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LOTRO Players News Episode 595: River of Healing

Posted by on Jan 6, 2025

This week we discussed store sales, the purpose of a captain, and our week in gaming. http://lotroacademy.com/lotroplayers/LPN595.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (19.7MB)...

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LOTRO Players News Episode 574: The Pain Just Fuels Me

Posted by on Aug 12, 2024

This week we discussed blue line Lore-Master changes and our week in gaming.

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LOTRO Players News Episode 574: The Pain Just Fuels Me

Posted by on Aug 12, 2024

This week we discussed blue line Lore-Master changes and our week in gaming.

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Beyond LOTRO

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Movie Theater Collectibles Are Truly Epic

Posted by on Nov 29, 2024

A Rohan-tastic Release! If you’re a die-hard Lord of the Rings fan, get ready to unleash your inner Rohan warrior! AMC Theatres has unveiled an epic collection of The War of...

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LOTRO Players News Episode 442: Pineleaf Gets All the Geodes

LOTRO Players News Episode 442: Pineleaf Gets All the Geodes

Jan 17, 2022

This week we discussed Update 31.1.2 and our week in gaming.

The Death of Denethor II: as related by Beregond

The Death of Denethor II: as related by Beregond

Jan 15, 2022

  “My Lord is mad! Lord Denethor is mad! I never dreamed that things could be as bad As this! Lord Denethor took Faramir With him. Now for his life I greatly fear. Lord Faramir still in a fever lies. His father has gone mad. Whyfor he dies? Lord Denethor is choosing suicide Like the old pagan kings, who, in their pride Eased their own passing by burning...

Thames & Kosmos Announce Exit: LotR – Shadows Over Middle Earth

Thames & Kosmos Announce Exit: LotR – Shadows Over Middle Earth

Jan 15, 2022

Thames & Kosmos Announced the latest Exit game, Exit: LotR – Shadows Over Middle Earth, an escape room board game, for release in June 2022. Exit will take players in the land  of Mordor where players follow Samwise Gamgee and Frodo on an epic, puzzle-solving adventure. Gandalf has sent them on a quest to destroy the One Ring, and players will...

U32 ember changes commentary

U32 ember changes commentary

Jan 12, 2022

The sliding scale continuous sliding towards a grindy and lootbox encouraged game environment. For the full announcement view https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?&postid=8118189#post8118189. Take in mind that this statement has passed several stages of scrutiny from departments such as marketing, producer(s) and developer. This is a press release...

The Party Tree – Lore in LOTRO

The Party Tree – Lore in LOTRO

Jan 10, 2022

After two years of hiatus, I am finally back on YouTube, and back with some lore! In Hobbiton, there is an old oak tree decorated to celebrate a famous hobbit’s birthday.  Bilbo Baggins’ birthday party had fireworks from Gandalf, and gifts from Erebor.  As the party came to its end though, Bilbo gave a strange speech and disappeared. This scared...

LOTRO Players News Episode 441: Elrond, No!

LOTRO Players News Episode 441: Elrond, No!

Jan 10, 2022

This week we discussed Bullroarer Update 32 Beta #2 and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 440: It Was A Heffalump

LOTRO Players News Episode 440: It Was A Heffalump

Jan 3, 2022

This week we discussed store sales and our week in LOTRO.

Wallpaper Promotion – Minas Arnor Once Tower of the Sun

Wallpaper Promotion – Minas Arnor Once Tower of the Sun

Jan 1, 2022

Watch the Trailer   Love original poetry? Visit Tolkien Tribute for...

Gundabad gear upgrades

Gundabad gear upgrades

Dec 29, 2021

For your first time in gundabad you should ofcourse stick with questing, but you may find yourself 140 rather than later with missions, vip weekends or other swordhalls on other characters. And looking for an easy way to gear.  This guide is broken down by gearslot and different levels of difficulty/quality of each gear and where to find it. Choose a slot...

Erebor Housing – Update 32 Beta

Erebor Housing – Update 32 Beta

Dec 28, 2021

Erebor housing is coming to The Lord of the Rings Online in Update 32. With the update, LOTRO players will be able to buy a house inside Smaug’s Treasure...

A Burg’s (Yule Fest) Tale – Part 1

A Burg’s (Yule Fest) Tale – Part 1

Dec 25, 2021

How the Burg Stole Chri– Yule Fest. Yule Fest. Part 1.

Part 2: https://lotroplayers.com/2022/12/25/a-burgs-yule-fest-tale-part-2/

LOTRO Players News Episode 439: Gundabad Banana Peels

LOTRO Players News Episode 439: Gundabad Banana Peels

Dec 20, 2021

This week we discussed Update 31.1.1, the Producer’s Letter for the First Quarter of 2022, and our week in gaming.

Help, i’m 140 – U31 guide

Help, i’m 140 – U31 guide

Dec 20, 2021

This guide will focus on gearing at level 140, the weeklies and other activities on the level cap. Index Questing in gundabadGundabad beyond questingGearing at level 140Gear and essencesInstancesWeekliesLegendary weapon upgradesResource and material farmTraitpointsVirtue Xp Questing in gundabad Questing starts in Annak-Kurfu with the Legacy of Durin Chapter 5.1...

Producers letter Dec 2021

Producers letter Dec 2021

Dec 16, 2021

The first of a more up to date and factual producers lettter has just been released. Instead of a yearly letter that comes around too late and always gets baited with eventual delays. Raninia is now giving us a quarterly update. For the full letter visit https://www.lotro.com/en/game/articles/letter-producer-raninia-%E2%80%93december-2021 The bullet points of...

LOTRO Is Declining – Google Trends Analysis

LOTRO Is Declining – Google Trends Analysis

Dec 15, 2021

The Lord of the Rings Online is declining and is getting dangerously close to the popularity levels of dead MMOs. Can Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings Series save LOTRO, or is it too late? In this video, I compare LOTRO’s current popularity on Google Trends to dead MMOs in the months they died. The results were surprising and lead to a different...

Denethor II, last Steward of Gondor

Denethor II, last Steward of Gondor

Dec 15, 2021

  “My mind is darkened, filled with fear and rage. We are not strong enough to now engage The Dark Lord and his armies. We are lost! This is a hard blow to my pride. The cost Will be exacted harshly: causing all The heritage of Gondor down to fall In ruin. Just like death has claimed my son, Death pours from Mordor. The Dark Lord has won. So let me choose...

LOTRO Players News Episode 438: Jade Gemstones of Gundabad

LOTRO Players News Episode 438: Jade Gemstones of Gundabad

Dec 13, 2021

This week we discussed Update 31.1 and our week in LOTRO.

LOTRO Player News Episode 437: Trailer Park Champions

LOTRO Player News Episode 437: Trailer Park Champions

Dec 6, 2021

This week we discussed Update 31.0.3 and our week in gaming.

CCQ4 – Easy access allegiance

Easy access to your allegiance panel and a ton of other panels you might not be aware off. In UI settings you can assign any panel to the buttons that are on the left or right of your 1 to = skillbar. Normally this is where you find your bags, crafting, deed log and much more. But what if you dont need those options or have grey out bags cause you resized them?...

Wallpaper Gallery – Minas Ithil Once Tower of the Moon

Wallpaper Gallery – Minas Ithil Once Tower of the Moon

Dec 1, 2021

Minas Ithil version 1 Minas Ithil version 2 Minas Ithil version 3 Minas Ithil version 4 Love original poetry? Visit Tolkien Tribute for...