Casual Stroll to Mordor

Today, Orion posted a much-anticipated (at least by me!) developer diary concerning his revisions of the rest of Volume 1 that will be released with Volume 3, Book 1. Using scenes from The Lord of the Rings such as “…Aragorn’s stand against the Nazgûl, Boromir’s stand against the Uruk-hai, Sam’s resolve both against Shelob and in Cirith Ungo” Orion wishes the players to have an “epic” journey and a story through LOTRO that they can experience.

Turbine has released some new Volume III Book 1 screenshots of Skirmishes for us to drool over and get excited about! Check them out on our Picasa gallery or enjoy the slideshow below.

A look at the Developer Diary by Zombie Columbus regarding the skill upgrades coming with Volume 3, Book 1!

In this episode of CStM, Goldenstar has been made an officer of her kin, The Council of the Secret Fire. She worked on her jewelcrafter and opened up skirmishes for her Burglar. Merric didn’t do much in game this week but he did find time to install LOTRO on his netbook.

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We had several people asking for transcript of our super long mega interview episode posted last Wednesday. It was suggested to have a list of times in the podcast which I thought was something we could definitely accommodate. The times posted next to each topic is where you should go in the podcast to hear the information in that section.

Sapience announced today that Bullroarer is now live with Volume 3, Book 1!

This is a very special and extra long episode of A Casual Stroll to Modor where we sit down to chat with Turbine Developers Brian “Zombie Columbus”, Joe “jwbarry”, Tim “Raskolnikov”. We talk about their positions at Turbine and ask them your questions that you sent in.

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In this episode of CStM, we talk about how we leveled close to 65 without dinging so we could do it together in a Skirmish with some kinnies. Merric now has all his alts up to level 20 and is planning on moving them all to Lone Lands to run through the revamped zone and try the changes to Volume I Book 2.

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The title and features of Volume 3: Allies of the King, Book 1: Oath of the Rangers was announced today by Turbine and Codemasters.

Turbine’s PR Manager, Adam Merskey, confirms both Volume III and Riders of Rohan to be in the works!