LOTRO, The Lord of the Rings Online, is an MMO you can begin playing for free! I’ve been playing for a few years now. This online RPG has a lot to explore, enjoy and experience.
It features a very active player base, a positive community and extensibility through plugins. And because you can start for free, there’s no reason not to jump in and visit Middle-Earth.
Here you can find my LOTRO Guides, general blog posts and FanFiction story-writing too.
If there’s an aspect of the game you’d like to know about, or think I should write about, please let me know.
It comes in waves, but gaming rarely gets positive media attention. Whether it’s the latest in the lootbox saga or games being blamed for allegedly altering human behaviour, the perception being published is that gaming is mostly negative. In reality, gaming – both as a passtime or as a career – is a life choice […]
Not all of your time in Middle-Earth has to be spent struggling with the Enemy. Life is meant to be lived – not just striving for more gear, coin or renown. One (good) distraction in LOTRO is the Fishing hobby. Fishing forms part of some festivals and may crop up in specific quests too. On […]
Welcome to my second edition of The Jedi’s Journal, my monthly round-up of new and updated blog posts this month. August 2019 was pretty busy and I somehow managed to do a lot, while simultaneously really struggling with Fibromyalgia. At least this month I didn’t feel like I was doing “nothing”! I’ve also added a […]
There are so many foodstuffs needed, especially as a Hobbit living in The Shire! With so many meals and snacks to cater for, market day provides a much-needed boost to a burrow’s larder. Locally-grown produce, freshly-laid eggs from the Free Chickens of Middle Earth, it can be hard not to spend all your coin on […]
The importance of food in the life of Hobbits cannot be understated! So many meals and snacks in-between that any break taken may only be spent looking forward to the next time you can eat. Thankfully, for the growers, crafters and merchants of The Shire, this means a guaranteed, steady business all year round. As […]
