Travian Strategy Guide

What I’m about to discuss here is one of the hardest tricks in the game, and even when you do everything right, it’s still possible to screw it up. The principle is similar to dodging, but much harder to execute.

This should be practiced by everyone that isn’t familiar with the tactic until you feel comfortable enough that you can do everything right in an emergency. Optimally, you should use this on all supply villages and even when you’re making a stand in case the hammer does happen to break through. Read the rest of this entry »

Introduction
Perhaps one of the least talked about aspects of Travian is the interaction with other players. If you spend any time playing Travian you will come across newbie’s and very experienced players. You will come across fools and idiots, people who attack before checking that your population is ten times theirs and apologise like mad before their attack comes in. I even had one player attack me, apologise and then send back all of the plundered resources by merchant plus the cost of the two troops they killed (we couldn’t work out a fair price for the rat, I figured that was a favour). You will have BIG scary players in BIG scary alliances to deal with, your immediate neighbours, allies, confederacies, non-aggression pacts, attackers, farms…it is potentially such a big part of the game and really can determine your fate. Read the rest of this entry »

Troop tool is a really usefull tool for managing the troops of your whole alliance. With this tool you can easily check how many troops are available to reinforce a village in x amount of time, you don’t have to send out messages to your whole alliance and ask them. Read the rest of this entry »