(40 votes, average: 3.3 out of 5)
Loading ...Travian is a massively multiplayer resource management game where macro management is key to winning. Travian feels like a game of Risk [The board game], but with thousands of players online at any given time. If you’ve played Risk before, you’ll know that Diplomacy is the most important aspect of the game, as without allies in Travian, you stand no chance against other factions.
Travian Information
Game Title: Travian
Genres: Browser Based
Publisher: Travian Games GmbH
Developer: Travian Games GmbH
Official Site: Click Here
Platforms: Internet Explorer / Mozilla Firefox
Pros: +Huge population, +Unique civilizations, +Simple gameplay, +Can be played casually, +Multiple servers
Cons: -Beginning feels slow, -Only 3 civilizations, -Game relies little on strategy, -but rather on massing units
Travian Reviewed
Travian feels like an incredibly large and long game of Risk thats focused almost entirely on resource and village management. New players start off by selecting one of the three available civilizations; The Romans, Gauls and Teutons. Each civilization has a variety of unique units and special civilization bonuses. For example, the Romans have the upper hand in Infantry units and gain higher defense bonuses near walls but suffer higher development expenses than the Gauls and the Teutons. The game’s building mechanics function in almost the same way as the Space browser based MMO Astro Empires, where buildings are upgraded and units are trained when the construction timer reaches zero.
New players will have to focus on quickly building up their village to deter neighbors from raiding their newly created towns. I highly recommend beginners to read the “Roman guide” below, even if they’re not playing Romans, as the guide provides insight on what you should focus all your development efforts on. The goal is to spend all your resources on upgrading buildings that will reduce your construction timer, so you can expand at a faster rate.
The first time you play Travian, you’ll have to play for a good 2 hours or so in one sitting in order to get your village up and running with the basic upgrades. After that, you can easily check up on your village for a few minutes a couple of times a day, as upgrades will begin to take hours before they’re completed. You’ll also have to make sure you keep up with your diplomacy, as alliances are a huge part of Travian. If you attack a player that’s in a strong alliance, odds are his allies will team up and destroy you, unless of course you talk your way out of it by lieing and claiming that you’re simply counter attacking, as that particular played attacked you before.
Travians biggest drawback however, is that players who dedicate more time to the game will have a huge edge over casual players. This isn’t at all uncommon in MMOs, but in Travian, if you’re fighting someone who can simply play longer than you can, odds are that they will beat you, as they can form more alliances than you and even attack you when you’re not online. In other MMOs, you don’t have to fight other players, but in Travian, anyone can attack you. Although players that dedicate their lives to the game will have an advantage, playing casually is still quite fun.
Travian Screenshots
Guides / Resources
Roman Guide <– Excellent Beginner Resource
