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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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Q&A Severlin – Aug 2022

Q&A Severlin – Aug 2022

Aug 6, 2022

For the full video. Check out https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1553113246 Summery of the video consolidated into topics discuseed with a few personal notes or questions marked in Italic. In general a bit of an adhoc Q&A with a lot of questions left hanging due to new content, updates or information not ready to publized or under NDA currently. Content updates...

LOTRO Players News Episode 470: Free People Don’t Get Maps

LOTRO Players News Episode 470: Free People Don’t Get Maps

Aug 1, 2022

This week we discussed Update 33.1.1 and our week in gaming.

No tracery travels – Beyond Mordor

No tracery travels – Beyond Mordor

Aug 1, 2022

Irondwarf ventured beyond the black gate into Mordor. Once the home of Sauron and many deaths when it launched, is far more approacable. This time around the dwarf went into areas usually skipped like Durthang, Talath Erui and Nargonath. Memories of mobs galore and plenty of drakes and miniature volcanos sending you back to the graveyard. Difficulty was...

LOTRO Players News Episode 469: Bugan Conspiracy Theories

LOTRO Players News Episode 469: Bugan Conspiracy Theories

Jul 25, 2022

This week we discussed Update 33.1 and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 468: Jurassic Pineleaf

LOTRO Players News Episode 468: Jurassic Pineleaf

Jul 18, 2022

This week we discussed Bullroarer Update 33.1 Beta #3 and our week in gaming.

Thrain in Dol Guldur

Thrain in Dol Guldur

Jul 15, 2022

Descended from a princely line, O Thrain – Dearly you wish to see sunlight again! Within Dol Guldur, locked with bar and key In dungeon dark, plunged deep in misery, The Necromancer tortures you to find Your secrets of your stubborn, dwarven mind. He took your ring already – those dwarf-rings Were numbered seven, gifted to dwarf-kings In ages past – now...

LOTRO Players News Episode 467: Dungeons & Dinos

LOTRO Players News Episode 467: Dungeons & Dinos

Jul 11, 2022

This week we discussed Bullroarer Update 33.1 Beta #2 and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 466: Is This An MMO?

LOTRO Players News Episode 466: Is This An MMO?

Jul 4, 2022

This week we discussed Bullroarer Update 33.1 Beta #1 and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 465: A General Shortening

LOTRO Players News Episode 465: A General Shortening

Jun 27, 2022

This week we discussed the June 2022 Producer’s Letter and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 464: Minas Tirith in Better Days

LOTRO Players News Episode 464: Minas Tirith in Better Days

Jun 20, 2022

This week we discussed the Midsummer Festival and our week in gaming.

The Necromancer

The Necromancer

Jun 15, 2022

The Necromancer in Dol Guldur O Necromancer – lodged in Dol Guldur – What sorceries, what devilry or spellDo you summon your evil beasts, to lure Them to the Greenwood? Turning into hellGreenwood the Great, where sylvan bowers stood And green elves danced with feast and merry playBut now is known as the darkened Mirkwood? You hope to drive the greenwood...

LOTRO Players News Episode 463: Puglack

LOTRO Players News Episode 463: Puglack

Jun 13, 2022

This week we discussed Weatherstock 14 registration and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 462: Deploy the Batpot!

LOTRO Players News Episode 462: Deploy the Batpot!

Jun 6, 2022

This week we discussed LIs, store sales, and our week in gaming.

Wallpaper Gallery – Minas Arnor Once Tower of the Sun

Wallpaper Gallery – Minas Arnor Once Tower of the Sun

Jun 1, 2022

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

Storytime without traceries

Storytime without traceries

May 31, 2022

What if your legendary adventure was less complicated? For whatever reason you just don’t want to deal with any of the traceries or runes of the new LI system. How far would you get? Here’s the adventure of the naked LI. The adventurer – Irondwarf Originally started as “ironman” dwarf (red guardian) that would not accept any...

LOTRO Players News Episode 461: Bridle Shower

LOTRO Players News Episode 461: Bridle Shower

May 30, 2022

This week we discussed Update 33.0.5 and our week in gaming.

LOTRO Players News Episode 460: Do Hobbits Dream of Electric Lynx?

LOTRO Players News Episode 460: Do Hobbits Dream of Electric Lynx?

May 23, 2022

This week we discussed Update 33.0.4 and our week in gaming.

CCommunity highlight 3 – Grey company

CCommunity highlight 3 – Grey company

May 23, 2022

A large group of rangers that answered the call of Aragorn to go south. First encountering some if it’s members in The shire and other beginner areas you will see these hardy rangers in pretty much every spot in Eriador. Rohan and Gondor along your travels. Further along the questline they will go with Aragorn onto Minas Tirith and other places. As with...

LOTRO Players News Episode 459: Lothlorien Rowboat

LOTRO Players News Episode 459: Lothlorien Rowboat

May 16, 2022

This week we discussed Update 30.0.3, war steed bridles, and our week in gaming.

Lost stanzas to: “Roads go ever ever on”

Lost stanzas to: “Roads go ever ever on”

May 15, 2022

Roads go ever ever onOver rock and under treeBy caves where never sun has shoneBy streams that never find the seaOver snow by winter sownAnd through the merry flowers of JuneOver grass and over stoneAnd under mountains in the moonOriginal First Verse to Bilbo’s “Roads go ever on” in The Hobbit Additional verses: Roads go ever ever on Under the...