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Check out the winning entries of the 2009 Turbine Pumpkin Carving Contest! We had a lot of great entries this year...

During The Lord of the Rings Online™ Welcome Back Week from October 15th through October 21st, you can play your old characters for free** and get a +25% XP Bonus***. Plus, if you come back now and renew your subscription to LOTRO with any 3-, 6-, or 12-month $9.99/month* subscription plan by October 31st, we’ll give you The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™ digital expansion for free* (regular price $19.99)!

 
It’s that time of year again: the weather turns colder, the leaves turn colorful, and spooky fun turns up everywhere. It also means it’s the perfect time for a pumpkin carving contest! We’re looking for the best LOTRO-themed carved pumpkins! You could win a custom title on the forums, and one lucky winner will win one million copper (also known as 10 Gold)! To learn more, click here!

Autumn is here! The October-December 2009 Calendars are now available on our Wallpapers Page. Enjoy!

Congratulations to our final winner, Furira! A special Thank you to everyone who took part in our contest. Stay tuned for a full gallery featuring many of our contest entries.
 
                
 
Congratulations to our second winner Arpinduellyer86 for this entry under the catagory of monster play!
 
                
 
Congratulations to our first winner, Starbuckjones! Thank you to everyone who has entered the contest so far, and keep those entries coming!
 
                
 
Turbine is hosting a Motivational Poster contest! We want to see your most inspirational LOTRO-themed motivational posters; we’ll provide the title and the template, you provide the image and caption! Make them as serious or as funny as you like. The winners will receive a custom forum title on the LOTRO forums (“The Motivator”), and their posters will be featured in LOTRO.com’s new Motivational Poster gallery! Each week we’ll be looking for a different theme for the posters.

Refer a Friend And Earn Free Game Time!
Get Started Now!

Refer your circle of friends to The Lord of the Rings Online™, and forge your own ring of fellowship. You know the paths of adventure and all the tricks of the trade that lead to power, adventure, and glory in Middle-earth, so show your friends how it’s done! Each friend you refer gets ten days of free gameplay - and you get to teach them which end of a sword to stick in an orc! Your ring of fellowship will bind you and your friends together in adventure. Even better, you’ll get free game time when one of them activates a valid retail or digital product key. Refer your friends to LOTRO and next time things go bump in the dark, you won’t face the dark alone!

bullet Refer your friends to LOTRO, and give them ten free days of game time.
bullet Get thirty free days added to your subscription when each friend activates a valid retail or digital product key and successfully processes a subscription charge — a great way to play in Middle-earth all summer long for free!
bullet Don’t miss each other in the dark! Tell your friends which server you play on and what your character is named so they can find you and join your battles

Each friend you refer will receive a game key via e-mail that can be redeemed for ten free days of consecutive game play. For each of your friends who joins your ring of fellowship by activating a valid retail or digital product key and successfully processes a subscription fee, you’ll get thirty free days added to your subscription. If you’re a lifetime subscriber, you can give these thirty free days to any other player you want!

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Forge Your Ring of Fellowship
Step 1: Log in to your account at myaccount.turbine.com.
Step 2: Under "My Referred Friends" you can enter up to five friends' email addresses for LOTRO.
Step 3: Hit the Submit button to update the list and send 10-day Guest Keys to your friends!

You can see the status of your ring of fellowship at any time. “Converted” means your friend has accepted your invitation, played the game, and subscribed to it.

If you want to cancel a referral so you can add a new one, click on the cancel link next to the email address you wish to cancel. Before cancelling, make sure the person you’ve referred doesn’t want to subscribe; if you friend decides to subscribe after you’ve cancelled his/her referral, you won’t get any referral credit for that friend.

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