I too am married with children. I have tried EQ2 and WoW, and LOTRO seems much more doable for the part-timers like you and me. Guilds=Kinships. I have a 16 lvl hunter and have yet to join a kinship. I would suggest soloing, and sometimes posting LFF's (looking for fellowship) on the OCC channel when a quest is too hard until you start questing in the books. You may have to repost the message a few times before you get a response, but people in this game seem ready to help. I think that's the best thing about this game; without PvP, players have a more friendly frame of mind and you aren't mercilessly destroyed right when your starting to get into a rythm.
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Edited, Feb 6th 2008 1:27am by Gooshooter