorful pillows, playful masks and toys in a stone castle.
November 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Well, that escalated quickly! Someone makes one dick joke and suddenly everyone is a comic...

#EverydayisHalloween #UltimaOnline #Halloween
A man stands with his pumpkin scarecrows as they worship the mighty pumpkin tower.
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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We let our players earn large pumpkins in the Halloween event this year.

UO players love to take existing items and place/stack them in ways to create visual masterpieces. Some people build pianos, some build aquariums, and some build...uh well...something phallic!

#UO #MMORPG #phallic
A stone castle stands on a field. The proud owner of the castle stands on the wall, organizing his pumpkins from the fall harvest
October 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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After the flood, the ocean became a dangerous and beacons of light were setup to guard the seas...until the player pirates showed up and killed them all.

#UltimaOnline #Pirates #Storytelling
Ships at sea filled with cannons, lights, corpses of sea serpents floating nearby and pirates ransacking the boat deck.
October 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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The first player ran tavern on Tides of Power has opened. Welcome to the Bloody Farms Tavern!

#roleplaying #storytelling #UO
October 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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After half a year of rebuilding farms, reclaiming trade routes, and restoring order, it’s time for the people of Britannia to relax ..by entering a dangerous cave filled with spiders, in hopes to get silk to create the best damn Halloween costume ever.

#ScreenshotSaturday #EverydayisHalloween
The Harvest Masquerade - Tides of Power
Word spreads through the flooded lands, the farmers of Britain and the druids of Yew invite all adventurers to a grand celebration! The Harvest Masquerade
uotides.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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The rest of the town might be hostile to you, but Lizzy Zar the fence is willing to trade with anyone who enters her shop.

#UltimaOnline #IndieGameDev #ScreenshotSunday
A lizardman stands in a shop filled with crates, weaponry, arrows, and gems. The shop is a hut in the middle of a swamp. A man in dark ringmail armor stands in the entrance.
October 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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When the flood hit, no where was safe. Towns were wiped from existence and dungeons across the lands had their entrances flooded.

#storytelling #UltimaOnline #IndieGameDev
Dungeon Hythloth from Ultima Online. There are demons, succubus, pentagrams drawn with blood and other demonic symbols.
October 15, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Fishing is a dangerous profession on Tides of Power...
I think I see Nessy!

#UltimaOnline #Fishing
a player is fishing in Ultima Online video game and is surrounded by terrifying sea serpents
October 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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#pixelart #artpost
October 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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I don't even know what I am anymore...Mage? Pirate? Grizzly Adams? Renowned bird watcher? Santa?

#screenshotsaturday #ultimaonline #indiegamedev
An interesting character stands in a pirate outfit, with a sword at his side, a parrot on his shoulder, he holds a mage's staff and is wearing Santa's famous red hat.
October 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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There are no tariffs on UO Tides of Power. Boats filled with fresh fish, iron ore, and other supplies are free to come and go at the port of New Magincia.

#screenshotsunday #tariffs #ultimaonline
A cluster of ships gather around a stone structure that sits along the coastline of a jungle island. Ultima Online video game screenshot
September 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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DND players learned long ago, never trust a DM with a smile.

Well, these UO players couldn't see my smile or hear my laughter as I watched them try, time after time, to escape from the dungeon. We all had fun playing Dungeon RUN!

uotides.com/wiki/dungeon...

#IndieGameDev #UO
a pile of corpses wearing chainmail armor and holding shields lay on the floor of a castle hallway, there are bone piles and barrels in the background
September 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM