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Posted by on Apr 22, 2024

This week we discussed the bullroarer preview, carry-all renaming, our week in gaming, and fireworks. http://lotroacademy.com/lotroplayers/LPN558.mp3Podcast: Play in new window |...

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LOTRO Players News Episode 556: Forest Cluck

Posted by on Apr 8, 2024

This week we discussed Update 39.1.2, last weekend’s down time, and our week in gaming.

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Seeing LOTRO

LOTRO Players News Episode 556: Forest Cluck

Posted by on Apr 8, 2024

This week we discussed Update 39.1.2, last weekend’s down time, and our week in gaming.

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Beyond LOTRO

Free Range Games Unearths an Oct. 24 Release Date for The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™ on PlayStation®5 and Windows PC

Posted by on Aug 23, 2023

Independent developer Free Range Games and publisher North Beach Games today announced the release date for their highly anticipated co-op survival crafting...

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Recent Posts

LOTRO Players News Episode 520: Flying War Beavers

LOTRO Players News Episode 520: Flying War Beavers

Jul 31, 2023

This week we discussed Update 37 Bullroarer Beta #2, the upcoming extended downtime on August 2nd, and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Player News Episode 519: Into the Future

LOTRO Player News Episode 519: Into the Future

Jul 24, 2023

This week we discussed Bullroarer Update 37 Beta #1, the Crafting Update, the Lyndelby Housing preview, and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 518: Better Beorning Bureau

LOTRO Players News Episode 518: Better Beorning Bureau

Jul 17, 2023

This week we discussed the Update 36.1 release notes, the first crafting event that is coming soon, and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 517: Ring Forgery

LOTRO Players News Episode 517: Ring Forgery

Jul 10, 2023

This week we discussed store sales, a new LOTR game being produced, and our week in gaming.

Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria Coming This Fall

Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria Coming This Fall

Jul 5, 2023

Lord of the Rings is back with a new story focused on the Dwarves narrated by the brilliant John Rhys-Davis (Whom you will know from the movies) The title is based on the ending of The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, when Middle-earth enters its Fourth Age. The game follows the dwarf Gimli as he returns with the dwarves to the mines of Moria after...

LOTRO Players News Episode 516: Successful Failure

LOTRO Players News Episode 516: Successful Failure

Jul 3, 2023

This week we discussed Update 36.0.2 and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 515: Herd of Mumakil

LOTRO Players News Episode 515: Herd of Mumakil

Jun 26, 2023

This week we discussed the Magic of Middle-earth and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 514: A Billion Morale

LOTRO Players News Episode 514: A Billion Morale

Jun 19, 2023

This week we discussed teasers that have been released for Update 37 and Update 38 before discussing our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 513: War Buffalo!

LOTRO Players News Episode 513: War Buffalo!

Jun 12, 2023

This week we discussed Update 36.0.1 and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 512: Shallow Delving Dabbler

LOTRO Players News Episode 512: Shallow Delving Dabbler

Jun 6, 2023

This week we discussed the release of Update 36 and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 511: Legendary Excuses

LOTRO Players News Episode 511: Legendary Excuses

May 29, 2023

This week we discussed Bullroarer Beta #3 for Update 36 and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 510: Permadeath Helicopters

LOTRO Players News Episode 510: Permadeath Helicopters

May 22, 2023

This week we discussed Bullroarer Update 36 Beta #2 and our week in gaming.

Amazon Is Working On A New Lord Of The Rings MMO

Amazon Is Working On A New Lord Of The Rings MMO

May 16, 2023

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Amazon is making an MMO based on The Lord of the Rings.     A Lord of the Rings game is on the way from Amazon Games, as it enters an agreement with Embracer Group to develop an MMO game set within the stories of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit books. That’s right, Amazon Games has...

LOTRO Players News Episode 509: Double Pie

LOTRO Players News Episode 509: Double Pie

May 15, 2023

This week we discussed Update 35.1.3, Bullroarer Beta #1 for Update 36, and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 508: Flock of Goblins

LOTRO Players News Episode 508: Flock of Goblins

May 8, 2023

This week we discussed Update 35.1.2, hot air balloons, and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 507: Vermin Confidence

LOTRO Players News Episode 507: Vermin Confidence

May 1, 2023

This week we discussed Update 35.1.1 and our week in gaming.

5$ level 105 valar “trick”

If you’re looking for a cheap valar or virtue xp. Currently (till the 30th of april ) the standard Mordor bundle with a level 105 valar package is on sale at https://www.lotro.com/expansions. While it doesn’t list the valar. Due to some issues on release they also added the valar package normally reserved for the higher ones. This even works if you...

LOTRO Players News Episode 506: Corgi Vu

LOTRO Players News Episode 506: Corgi Vu

Apr 24, 2023

This week we discussed Update 35.1 and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 505: Threat Sauce

LOTRO Players News Episode 505: Threat Sauce

Apr 17, 2023

This week we discussed Bullroarer Test #3 for Update 35.1 and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 504: SOS Emote for NPCs?

LOTRO Players News Episode 504: SOS Emote for NPCs?

Apr 11, 2023

This week we discussed Update 35.0.1 and our week in gaming.