On this episode of The AIE Podcast... Oh boy, do we have a special show for you all tonight It’s summer, you know, kind of hot But, we are filled with love And lots of highlights Welcome to the AIE virtual guild hall All that and more coming up right now... Podcast Audio Raw Video http://youtu.be/GlxPRTkAdEM Open Welcome to episode #407 of the podcast celebrating you, the Alea Iacta Est gaming community, the die has been podcast. This is Host Tetsemi: To my left is Mkallah: - (Hey all, there are strawberry Lemonade rice krispy treats in the guild hall ). This week we are doing something VERY special tonight- explain it here, Tet! Welcome! Ok, we’ll going into summer of love shortly, but first, let’s cover our accomplishments so far this year!... AIE News Community Just a reminder, here are your Mandatory Fun Nights, especially important for the Summer of Love Where the fun is mandatory but the attendance is not. Sunday - Monday - GW2 9:30 pm Eastern Monday - STO 10:00 pm Eastern Tuesday - SWTOR 9:00 pm Eastern Wednesday - HFO Mythic+ Mayhem (WoW) 8:00 pm Eastern Thursday- Board Game Night (1st and 3rd Thursdays) 7:00 pm Eastern/6:00 pm Central Friday - ESO 9:00 pm Eastern Friday - FFXIV(Magical Misc Tour) 9:00 pm Eastern Saturday - LotRO 8:30 pm Eastern Saturday - FFXIV (Maps) 9:30 pm Eastern Saturday - Noob Raid (WoW) 11:00 pm Eastern Streaming and Guild Podcast News We have a ton of AIE member podcasts! Want to know where to find them? Look no further than here- SWTOR Escape Podcast (Max and Sema) https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/sepc/ Behind the Games Podcast (Jeff aka Max and Sema) https://www.newoverlords.com/category/listen/btg/ Working Class Nerds (Marcus and Nick) - NSFL https://workingclassnerdscom.wordpress.com Boards and Swords (Chris and Philip) https://boardsandswords.com/blog?category=Boards%20%26%20Swords Dr. Gameology ( Dr. Daniel Kaufmann ) https://drgameology.com/ STO - Fleet Action Report (Grebog and Nikodas) https://www.youtube.com/@fleetactionreport A Podcast Reborn: A FFXIV Community Podcast (Brandon aka Old Man Franks, Meagan, and Rho) - NSFL https://www.bonusroll.gg/directory/a-podcast-reborn/   We have a pics of the year channel for Summer of Love. The current challenge is Pet Pics, but Gusty is asking for AIE members to share their Cosplay, Collections, computer desks, transmog/glamour and anything they are doing with Guild groups. (Tabards and banners encouraged.) LOTRO In March of this year we returned to Carn Dum in Update 35. Carn Dum, as the capital of Angmar, along with Urugarth (a nearby fortress) were two of the early 'world instances' in the game. Now Carn Dum has been redesigned using new tech and art. It remains a city of fell magic, evil men, and restless spirits. But now has a quest hub and instance cluster. In May we received Update 36 "Gondor Renewed". Summoned to Gondor by King Elessar and Queen Arwen, we are to head South and aid in the reconstruction, but beware the Heirs of Castamir, and the influence of Umbar. But now for the big news. Our very own Maellung has joined the ranks of the LOTROStream. It's official, he's official! You may ask, 'what is the LOTROStream, precious'? Well, you fool of a River-Hobbit, it's the official live stream of The Lord of the Rings Online! Congrats Maellung! GW2 The Guild Wars 2 division has been abiding. MFN runs weekly and the monthly Dungeons and More night is still going strong. Over the past year during Dungeons and more nights we have done a variety of stuff from world boss hunting to helping members with their personal story to fractals and yes even running some dungeons. For Summer of Love, we will have a Remembrance Day gathering, Dungeons and More night, and the usual MFN on Monday night. We are eagerly waiting for the first expansion in the new yearly format, Secrets of the Obscure.