Warriors of the Westfold: The Farmer’s Faire
The past two weeks we all played at the Farmer’s Faire in Bywater. For many of us it was our first experience with that, so today we’re talking about our impressions about this year’s Farmer’s Faire! […]
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien, Movies, Art, Literature, Gaming Articles written by: Britta Siemen
Britta first read The Hobbit when she was ten years old and has since devoted the majority of her time to studying and writing about Tolkien's legendarium. When not immersed in maps and books, she can be found battling the agents of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings Online.
Warriors of the Westfold: Gender-bending
While we all play and love our female characters in LOTRO, many of us also like to play as males. This week, some of the Warriors talk about what it’s like playing as the opposite […]
Warriors of the Westfold: the Summer Festival
LOTRO’s Summer Festival is here! Last week we talked about some of our favourite summer styles; today we’re talking about the festival itself! ALICE This is my very first Summer Festival and I’m pretty satisfied […]
Warriors of the Westfold: Summer Styles
The Summer Festival is here! While we’ve decided to talk about the festival itself next week, we thought we would share some of our favourite summer styles this week! ALICE Summer Festival means new cosmetics […]
Warriors of the Westfold: Bree-land
Previously, the Warriors talked about one of the starting locations in Middle-earth: Ered Luin. Today, we’ve decided to highlight some of our favourite places and features of another main hub: Bree-land! ALICE It took me […]
Warriors of the Westfold: The Treasure Hunt Event
Every now and then, the Treasure Hunt (or Buried Treasure) Event will pop up in LOTRO, and players can dig for buried treasure (usually tokens, but occasionally some neat items will drop!). The event popped […]
Roger Perzan: the Man Behind the Mask
Not long after I joined Instagram, I stumbled upon a very talented cosplayer, Roger Perzan (aka @theegreypilgrim). Perhaps you’ve encountered him before – he’s become very well-known for his incredible Witch-king outfits, both of which […]
LOTRO’s Update 14 Will Increase Level Cap and Lead Players into Gondor
LOTRO’s Update 14 is now live on the Bullroarer (beta) server, and preliminary release notes were posted on the official forums yesterday. Some of the highlights include: Level cap of 100 New Regions – free […]
Vanderbilt University Offers Free Course on Tolkien and LOTRO
Last fall, Vanderbilt University offered a course on video games as a means of telling or adapting a story – specifically, adapting the works of J.R.R. Tolkien into the popular MMO, The Lord of the […]
Warriors of the Westfold: Overcoming LOTRO Burnout
With any MMO, it’s possible to reach a point of burnout. LOTRO is no exception. With nine characters that I regularly play on Landroval, and many more alts that I’ve started on other servers, there […]
