Lina's Biscuity Burrow

Want a white snowy yule? Here is yer chance, with the 2015 yule video from the hobbit roleplayers on Laurelin. A warm and merry yule to everyone! The 2015 yule video The last few years, I have made hobbity yule videos. They started out as reasonably s…

Hobbits in the snow? Wearing boots? Surely! Here are some pictures from a recent visit to Forochel! A few days ago I was visiting the northern lands of Forochel (or Frosty-shell, which is the name us Laurelin hobbits tend to use). The reason I went th…

Or, how Wald Sandson came to really loathe chucks. Fowl drama to follow! About the song Besides writing songs about biscuits and heroic sheepdogs, I really like to try put short and zany storylines related to the in-game NPCs in me lyrics. This time, …

Update 17 of Lord Of The Rings Online just went beta on the Bullroarer test server. With this update, LOTRO players will head to Minas Tirith, and here are the maps to the new areas. Plus a few pictures! First off, a disclaimer: If you want a pristine…

I wrote another song about the Shire. I should make a career of it, or somet! About the song Best sung to "Devils and Dust" by Bruce Springsteen (see below), this was another 30-minute challenge where I try to wrap up song lyrics in half an …

Need some tips on roleplaying in LOTRO? Have a look here A simple guide to roleplaying in LOTRO EDIT : 1 March 2025. I have gone through the guide and revised it a bit here and there, not least given the new 64-bit RP servers coming March 5. Chapter 2…

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Let's go on a long hobbit journey! They say there are hobbits living outside of The Shire. Outside of The Breelands too. Far away to the south-east, in a land called Everwait! Imagine all they can tell us about hobbit history? We just have to go v…

Stop the emote spam at social events! Simbo has been busy lately, working on a new plugin designed to reduce the amount of emote messages that fill up your chat window at large events. Please note that Babble has now gotten a static page , where any n…

LOTRO Update 16.2 brings a new cosmetic weapons system. Sounds like fun, but there are some strangeness currently. Here is a video! It sounds like a grand thing, really. Finally, you are able to display different-looking weapons than the ones you curr…

Big things happening in Michel Delving in the beta for update 16.2. The area around the bounder's statue has been turned into a park, with small memorials for each of the current LOTRO servers. Here are some screenshots! I'll admit it, I near …

There is a new lute in town! Come see what the Lute of Ages looks like now! The Lute of Ages was added to LOTRO with update 16.1 earlier this spring. This basically plays the sounds of the original LOTRO lute, which the game had until update 15 in Mar…

Chucks dream of flying too. Yer just know it to be true, right? So here is a song about flying chucks! About the song Best sung to Paul McCartney's "My Brave Face", this was crash-written before the Brandy Badgers' Public Rehearsal o…

Dark times ahead. A menace roams through the village. The sheepdog is after yer food! About the song Best sung to the traditional folk song "Farewell to Nova Scotia", this was another one of me "write a song quickly" challenges. It…

Them videos keep on coming! For those curious, I use PowerDirector 13 fer this work. It still covers me needs.   The Babble plugin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFzNLexeHUI And why you'd want to use it at busy social events   Yule Greetings fr…

We came, we saw, we partied for days on end during the 7th anniversary of Green Dragon Friday! And here is the video to prove it! After three parties, one server downtime, three competitions, one anniversary meal with seven courses, lots of planning …

Poetical has been updated! Please note that Poetical has now gotten a static page, where any new versions will be released. Further comments on the plugin should be added there, since comments on this blog post have been closed. Please visit the Poeti…

Oh, how them years fly by. It is now seven years since the Laurelin hobbits started meeting at the Green Dragon every Friday night, for musings, music, mead and merriment. Come celebrate the anniversary with us, hobbits! Here are the party plans! Part…

Update 16 of Lord Of The Rings Online just went beta on the Bullroarer test server. With this update, LOTRO players will head to Eastern Gondor, and here are the maps to the new areas. Plus a few pictures! (NB! Possible spoilers!) Edit April 10th: Now…

The shrews have been chased away, and the Mathom archives in Songburrow are open once more. Hooray! Earlier this week, shrews were making a mess in the Grand Order halls, so we had to lock the room where our archives are stored. The pests have been we…

Are you a lone musician? A poet? A storyteller looking for an audience? And, are you a hobbit? Welcome to the Lone Bards Night at the Green Dragon! Date : Friday March 13th, 2015 Time : 8PM UK time (4PM servertime, due to the US being on Daylight Savi…