Welcome back to LotRO and Lore, an article series where we take a look at a few of the stellar ways that Turbine ties Tolkien’s wonderful writings into the realm of the MMORPG. Today we diverge from the novels and look at some of the real-world inspirations for the places and people we see in the game. Anyone who stops by the Shire is sure to have heard of...

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

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...

Over the last couple years, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have exploded in popularity. Without leaving your chair, you can take college-level courses in neuroscience, finance, management, philosophy, computer programming, music production, and nearly countless other subjects. By now many LOTRO players know about Coursera’s course called ‘Online...

According to an article by The New York Daily News, a student in Texas was suspended for threatening to cause another student to disappear with The One Ring. “I assure you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend’s existence,” the boy’s father later wrote in an email. “If he did, I’m sure he’d bring him right...

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...

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...

For some time now we have had the idea to do a role-playing style podcast in LOTRO. This would be a show where we would have a general idea of where we wanted the story to go but would greatly depend on character choices and luck with the RNG dice. It would be recorded live, allowing the audience to change the story as well if we saw ideas we liked. (We are...

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...

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...

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...

This weekend is the main time for the Extra Life Marathon and so several members from Team LOTRO Players will be streaming their marathons instead of doing LOTRO Players News and Adventures this week.  Since so many are streaming and doing the marathon, we decided it would be good to not have the shows this week. Instead we will be trying our hardest to help...

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...

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...

As reported on this week’s LOTRO Players News, we have created an Extra Life team to raise funds for children’s hospitals across North America! Any Extra-Life participants are able to join to help us reach our $3000 goal. If you can’t participate, but still want to be involved, you can still donate to any of the LOTRO Players team members and...

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....

Hello Friends!  Welcome to the 8th edition of LOTRO Poem! How awesome was this welcome back week end? I levelled so many alts of mine that in the end my arms starting hurting. Casual Raiders didn’t do much raiding this week since everyone was so busy leveling but we did do a Draigoch run which was fun. i am so glad that we get to slay a dragon in game....