A Casual Stroll to Mordor

The undelete service and the kinship rename are now moving to including the option to pay with Turbine Points.

A place where all your kin can live together to decorate your homes, RP for events, share storage space, or just see familiar names when you are walking to the neighborhood vendor.

Through my years in football (American) I came to the understanding that you can have the greatest plays in the known universe but that mattered little without the proper players.

Born to Lead I popped in Guild Wars, clicked install and waited. I was pumped and ready to play. The biggest thing I was excited about was the intricate guild system and what I could do within that system as a prospective leader, officer and even a standard member. The ability to design the capes, [...]

A man lies on the ground after passing out. He has no pulse and he isn’t breathing. He is dying, and if no one acts fast he won’t make it. One by one his organs will slow to a halt, starting with the heart, and working its way slowly to the brain. After 3 minutes [...]

This was an email we received from one of Merric and my kinmates, Rufidoc of Landroval. He asked if it was ok to send submissions like this in for CSTM and I thought that there would certainly be folks out there who would love to read his poem!

When I joined my first kinship, my plan was to stick with it and not become one of those people. You know, those kinship hoppers, constantly switching from one kin to the next. Unfortunately, almost against my will, that is what I seem to have become.

This week’s poll wants to know what type of kinship structure do you feel works best for LOTRO.

In this week’s poll we wonder about the kinship you are in so we are asking “What is the average number of kinsmen in your kinship?”

Shortly after I decorated the kinhall of the Fellowship, I was contacted by the Shire Folks, a kinship newly established in the role-play neighbourhood of Undervale. They wanted something similar to what I did with the Fellowship’s house.

Following my advertisement in the Bree-land Times, an amazingly well done in-game monthly newspaper player made, I was contacted by The Fellowship to decorate their lovely kinhall in the Shire. They wanted something cheerful colourful that was Hobbit appropriate.

It’s been a while since we toured kinhalls: I’ve been so busy decorating! So I’ve decided to present you some of my own designs created lately for clients on Landroval. Here is the house of the Merchant’s Guild, a kin lead by Elahndria. Although she had a pretty well decorated hall before contacting me, she [...]

I thought I’d put together a little Farming guide for the small and or casual Kinships out there who need to maintain a Kinship House. With a little time and effort, even a low level Alt can accomplish this if you have them up to Grand Master or higher in Farming.

Depending on your kinships style of play or member activity, a website can bring members together for various reasons. Event scheduling, forum activity, member communication, kinship rules/information, active roster and media sharing can all be possible reasons a kinship is needed.

Wordpress is one of the most popular open source CMS’ in existence! With close to 27 thousand users, WordPress is also without a doubt the most used blog platform on the web!

When Thorvall, founder of the Oathsworn, told me their kin house was different, I thought he was just telling me that they had nicely decorated the place. I was astonished to discover that not only the place was nicely decorated, but it was definitely like nothing I’ve seen before!

This week, I had the pleasure to visit one of the finest establishments of all Eriador, The Broken Cask. Usually open on Saturday nights, this player-run tavern is a place of rest for weary travelers, soldiers or wandering merchants.

When it comes to decorating, an elven house is a piece of art on its own, even with bare walls! However the down side of such an ornamented structure is that integrating it with the rest of the decoration is tricky.

-This post has been previously published on my.lotro blog page, here it is again, since the series will continue here as well! – I’m glad to present you a new series of posts on decoration, this time on kin houses! You’re likely to see much more trophies, reputation and seasonal items in this series, but [...]

The Foundations Project is a look into Kinshps of LOTRO. From creation and execution to politics and planning, The Foundation’s Project will be an in depth look into what it takes to make a strong, successful kinship in LOTRO!

We have decided that our Tuesday evenings will be spent enjoying the Cor Pethroni kinship (the kinship for bloggers, podcasters and their fans!) on the Brandywine server.

The kinship for Bloggers, Podcasters and their fans has been created on the Brandywine server and named Cor Pethroni (elvish for “Ring Narrators”).

I have been playing games for years, as most gamers have, and over that time my gaming style has changed from hardcore, to casual, back to hardcore, to casual-hardcore, and now to extremely casual.  During this time I’ve been a part of a number of guilds, been a recruiter, a top-guild raider, and an officer; [...]