ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>Ashen Empires December Newsletter</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- a:link { color: #000000; } a:visited { color: #000000; } --> </style> </head> <body> <div> <table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="587"> <tbody> <!--Top gray bar--> <tr> <td bgcolor="#c2c8d2" style="height: 12px"> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If this email is displaying incorrectly, please click <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ashenempires.com/newsletter/December07Newsletter.html">here</a>.</font> </td> </tr> <!--Top Header image--> <tr> <td bgcolor="#000000"> <img src="http://www.ashenempires.com/Newsletter/Newsletter_files/december07nb.jpg" alt="Pixel Mine" border="0" height="148" width="587" id="Header" /> </td> </tr> <!--Newsletter top; contains date and title--> <tr> <td> <table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="587px"> <tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#000000" height="20px" style="width: 28px"><img alt="" width="587px" src="http://www.ashenempires.com/Newsletter/Newsletter_files/wooddesignbar.jpg" style="height: 14px" /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="587"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 28px; height: 52px;"> <img src="http://secure.pixelminegames.com/App_Images/spacer.gif" alt="" border="0" height="1" width="27" /> </td> <td align="left" width="540" style="height: 52px"> <font style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <strong> <br /> Ashen Empires Newsletter</strong> </font> <font style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br /> December 18, 2007<br /><br /> </font> <img alt="" src="http://secure.pixelminegames.com/app_images/line.png" /> </td> <td width="20" style="height: 52px"> <img src="http://secure.pixelminegames.com/App_Images/spacer.gif" alt="" border="0" height="1" width="20" /> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <!--Main Content--> <tr> <td width="587"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="587"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="27"> <img src="http://secure.pixelminegames.com/app_images/spacer.gif" alt="" border="0" height="1" width="27" /> </td> <td align="left" width="540"> <font style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:11px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br /> <b>Holiday Sale</b><br /> Get ready to stuff your stockings during a special Holiday sale, which runs until the January 2nd. Prices have dropped for certain items, including henchmen, familiars, mask packs, and expansions. (<a href="http://forum.ashenempires.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=55870" target="_blank">Read more about the special pricing</a>).<br /><br /> <b>Christmas Pack</b><br /> The new Christmas pack has hit the shelves in AE. Holiday themed house decorations such as a sled, Christmas tree, presents, and a wreath can bedeck your halls. Also included in the pack are unique masks, such as the Reindeer and one sneaky little fellow packing a big eggnog spoon.<br /><br /> <b>Token Discount</b><br /> As a "token" of our appreciation, we're giving you 10% more tokens during the holiday sale to put a little extra jingle in your pockets. Happy Holidays from IWG!<br /><br /> <b>Special Feature</b><br /> In lieu of a player spotlight, there is isntead a special feature on Grat Rochord of the Legends Server. Take a minute to <a href="http://www.ashenempires.com/playerspotlight.aspx" target="_blank">read</a> more about this truly legendary figure among our community and his influence over the years.<br /><br /> <b>What else is new?</b><br /> There is a <a href="http://www.ashenempires.com/aereporters.aspx" target="_blank">new article</a> by our reporting cow on the scene Tempester, a <a href="http://forum.ashenempires.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=55865" target="_blank">few fixes</a> for the game, a new processor for the Heroes server (down with lag!), and the launcher is going through a design overhaul.<br /><br /> </font><img alt="" src="http://secure.pixelminegames.com/App_Images/line.png" /> <br /><br /> <font style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:9px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>About Iron Will Games</b><br /> Founded in 2004, Iron Will Games is an independent game development studio located in Austin, Texas.<br /> For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.ironwillgames.com">www.ironwillgames.com</a>.<br /><br /> If you wish to unsubscribe from future newsletters, please reply to this email with the word "REMOVE" in the subject. </font> </td> <td width="20"> <img src="http://secure.pixelminegames.com/app_images/spacer.gif" alt="" border="0" width="20"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <!--Spacer--> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"> <img src="http://secure.pixelminegames.com/App_Images/spacer.gif" alt="" border="0" height="26" width="587" /> </td> </tr> <!--Footer--> <tr> <td align="center" background="http://www.ashenempires.com/Newsletter/Newsletter_Files/latticedesignbar_short_dec.jpg" bgcolor="#d3d3d3" style="height: 50px"> <font style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <a href="http://www.ashenempires.com" style="color: black">www.ashenempires.com</a> <br /> </font> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </body> </HTML>