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 crew that made the “Rise of the Fellowship” film last year is working a new film called “The Rangers: A Shadow Rising.”  The first full trailer for The Rangers was recently released. “The Rangers is set in a world of high fantasy. It is a rich multi-layered and complex world, with it’s own mythos and lexicon of heroes and...

For those that have not seen it yet, here is Smaug on The Colbert...

Recently Break released a new video in their Super Fan Builds series, where they have Tim Baker and his expert team of modelers make awesome stuff for super fans. This episode’s fan is a super Tolkien fan… with cats! I can definitely relate. So Tim Baker and his crew decided to make him a Bag End litter box and Barad-dûr scratching post for his...

The YouTube show Man at Arms: Reforged remakes iconic film weapons every other week.  This episode they decided to remake Sauron’s Mace and it is just as epic as it...

Brotherhood Workshop has yet again done another great parody of The Hobbit by giving us insight into Azog’s battle...

Brotherhood Workshop has is known for doing great parodies of moments relating to the Tolkien films and this time is no exception as they explore why Saruman went...

On their Facebook page today, LOTRO posted a new giveaway celebrating the upcoming release of the final Hobbit movie, The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies. US and Canadian residents over 13 can enter their information in to win both The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug on Blu-Ray/DVD as well as 1000 Turbine Points. You can...

A few months ago we posted about The Lord of the Rings with live orchestra was coming to New York and now it is on its way to California.  I have heard nothing but good things from people who have gone to these events before so if you are in the area, you may want to check this out. “SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Symphony Silicon Valley and...

This week’s video highlight gives us the LOTRO version of the first hobbit film trailer. “The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey Trailer – LOTRO Version” was released in 2014 on Kristine Dotinga’s YouTube channel. Do you know of a good LOTRO video and want it to be featured in this series? Send an email to contact@lotroplayers.com with a...

Hello friends and welcome to the 12th edition of LOTRO Poems. Yes I am back after a little break. I was busy with studies and work and volunteering, so just didn’t have enough time to write much. However I did hop into the game every now and then to play my new bearman. I love the concept but my only complain is that I want my beorning to be taller in man...

Warner Brothers Pictures recently released the first TV spot for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.  The spot includes a few more peaks at the film that were not included in the recent trailer. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is set to release in theaters December...

The Hobbit Fan Fellowship Contest looked for the biggest Hobbit fans and brought them to New Zealand to see The Battle of the Five Armies with Peter Jackson.  The fans were able to see the film over a month before release.  The videos below highlight that journey in a documentary...

The trailer for the final Hobbit film is finally out! Dwarves, Elves, Wizards, bats, orcs, and more are in this trailer. What do you think of the...

With the third hobbit film right around the corner, we are wondering what you think of the hobbit films so far. Do You Like The Hobbit Films So Far? They are both great They are both bad The first was great, second was bad The first was bad, the second was great Meh I haven't seen them View Results  Loading...

Air New Zealand is at it again with another great flight safety video for the third hobbit film. “As the official airline of Middle-earth, Air New Zealand has gone all out to celebrate the third and final film in The Hobbit Trilogy – The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.” Air New Zealand has released two other safety videos for the...

Brotherhood Workshop is at it again with another great LEGO stop-motion video.  This time they cover The Hobbit in 72 seconds in a surprisingly comprehensive way, especially considering the length of the three hobbit...

Hail Friends! Welcome to the 11th edition of LOTRO Players on our very own brand new site domain! Woohoo! That was the next logical step in the evolution on this amazing site.  This week Casual Raiders did Helms Dike allot. I believe its the most easiest of all the Epic Battles and our best chance to get those rare golden jewelry items.  This week we return to...

Hail Friends! Welcome to the 10th edition of LOTRO Poems!!! Casual Raiders did a lot of raiding this week. We did Ost Dunhoth a bunch of times and also Battle for Erebor and Fires of Smaug. It was fun and challenging and we had a blast. And speaking of Casual Raiders, this week’s poem is called ‘Casual Raiders’. About a year ago I transferred...

Hail Friends!  Welcome to the 9th edition of LOTRO Poems. This was one busy week for Casual Raiders as we raided alot. Many of our kin who had just gotten to lvl 100 got their FA symbols. Also I experimented some more on the yellow traits of a burglar, it’s full of tricks and so much fun. This week I am featuring a beautiful poem sent by Amenhir of Rohan....