Well, as far as UO goes, it is possible to run private servers, but it does take a lot of work to do things right. There are a lot of free servers out there who have totally bastardized the game, but there are some good servers out there that have done all the hard work for us.

Currently, I'm playing on a shard called In Mani Ylem, which is very very close to what UO used to be before OSI screwed it up. Shard population is pretty low, so it's almost a single player game rather than an MMO, but it is still very good.

Keeps me busy until something worthy is released.

To the everlasting glory of the infantry...

Owain ab Arawn
KGB Supreme Knight
King's High Council