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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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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Oct 3, 2022
Before the Shadow will be released on November 8, 2022 (barring any unexpected delays). If you order either the Collectors Edition or the Ultimate Fan Bundle, you will receive a number of items prior to the release of the expansion. The video below, I look over the various items you receive when you complete your order. The most important part of the...
Sep 26, 2022
This week we discussed the release of Update 33.2, the Before The Shadow pre-purchase options, preparing for raiding, and our week in gaming.
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Sep 26, 2022
Not a draft perse, but an unpublished part of the 99 instances of lotro discussing skirmishes and some “future” possibilities from 2018. Skirmishes Are skirmishes instances? And how should you categorize them if i would decide they would be one of the 99 instances? Skirmishes have filled a hole in lotro that would have been there without them. What...
Sep 26, 2022
First draft – For better or worse. Essences are your bread and butter in 105 land. This guide hopes to shed a light on the different type of essences that are available in the game and the armour that you can put them in . Where you step in with your character will depend on the amount of time and gold you can/want to spend. Essences It will start with a...
Sep 21, 2022
Written, but a never completed draft from May 2020. Probably not complete, but a nice read or an intro if you want to take your first steps in larger groups. Most of it applies to Hiddenhoard now. Except just a bit worse of a raid in hindsight then Remorchant Make sure you want to raid May be a strange start to a raid guide, but do ask yourself what you’re...
Sep 19, 2022
This week we discussed Update 33.2 Beta #3 on Bullroarer, the Q&A with Severlin, and our week in gaming.
Sep 18, 2022
15 years of updates in expansions, questpacks and systems have brought along many changes to Middle-Earth. Some large and some you might not have given much thought about. Major small updates We’ll skip the major changes such as a new expansion, skill trees or legendary weapons and focus on smaller, more deceptfull changes. In no particular order. Essence...
Sep 15, 2022
Amazon Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” made its entrance in the breakout shows ranking this week, its first full week of data since Amazon released the first two episodes on Sept. 1. It registered 34.8 times the average series demand over the past week which put it in the “exceptional” tier of shows, a level of demand that only the top...
Sep 15, 2022
About the Song The song Lúthien in the Halls of Mandos is a parody of Everything but the Girl’s Missing. Lúthien in the Halls of Mandos describes a scene from Tolkien’s Silmarillion: when princess Lúthien journeys to the Halls of Mandos to plead for the life of her fiancée, Beren. Lyrics Lúthien in the Halls of...
Sep 12, 2022
This week we discussed the Update 33.2 Beta #2 on Bullroarer, the Q&A with Orion, and our week in gaming.
Sep 5, 2022
This week we discussed Bullroarer Update 33.2 Beta #1 and our week in gaming.
Sep 4, 2022
Lotro is a large game, just like w88.com, with old systems, new system and updates to both. Housing might have been in the game for 15 years by now, but with several updates and new neighborhoods all over the place. So is any information regarding them. Got a question about your class? You’d better hope the guide you’re looking at has a date on it....
Aug 29, 2022
This week we discussed the upcoming Before the Shadow mini-expansion and our week in gaming.
Aug 23, 2022
Clang! Clank! Rattle! We halted in front of the wizard’s tower and the metallic scraping and clattering also went quiet. I slowly swiveled around to stare at Tinendail. “I thought you said your name meant “leaf-walker” in Sindarin because you were so stealthy?” I accused, aggrieved. The elf’s genuine frown of consternation...
Aug 22, 2022
At todays panel at Devcom in Germany, SSG announced the name of the upcoming update and/or mini expansion. Before the shadow. Taking place in Cardolan and Swanfleet https://www.lotro.com/news/lotro-before-the-shadow-announcement-en?locale=en_US Art for the update Teaser trailer Official information about content New epic story taking place in the expansion...
Aug 22, 2022
This week we discussed the new LI reward track, a new Lord of the Rings RPG, and our week in gaming.
Aug 17, 2022
Free League Publishing has announced The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying, a new game that adapts Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition rules for use in Middle-Earth. The game will introduce six new classes, six original “heroic cultures” found in Eriador, and rules for journeys, “wondrous artefacts”, and the more subtle style of magic found...
Aug 15, 2022
About the Song The song Uruk-Hai are Coming is a parody of Tommee Profitt’s Storm is Coming. Uruk-Hai are Coming describes the Battle of Helm’s Deep: where Saruman’s forces (including his specially bred Uruk-Has orcs) are sent to extirpate King Théoden’s Rohirrim, who have taken refuge in the Hornburg. Lyrics Uruk-Hai are Coming V1:...
Aug 15, 2022
This week we discussed the start of the Farmer’s Faire, the closing of Anor, and our week in gaming.
Aug 8, 2022
This week we discussed the Q&A with Severlin and our week in gaming.
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