Nov 17, 2016

  It’s scary that I’m even having to talk about “Holiday Sales” The fine folks over at Fantasy Flight Games, have started there annual holiday sale on wide selection of tabletop board games. They did not leave out the Lord Of The Rings Fan!     Work together to confront the ultimate evil! Your task is to stop the Dark Lord...

Nov 12, 2016

  The fine folks over at Bundle Of Holding, have teamed up with Cubicle 7 for an “One Ring Bundle”     There are a couple of ways to get in on this amazing bundle. Firstly, for $14.95 you get the STARTER COLLECTION which comprises: The One Ring Roleplaying Game (usually priced $30) and The Loremaster’s Screen and Lake-town Guide...

Nov 8, 2016

This week’s video highlight takes us on a simple walk into Mordor.  “A Simple Walk Into Mordor” was released in 2016 on Minecraft Middle Earth’s YouTube channel. Do you know of a good Middle-earth themed video and want it to be featured in this series? Send an email to contact@lotroplayers.com with a link to the video and it might end up...

Sep 20, 2016

  Smaug has been defeated, the Battle of Five Armies has been won, and Bilbo has returned to the Shire. But much danger still remains, and from the Orc-holds of the mountains to the dark and corrupt depths of Mirkwood a darkness waits, recovering its strength, laying its plans, and slowly extending its shadow… In Dale, King Bard sends out a call for brave...

Sep 7, 2016

  You may recall we let you know the Adventures In Middle-earth Player’s Guide for D&D 5E was coming from Cubicle 7. Well the day is now here; at least for the PDF.     For those that have pre-ordered, you should have an email from Cubicle 7 with your code for the PDF. If you did not Pre Order, you can head over to Drive Thru RPG and pick up...

Aug 15, 2016

If you have been on the fence about picking up Middle-earth: Shadow Of Mordor because of price, you have NO EXCUSE at all, not to jump in. The fine folks over at Bundle Stars have a great deal right now. Yes you read that correct. $5.99. But that’s not JUST for the base game, oh no. Save a massive 80% with a Steam key for the GDC 2015 Game of the Year,...

Jul 28, 2016

Awhile back, we told you that Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Sophisticated Games were bringing J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth to Dungeons & Dragons 5E.   We now, have a bit more information on what we will be seeing. Dominic McDowall, Cubicle 7 CEO says: “When the OGL was announced for 5th Edition, we knew we had to embark on a new quest. We have so...

Mar 18, 2016

Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Sophisticated Games are bringing J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth to Dungeons & Dragons via the updated Open Gaming License (OGL) and The One Ring Roleplaying Game  this summer. The new OGL for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition was announced in January Which is what opened the door for this project to come about. The One Ring...

Over the last 5 years a team of Minecraft players have been fleshing out Middle-earth in the form of Minecraft. They have built most of the famous locations and even some of the more obscure ones. “Minecraft Middle Earth is more about just building a project, it is a living community.” You can learn more about Minecraft Middle-earth and even help...

Hello Friends! Welcome to the long awaited 16th edition of LOTRO Poems! Woohoo! Exams and work kept me from doing justice to Tolkien inspired poetry so I waited till I could do it justice before publishing more. Also I am involved in writing this amazing new video lore series , so check it out if you haven’t done so already, Middle-earth Lore chapter 1:...

Earlier this week I got together with fellow Tolkien fans to discuss how we are each adapting Tolkien in very different...

Hello Friends! Welcome to the 15th edition of LOTRO Poems! Woohoo! These last few weeks have been awesome..If you guys didn’t know already, I was guest on LOTRO Players News #92. It was an awesome experience and the first one of its kind for me. Casual Raiders had some amazing weeks as well. We as a kin were able to finish Ost Dunhoth Tier 2 as well as...

If you have been wanting for a sale to pick up Shadow Of Mordor, here is your chance. Bundle stars has a great sale right now  for 50% off, which will put the price at 24.99. You will get a Steam key.  As of this posting you have 3 days left to take advantage of this sale. With the new DLC just coming out, now would be a great time to jump on this. Also on...

The Bright Lord DLC for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is releasing today with a new trailer. As you can see from the trailer the new DLC is incredibly lore-breaking.  That being said, if this was taking place it would make sense for Galadriel to be helping out since she has a great desire for power as well.  Also it is nice to hear even her warning...

Hello Friends! Welcome to the 14th edition of LOTRO Poems! Woohoo!  Last week my short hiatus from LOTRO ended and I am back full time. Yay! The Casual Raiders have been raiding everyday ever since. Guess I still love raiding, han? We did Tower of Orthanc one night and Draigoch another. The most amazing part was that we took along some folks who had never done...

‘The Bright Lord’ DLC will allow players to fight as Celebrimbor against Sauron thousands of years before the events of Shadow of Mordor. “The DLC picks up immediately after his flight from Mordor with the One Ring, and ends with a climactic battle with Sauron.” -PC Gamer There will be 10 new missions added with the DLC, half the number...

Hail Friends! Welcome to the 13th edition of LOTRO Poems and a Happy -18 days late- New Year!!! Hope you all had a great start to this year. It is going to be an interesting year for LOTRO and lets hope we all get what we desire.  This week Casual Raiders were able to complete Ost Dunhoth Disease Tier 2 Challenge. It was the first time we were able to finish it...

The Senior Wold Builder for LOTRO, Chris Pierson, will be giving a presentation on world-building at Mythmoot III. “He moved to the States to work as a designer for Turbine Games, the originator of LOTRO. His tenure at Turbine goes back to the beginning of LOTRO, and he has many stories and insights to share about the challenges, joys and frustrations of...

The first big DLC for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor was released today.  The new DLC includes new missions, story, enemies and much more. The Lord of the Hunt DLC is currently listed at $9.99 on Steam. Note: This DLC pack is included in the season...

Behold! Smaug The Golden! There’s only 200 of them, This miniature from Games Workshop. It’s designed for use with The Hobbit Strategy Battle Game. “This magnificent 42 piece miniature is hand cast using the highest quality resin (the same used by Forge World), and the most advanced techniques to produce a model with extremely fine detail....