Congratulations to Thorduak on winning the quad pack! LOTRO Players is giving away one copy of the Expansion Quad Pack. The Quad Pack includes the first four expansions to LOTRO. (Moria, Mirkwood, Isengard and Riders of Rohan) Quad Pack Features: Moria Delve into the dangerous depths of Moria, and try to reclaim its dark halls from the evil burrowed within....

Monday 17th: Ales and Tales (Inc Nibbles and Nobs). Server: Landroval Time: 8.30pm to 11.30 pm Location: Eastern Bree Fields (“TAG” game ruins)     Tuesday 18th: Michel Delving Market Server: Laurelin Time: 3.00pm-4.00pm Location: Michel Delving   Wednesday 19th: No Events known to be arranged today.   Thursday 20th: Die...

It appears that Turbine has snuck in a Lootbox Weekend as an addition to the store sales this week. This event is currently running, and should continue until the 17th (this Monday). Lootbox weekends include an increased rate in lootbox drops of all levels, as well as the sturdy keys which open the boxes. “Let this be the hour when we farm boxes together....

Hullo Everyone, Here is a message from those wonderful Ales and Tales organizers! Greetings friends! “Please join us Monday evening, for another fun night of Ales & Tales! We’ll be partying at The Gazebo in Staddle (Bree-land). Nibbles & Nobs’ starts at 8:30pm with open-stage, followed by the main show at 9:30pm (EST,...

Pashbo Proutfeet introduces this week’s show from Galadriel’s garden.  We hobbit-hot foot it off to the Frostbluff Theatre for a live stand-up comedy performance from Amon Philips.  We also look back at another highlight of the recent Winterstock Festival with The Andune Ensemble. We would also love to include work from the LOTRO community within...

  Looks like Turbine has pulled a fast one on us.. And activated the “Welcome Back Weekend” buff.. this grants you +100% Experience. I have looked on twitter and the forums and I have not found any mention of this going to happen, so I’ll assume this will last until Monday morning.. I will update this post if I find out any more...

A shorter episode this week.   Pashbo Proudfeet is still in Lothlorien.  Back in the Shire, Chumbly tells the tale of his missing chickens, whilst we hear a further song from Les Chantefables at the Winterstock 2014 festival in Ered Luin. We would also love to include work from the LOTRO community within this vidcast.  If  you would like your LOTRO band to...

The latest community update has been posted on LOTRO’s YouTube page… Some of the highlights include : Sapience talks about how well Crickhollow did on the “Take the hobbits to isengard” Next up will be Withywindle on Friday Look for the 20 questions answers soon New promotion starting “Screenshot of the week” Win 500 Turbine...

If you are not able to log in and play LOTRO you can catch a live stream of some of the event here: http://www.twitch.tv/floradine – Sunday http://www.twitch.tv/talesofarda  

While many musicians have their own kinships or separate bands they belong to, imagine all the top active LOTRO music lovers and performers coming together every one or two months for a grand performance of Orchestral music. THIS is where the Starlight Orchestra idea came about. We were wanting to have one collaborative project to bring the best and most active...

  LOTRO Players News will be giving away 2 Cremello Steeds, a Perlino Steed and 11 of The Sociable titles. Update: A big thanks to Sapience for giving us several of The Sociable titles for these giveaways. When are the giveaways? We will be giving away the codes listed above during the next two episodes of LOTRO Players News.  These will be January 18th...

Yesterday was the birthday of the band The Andune Ensemble. I have been playing with Andune for several months now and I am always amazed at the work and commitment of our band leader Geoffroi. We gave a special concert in celebration of this special day which lasted over two hours! We shall be playing at Winterstock next week on Sunday at 4pm (server time) We...

Chumbly Ciderhill introduces the show this week, as Pashbo is still travelling in Eregion whilst following in Frodo Baggins’ footsteps. Music is provided again by the Songburrow Strollers, and it is sure to get everyone bouncing.  Meanwhile, Rubyrae keeps us up to date with the latest store news. We would also love to include work from the LOTRO community...

              Sapience posted on the official  forums about an new event he is doing.  I’ve rolled up 29 new Hobbits, one per server, and I’m issuing a challenge. Get my Hobbits to Isengard! The night before each challenge I’ll announce which server is being challenged. Gather your friends and allies and see if you can take...

  Winterstock is coming! Winterstock is a 4 day event, starting on Friday January 17th and will run until the 20th.  The event takes place on the Landroval server outside of Thorin’s Hall, just next to the Silverdeep Mine in the eastern part of the area.  There will be 20bands!  No you didn’t read wrong, there will be 20 bands!  Each band will...

  The yule festival is upon us once again! Snow Beasts, Winter Storms, Snowball fights! If this is your first year of the festival or you need some refreshing about how the festival works, or what rewards you can get?   Goldenstar from Casually Strolling Through MMO’s (CSTM) has once again, updated her Yule Festival Guide for 2013. A big thanks...

  it’s time to chase those snow-beasts, throw those snow balls and enjoy the play in the theater.. The festival is now active on all servers.. I took a quick look around and it seems as if nothing has changed from last year at all.. There is the daily gift and it’s gated with tiers again for your rewards like it was last year… it looks as...

  Turbine passed on along word on the forums of some upcoming downtime via the forums   The LOTRO Game Servers will be brought down on Monday, December 16th from 6:00 – 10:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT) for an update to the game. Thanks for your patience, and we’ll see you back in the game soon! Patch notes will be available during the downtime....

I was wondering when the Yule Festival was going to kick off, so I headed over to the Calendar Yule Festival 2013 Come celebrate the Yule festival starting December 18, 2013 and running through Jan 14, 2014. The final day of the festival will be January 14th.   No more information is known at this time. I am wondering if it will be gated by deed like it...

In the spirit of the holiday season, LOTRO Players is giving away one copy of the Expansion Quad Pack. The Quad Pack includes the first four expansions to LOTRO.  (Moria, Mirkwood, Isengard and Riders of Rohan) Quad Pack Features: Moria Delve into the dangerous depths of Moria, and try to reclaim its dark halls from the evil burrowed within. Over 350 quests...