Disclaimer: information found on the sites below may be out of date; many sites are of historic/nostalgic interest only. (But not all. Determining which are still useful is left as an exercise for the reader.)

Original source: The Ultimate AA Link Page

Getting started

The Ancient Anguish website
To connect, enter ancient.anguish.org port 2222 into your favourite mud/telnet client.
The Java telnet applet may help - but on the long run, a proper mud client is better.
Thematic setting of AA
Serin’s Newbie Guide to Ancient Anguish - Version 1.56
AA Newbie Research (fails to load 07/2010) (On Archive.org)
The Newbie's Guide to Ancient Anguish by Celyia (404 07/2010) (On Archive.org)

Tools

Play to optimize

[1] - Newest AA site, released in March of 2017.
AA for dummies! - weapon evals, NPC levels, some area maps
World of AA - has much of the info from AA for dummies in case the above is down
AAwiki.net - This Wiki
Rhynst's newbie guide at Proboards - from 2006; some info may be outdated, but much remains useful
AA forum at Proboards - a place you can post questions and get a variety of responses. Sometimes helpful, sometimes snarky.
Spootopia - assorted info, some ranger-specific
Anguish Players - includes lots of data and tips from Popeye/Anthem, Catalog, Mani, and others
Cosm's Happy Fun Time - lots of assorted info, including how to id potions without id!
Levek's AA info site - max stats, wolf list, container comparison, evals, etc., and generally the most-current world map
Spindrifter's eval lists at Blackvelvet's library. (404 07/2010) (On Archive.org)
KC's Prime Cut of Anguish (404 07/2010) (On Archive.org)
Ionstar's site with various class and other info
Iorek's site
Snowfolk For Science - has assorted info about mining, abilities, heals, etc.
The Ophidian Order (404 03/2014) (Not on Archive.org, AAwiki mirror)
GhanimX (404 03/2014) (Not on Archive.org, AAwiki mirror)

Places to go

Map of Ancient Anguish - The continent maps can now be combined (select "Oerthe" above the map)
Geography and Townships of Ancient Anguish - An overview of some of the places you know.
Macl's graphical maps - partial archive from 2005.
Dmitri's map site - ascii maps of many areas

Classes for power

Killcrazy's Artificer Guide (now hosted on AA for Dummies! for Killcrazy)
Moot's stinking hovel - an old shapeshifter information page with time & xp tables, now mirrored and annoying to browse
Another shapeshifter site - which won't work without flash anymore? Bah. (404 02/2014)
Sharn's shifter pages
Blackvelvet's library (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
Aristotel's Academy of Mages (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)

Guilds for finding like-minded folk

Clan of the Black Bear - Levek's site has pictures of guild members and other information.
The Knight's Library
Hung's Scythe Picture Page

History to learn

History of Ancient Anguish - prehistory, Human Era, present "Reign Of Order" by the Truehearts
The Trueheart noble lineage
Fir's Canticle archive - featuring AA's finest and best newspaper! Ignore that Dalair Free Press!
Ricochet's Eldar site with some background information.

Stories to tell

There's plenty of fan fiction in the different libraries inside Ancient Anguish - just ask an artificer for where they can be found, they'll know!

Scarecrazy-Sarahsa's story
Petite's story (timeout 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
History of Odessa (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
Demetrious's page (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
Kushana's story
Brother MacMurray
All about Stargirl
Kurtz's story (404 02/2014) (No Archive.org mirror)
Origin of Janus
Leonin's story (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
Nizzura's story
Fir's AA fan fiction collection - including a copy of Bleys's stories.
Zaria's character picture
Chichi's character picture (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
Tamaryn's Inspired by AA artwork
Rastamon's - uhm - character picture? ;) (404 02/2014 - No archive.org mirror)
Tanker's looks
Earless Drusilla's character page (404 02/2014 - No Oocities or Archive.org mirror)
AA songs (Fir)

Recreation

Ancient Anguish forum on Proboards
Ye olde Ancient Anguish Picture Page
AA group on Facebook (Pictures! requires free registration)
AA community on Google+ (Can browse without registration)
Odessa's AA webshots (404 02/2014)
AA has a tribe on Tribe.net
And a Livejournal community
Various contests once arranged, drawing, crosswords...

AA in the news

Ancient Anguish on Wikipedia - * Answers.com uses it too
A thesis: Nonverbal Communication in Text Based Virtual Realities - that's muds, and we're mentioned!
Are we in top 10 on Topmudsites yet? - might vote first
Mud of the Month on Mudconnect - already three years after it was set out. Check out the history.

People's misc AA sites

Ancient Anguish Tourism features the AA Praisebook; the signing hasn't worked for a while, but you can still view it for a bit of history. :)
Mappyr's site has books, feeling lists and an awesome link list we have violently ripped off. (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
Blackvelvet's library - not updated anymore, but still hosts e.g. Spindrifter's eval lists and Evergreen's pelt schedule. (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
Jerusulum's notes on Ancient Anguish - get quest help from a senator! (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
Fir's AA site - various timeless topics, not updated except for the Canticle archive.
Bigcalm's site (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
Thothamon's AA Drippings - a general resource for misc information (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
Various stats info (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
Kazak's page
Nijsmirges' site
Niteowl's site (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
Seraphim's Ancient Research (404 02/2014) (No Oocities mirror, broken Archive.org mirror)
Siunen's thieving logs
Untitled's site - some directions, various information. (404 02/2014) (On Archive.org)
DarkVault of Ancient Anguish (-2002)

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