March 15, 2026 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

• When: 5 P.M. Eastern Time
• Where: The Valar Guild's Discord server in text channel "meeting_place".

March 11, 2026 Wednesday

LotRO Update 47.1 release notes.

March 8, 2026 Sunday

Daylight Savings Time has hit our Valar time today, based on Eastern time in the US. It also happens to be LotRO time, shown by typing /servertime

Sunday Meeting

• When: 5 P.M. Eastern Time
• Where: The Valar Guild's Discord server in text channel "meeting_place".

March 3, 2026 Tuesday

LotRO Update 47: Folly of Kings release notes.

March 1, 2026 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

• When: 5 P.M. Eastern Time
• Where: The Valar Guild's Discord server in text channel "meeting_place".

February 22, 2026 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

• When: 5 P.M. Eastern Time
• Where: The Valar Guild's Discord server in text channel "meeting_place".

Meeting Transcript

February 15, 2026 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

• When: 5 P.M. Eastern Time
• Where: The Valar Guild's Discord server in text channel "meeting_place".

Meeting Transcript

February 8, 2026 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

• When: 5 P.M. Eastern Time
• Where: The Valar Guild's Discord server in text channel "meeting_place".

Meeting Transcript

February 4, 2026 Wednesday

    "Narn I Auros: Learning Curve" by Eonwe-(Valar). A mission, a heatwave, and a cabin in the middle of nowhere. Which will Dinmir be done with first?

February 1, 2026 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

• When: 5 P.M. Eastern Time
• Where: The Valar Guild's Discord server in text channel "meeting_place".

Meeting Transcript

January 30, 2026 Friday

• New humor piece for the Middle-earth vacations, "The Shire Vacation", by Arien-(Valar).

January 25, 2026 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

• When: 5 P.M. Eastern Time
• Where: The Valar Guild's Discord server in text channel "meeting_place".

Meeting Transcript

January 18, 2026 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

• When: 5 P.M. Eastern Time
• Where: The Valar Guild's Discord server in text channel "meeting_place".

Meeting Transcript

January 11, 2026 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

• When: 5 P.M. Eastern Time
• Where: The Valar Guild's Discord server in text channel "meeting_place".

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
• Attending (10): Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Earendil, Eonwe, Eowyn, Falco, Fangorn, Pallando, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
• Web News:
• Just the newses.
• Gaming News:
• World of Warcraft
• Diablo IV
• Overwatch 2
• Hearthstone
• Lord of the Rings Online
• StarCraft 2
• Browser game review by Ar-Pharazon: Dozenbear
• Tolkien:
• Topic: Pallando showed us Hobbiton and Edoras pictures (New Zealand)!

January 4, 2026 Sunday

Sunday Meeting

• When: 5 P.M. Eastern Time
• Where: The Valar Guild's Discord server in text channel "meeting_place".

Meeting Transcript

• Membership:
• Attending: Arien, Ar-Pharazon, Fangorn, Sandalf, Varda (presiding)
• Web News:
• Some new pages are up for 2026 to keep content current and more will be updated. The fancier versions are intended for later in the year.
• Gaming News:
• World of Warcraft
• StarCraft 2
• Lord of the Rings Online
• Browser game review by Ar-Pharazon: The Journey Home
• Tolkien:
• Topic 1: Pallando says he expects to have Hobbiton pictures (New Zealand) for us this coming week.
• Topic 2: January third was JRR Tolkien's birthday, when we hoist a toast in-game and/or in real life and type or say "The Professor!"
• Topic 3: Note that when Smeagol/Gollum refers to Sauron or Shelob, he uses capitalization, such as He and She. Why?

January 3, 2026 Thursday

• Happy Birthday to J.R.R. Tolkien!
• Raise a glass and give a toast with many other Tolkien fans, traditionally at local 9 P.M. The toast is "The Professor!". For in-game such as in Lord of the Rings Online it's /toast The Professor! If the character doesn't have the toast emote, a great alternate is to type /drink The Professor!

January 1, 2026 Thursday

• Happy New Year!
• Last year's news is now archived at News 2025.

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