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Apr 27, 2020

With the renewed alliance between caveclaws and chicken, George felt it was an excelent time to go back to Ered Luin to visit his friend Diggy. He may not be a dwarf, but he’s very Diggy Diggy. With just 6 picks you won’t find many treasures With all the festivals cancelled for awhile Berry came down from his neighborhood to sign some autographs...

Dec 11, 2019

After the Special honey rolls wore out and crashing on the closest hay stack Noffer woke him up. “Not all your rambles were a fever dream”, he said. That turtle you saw that was talking to the goblins? He’s here, he was just watching the watchers that have been watching you ever since you arrived in the Vales. The hobbits have been gone for...

Aug 2, 2019

You may have seem them floating around and wonder where they come from. Bigsy, the big honey bee is a reward for completing all the region deeds for the Vales of the Anduin (minus the Gladden fields update). This deed consists of three part as any standard region deed Explore the region Visit all the landmarks in this regionComplete all the quests special...

Jun 26, 2019

Years of being called pig by the man of Bree hasn’t made Noffer anymore of a lover of the hobbits. “It’s the hobbits that always make the mess”, not us! After a few run-ins with the bounders at the storage silos it was time for him to find greener pastures. Don’t be such a boar. I’ll arrange for some better grass. We’ll...

Mar 11, 2019

There are new pets and mounts available in the collection panel since the latest update. This has happened before, but this time the descriptions are fuel for some rumors. Is there a new Spring festival area or is it for U24? And does that mean U24 is closer then might think? And what is a moria bonus bundle? Aiding Radagast at Rhosgobel Normally the new...

Jan 11, 2019

No pretty pictures or puns for this one.  A quick overview of what we had in lotro over the last year. A due note that the articles overall content sounds worse then 2018 has been. With a timely developers letter the pacing could have been amended, but i’ve decided to post it on a slightly delayed timely manner Out with the old and in with the new 2018...

Jan 1, 2019

Everything was quiet In a peacefull crittersland That was until 3 little boys arrived. Screaming bloody chants. Summoning dark spirits from yonder What’s that over there? A snowman came to life. Run my little snowman, George shouted The little snowman couldn’t hear him. Clucklands *bokking was too loud. A portal was opened and the spirit got out....

Dec 29, 2018

99 instances ago the Abyss of mordath was just an unnamed raid. Throne of the Dread terror  was the latest one in Middle-Earth that we could run. Yet 99 instances took a bit longer then expected and we’re on the verge of the followup raid. And instead of two articles that go in-depth on each one we’ll dive a bit deeper into what makes a good raid. A case...

Dec 9, 2018

Which boss is the hardest in all of lotro? The 2nd boss in Warg pens. No One ever defeats him. Warg pens, Dungeons, Sword halls and Barad guldur are the 3 instances and the raid that came with the Mirkwood expansion. Ranging from never run to the most started instances around during their time. SwordhallsSet in the training grounds of Dol guldur  you will...

Nov 8, 2018

Rooted in lore and expanded by Turbine the instance cluster for In their absence revolves around our favorite undead boy band. Thadur, Fendur, Drugoth, Ivar and Gotheron are gaunt lords created by Morgoth (evil’s upper management) in the First age. Each embodying a facet of evil. Wrapping up the wight-quest lines from Shadows of Angmar Pre-launch Before the...

Sep 18, 2018

After the critters and Druedain recaptured Bhol-Rudh Wrinkles used Viznahks secret passage. But were quickly send away by the property guard. If their plan to stop the plague and safe Agarnaith had any hope of succeeding they would need some help. Plans were smitten and a frontal assault was ruled out. The underlings of Lhaereath seemed to not have much love...

Jul 19, 2018

A night in the midst of April was coming to a close. A night partly thinking about the upcoming summer in Lotro. Both as a player and kinleader looking ahead for kin activities during the summer. The next major content update would be in the fall and class changes was just a promise on a stream. The article that never came to be was called Lotro drought, but...

May 30, 2018

The staging grounds have been set at Bhol Rudh. Their secret base was well-guarded by Druadans. With Talon telling of the beauty that once behold this now corrupted and rotten swamp. George wondered how it could become such a place. Don’t tase me bro! I taste horrible! came from their provisions. Talon caught a wrinkly flesh bag sneaking into their food....

Mar 1, 2018

As the fellowship makes it way back from Saurons home theater room they encounter a contingent of dwarves. Deciding to shadow them into an abyss staying in the twilight thrown by the cracks in the lava flows beneath them. Gimlis voice quavers when he hears murmurs of delving and the sound of pick axes hitting the basalt rocks. We’ve found it!, followed by...

Feb 7, 2018

The fellowship makes it way across the barrens wastes of Dor Amarth to the closest known vault. The ruins of Barad dur lost much of its grandeur, but the causeway has been retaken by sentries of the enemy. The enemy might have come closer to the fellowship then they might even think they know.  

Jan 31, 2018

Last time we left our friends at the festivities after the battle of Critter Tirith, but forces have begun to stir again. Months have passed since the defeat of Sauron, but not all evil has put their weapons and claws down. Groups of Elves, humans, dwarfs and hobbits have aligned themself to explore the unbeknownst lands of Gorgoroth. But after the uncovering...

Jan 22, 2018

A 12-hour Chicken Run Eggstravaganza to help give back to an awesome person who’s given so much to the LOTRO community.

Dec 24, 2017

Part 2 of the angmar experience is mostly travel across time, “old-school” and (technically not) first Raid instance in lotro. Both Barad Gularan (BG from now) and The rift of nurz ghashu (the Rift) werent in the game at launch, but most will remember it as they were. Getting to level 50, running Carn dum and Urugarth to gear up took a long while. I...

Nov 12, 2017

*insert hobbit height jokes Now that this has passed. How big is Bingo? At 10:30 on a sunday i set out to find that answer. Can you finish the 52 week journey of Bingo Boffin in about a days time? Setup, a 105 captain with lousy gear. Plenty of stablemasters before central Gondor. He just fell in love with the crafting station on the belfalas kin island and...