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AoC Community has an interesting contest going on and you can win a nice prize package if win the hunt. Hunt is only to be held on certain dates though:

Keep an eye out on the Season Event entries on the portal at 23rd, 24th, 29th, 30th and 31st of December. These will be the dates the competition will be held.

Have fun!

Age of Conan Community has announced they are giving away special items for this holiday season! Fire up those email programs and enter for a chance to win!

With a bit of luck you might win a whole set of in-game items for your Age of Conan account. Each set contains:

* The brand new Snow Mammoth
* The War Mammoth
* The Killer Rhino
* Ring of Acheron
* Drinking Cape
* Bag of Holding
* Amazon Bow
* Totem of Origins

This is some good stuff. If you’re one of the lucky ones you will definitely be the envy of others.

Good luck!

Sadly my Dad passed away on November 3rd. I haven’t had much time to do anything but work as the expense of the trip from Omaha, NE to Tazewell, VA has tapped into my reserves. I hope to post something new and less depressing in the next few weeks. Sorry for the downer. :’-(

While digging through my older comics I came across Sergio Aragone’s Groo The Wanderer #1. Not having read it in many years I decided to add it to my reading list. Still hilarious and highly recommended for a good laugh, however, not easy to find. Luckily Dark Horse Comics released “Groo: Hell On Earth” last month with 112 pages of Groo idiocy and many of the older Marvel issues have been bound together in collections that can be found on Amazon and eBay. If you prefer the original issues and can’t find them on eBay go to your local comic shop you might get lucky and find a few issues.

Today’s announcement of the first tier 3 city missed the mark by nearly a month. In reality Lords of the Dead completed their tier 3 in early September on the DeathWhisper server. Oops… Congrats to both guilds as it is an achievement. I guess someone fell asleep at AoC central and missed the Lords of the Dead achievement.

There have not been any Age of Conan Community Lore Library updates since May. In the ever growing world of AoC and the rich pool of resources available in the world of Conan fiction is there nothing more to be added to the lore of the realms? Although the frequency of updates to this library was slow at best and came mostly in spurts it is a great resource for new players interested in the history of AoC up to this point (or at least up to the 9th of May). If you read through it you might even learn something you didn’t already know about the places and people of the Hyborian Age.

Will the Age of Conan game content actually become a part of the Conan lore? There are already short fiction stories being written about adventures in the game. Will Conan, Inc allow it? Letting the people who enjoy the creation of Robert E. Howard control the path of the Hyborian Age might inject more interest in Conan and fresh talent should always be welcome. It remains to be seen if everything will need the stamp of approval from Conan, Inc. Time will tell.

I decided to hold off on discussing the first official issue of Conan the Cimmerian until I had more of a story to work with. In these 2 issues the reader is introduced to Connacht, Conan’s grandfather, through the mysterious hermit. The hermit assists Conan by frightening away some Vanaheim raiders seeking revenge for the carnage Conan delivered to their kin in Conan the Cimmerian #0.

In Issue #1 (”Hunter’s Moon”) the hermit begins the tale of how Connacht saved 2 children from a gruesome death at the hands of the marsh folk by being bound and tossed into the depths of the marshes.

In Issue #2 (”Mark of the Wolf”) the hermit continues the story of Connacht with the discovery of the grizzly remains of Connacht’s horse. Forced to travel by foot the trio come upon a farm and Connacht attempts to make the children look hard working and useful in hopes the farmer will take them in. When night comes the farmer’s daughter and one of the children go missing…

The story so far is good. I’m not thrilled about the art used in the tale about Connacht. I’m wondering if it was intentionally drawn this way. Many of the characters seem to be distorted or caricatures and the creatures are, in a word, terrible. I’ll admit to not being an art critique but I would like to hear from someone else. Is it just me or is that art really just that bad?

After a bit of work I have the King Conan Forum live. Come one, come all and enlighten us with your reviews, opinions and tales of adventure. The forum topics cover a wide range: Age of Conan MMORPG, Conan Comics & Fiction, Red Sonja Comics, Fantasy Comics & Fiction and if there is enough chatter about any certain topic I’ll add it into the categories. Moderators are wanted so if you have some experience with spam control or are an expert in a given category let me know. Enjoy!