Everywhere I go in LOTRO I spot players that make great use of the cosmetic system to customize their characters. They take a digital avatar and turn it into a dynamic character that blends into the world of Middle-earth. Here are some of the outfits I’ve seen randomly around Bree-town that I thought were well put together. Click on the images for a...

Announcement from the Bounders of the Shire found on the LOTRO forums. August is Month a’ the Chicken! This is our fourth year running this month of events. All times are in Bywater ((servertime)). Once again, the Mayor has deemed August worthy of celebrating all things chicken in the Shire. As our pre-pitch, we’ll have an Egg Patrol in the Shire on...

The Summer Festival is here! Whenever a festival comes around I break out my Warden, Etaoine (pictured above), and send her all over Eriador delivering drinks for the Inn League and the Ale Association. Each delivery (there are 11 for each faction) gives her either one Badge of Taste (for the Inn League) or Badge of Dishonor (for the Ale Association). These can...

So you’re planning on going to Weatherstock. But what are you going to wear? It’s the biggest event in Middle-earth, so no doubt you want to look your best. But are you aware that dressing to the nines might cause trouble for you and other audience members? For instance, this is a lovely looking lady. But can you tell me what’s wrong with her...

  The Fifth Annual Weatherstock event is coming up this weekend. It’s the biggest LOTRO player run event, attracting crowds in the hundreds each year. I think I may be the only person outside of the Lonely Mountain Band who has been involved in the event all 5 years so I thought it would be appropriate to spend some time reminiscing from that unique...

The first song, an upbeat jazzy number, ends and a brightly dressed Hobbit steps forward. “Thank ‘ee! Thank ‘ee a whole bunch!” he says to the enthusiastic crowd. “We’re The Breakfast Club, out ‘o Crickhollow! I’m Dallofin Bolderbrook, Daffin t’ m’ friends, an’ it’s my great privilege...

This weekend has been crazy with concerts on the Landroval server as we get closer to the big date of Weatherstock 2013. In fact, just a half hour after finishing up a pre-Weatherstock concert with my own band I found myself in the Bree-town park area (across from the Bree-town jail) listening to the next group in the lineup: Mornie Alantie. Curudirion,...

My new Captain, Naushika, found herself hunting turtles around Nen Harn in Northern Bree-land. I think it’s sad that the game doesn’t put more effort into sending you to this area, because it’s definitely one of the most beautiful spots. I love the particular blend of grey rock, blue water and green grass found there. Naushika wears heavy...

One of the more interesting bands signed up for Weatherstock this year is having an identity crisis. Originally applying to the show as Flock of Smeagols they seem to have since gone through some kind of arcane process to merge together with last year’s Weatherstock competitors Don’t Tempt Me Frodo. Now they call themselves Flock of Smeagols...

Welcome to Fionnuala’s Fashions! One of my favorite things to do in LOTRO is make outfits and recently I was inspired by a request on the LOTRO forums from Elf RPer Tuiliel for creative ideas for outfits for an Elven wedding. Not much is known about Elven marriage and practically nothing about Elven wedding fashions. Tolkien never went into great detail...

  Yesterday marked the start of the Weatherstock Concert Series with an afternoon show (for those of us in NA, evening for those in the EU) by Laurelin band The Chosen Few, one of the 11 bands participating in the ultimate battle of the bands, Weatherstock. The Chosen Few is lead by Grymrock and members include Uswin, Maramac, Tallic, Chadders, Trotgard,...

After leaving Gweth Valacirca there was an interval where we didn’t do a lot of music in game. We were looking for a new home and I decided to try out an Elven RP kinship for a time, but it wasn’t a very good environment for music. However, during this time I was actively blogging on MyLOTRO about my adventures with the abc system. My efforts were...

Once upon a time I played WoW. It was a game I enjoyed, but ultimately the awfulness of the community wore on me until I couldn’t take it anymore. I decided to try to find a place to game where the people were generally smarter, nicer and had more in common with me. So I came to LOTRO and I was not disappointed. Almost immediately I was amazed by how kind...

Mae govannen, readers of LOTRO Players. My name is Fionnuala and I’m going to be a new contributor on this space, focusing on articles about the music system including news, interviews and articles about music groups and music events. First, I thought I tell you a bit about me and the long, strange journey I’ve taken to become a Minstrel of renown...