Browser Strategy Game: Travian

Vince · 09-03-2007, 10:52 PM

Someone pointed me to this game, and I immediately thought of FOFC. Here it is for you all to peruse for a moment or two -- it's really slow paced, but looks like there's tons of room for strategy in it.

Basically, you are a Roman, Gaul or Teuton village. You can build up production of your main resources (Clay, Wood, Iron Ore and Crops), then use the resources to build buildings and such that will allow production of military units, etc. Take a look for yourself -- I'm on Server 5, I believe...Chelleville is my town. Still learning as I go, though.

Travian.

Neon_Chaos · 09-03-2007, 11:22 PM

Man.

This board is giving me reasons to eat up my free time. Jeez.

bbor · 09-03-2007, 11:30 PM

Vince,ive been playin this for awhile.I just started over again on the 3x server

daedalus · 09-04-2007, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by bbor

Vince,ive been playin this for awhile.I just started over again on the 3x server

because . . . you are WUSS?!?

daedalus · 09-04-2007, 03:46 AM

i was tinkering with tribal wars with some of the people from my movoda guild for awhile. interesting while it lasted but, as i do not like to attack people (in spite of being santiago in SMAC), it was never going to be a long lasting game for me.

now, if we had a whole contingent of FOFC migrating to one of these games to make a tribe . . . i can see it being fun. and horrific.

Warhammer · 09-04-2007, 09:26 AM

I'm in, guess I'll try the server Vince is on.

Neon_Chaos · 09-04-2007, 09:37 AM

so, can we get a collective effort for FOFC to go over to one server?

Warhammer · 09-04-2007, 09:45 AM

Sounds good to me, I'll be using WarhammerII as my nick over there.

Neon_Chaos · 09-04-2007, 10:09 AM

Server 5 it is.

nick is NeonChaos

lordscarlet · 09-04-2007, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Neon_Chaos

Server 5 it is.

nick is NeonChaos

Should we choose a specific tribe or starting position?

Neon_Chaos · 09-04-2007, 10:20 AM

Sever 5. Roman Tribe. Northwest.

Yellow5 · 09-04-2007, 10:49 AM

signed up, nick is Yellow5

Roman, Northwest.

Lots of good info in the Roman Guide on the forums.

Alan T · 09-04-2007, 11:25 AM

In on server 5 roman northwest also.

BrianD · 09-04-2007, 11:36 AM

I'm also on server 5 Gaul northwest.

lordscarlet · 09-04-2007, 12:29 PM

I'm in as lordscarlet

BrianD · 09-04-2007, 02:27 PM

This game looks like it could be quite time consuming.

Neon_Chaos · 09-04-2007, 02:54 PM

It looks like it quite is.

lordscarlet · 09-04-2007, 03:16 PM

I hate you all for pasting and encouraging this link.

lordscarlet · 09-04-2007, 03:28 PM

Should we setup an alliance?

Alan T · 09-04-2007, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by lordscarlet

Should we setup an alliance?

I'm not sure exactly how to do that! So far I've just been working on building up my production

Warhammer · 09-04-2007, 03:46 PM

When I get to embassy level 3, I am starting the FOFC alliance.

Neon_Chaos · 09-04-2007, 03:49 PM

Sweet.

lordscarlet · 09-04-2007, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Alan T

I'm not sure exactly how to do that! So far I've just been working on building up my production

You need a Level 1 Embassy to join an alliance, and a Level 3 Embassy to create one.

JHandley · 09-04-2007, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by daedalus

i was tinkering with tribal wars with some of the people from my movoda guild for awhile. interesting while it lasted but, as i do not like to attack people (in spite of being santiago in SMAC), it was never going to be a long lasting game for me.

now, if we had a whole contingent of FOFC migrating to one of these games to make a tribe . . . i can see it being fun. and horrific.

Which guild in Movoda?

WVUFAN · 09-04-2007, 05:11 PM

This game is right up my alley.

Great find!

FrogMan · 09-04-2007, 09:13 PM

in as FrogMan, Gauls in Northwest too. Will probably only leisurely work on it though...

City's exact coordinate are (-68, 134) btw...

FM

Brillig · 09-04-2007, 09:53 PM

In. (-146, 42), right next to BrianD

BrianD · 09-04-2007, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Brillig

In. (-146, 42), right next to BrianD

Ah, fresh meat...I mean...an alliance partner.

Brillig · 09-04-2007, 09:58 PM

Don't try any funny stuff. Ze catz are watching j00.

Brillig · 09-04-2007, 10:04 PM

If you click on the "Plus" link, you see that you have a small store of Gold to buy various bonuses.

A fast start usually being pretty important, I blew half of my stash on the four production bonuses already.

Brillig · 09-04-2007, 10:23 PM

Hmm. "Merchants from my homeland arrived" bringing 200-300 of each resource. Random event?

lordscarlet · 09-04-2007, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Brillig

Hmm. "Merchants from my homeland arrived" bringing 200-300 of each resource. Random event?

I got the same. I assume all n00bs get it.

Vince · 09-04-2007, 11:04 PM

I believe you get it once you've upgraded one of each resource.

I'm at -101, -80. Foolishly built up to the capacity to make troops at first (Main Building Level 3, Rally Point Level 1), and added a few buildings as well (Granary, Cranny)...should have focused on production I think. I'm sitting at 17/20/14/12 with a cropland increase on the way -- I don't need so much crop at the moment, but I want to make sure I don't get painted into a corner without enough resources to increase my cropland so I can continue to build. I think once I get everything around level 2, I'll start churning out soldiers.

Vince · 09-04-2007, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Brillig

If you click on the "Plus" link, you see that you have a small store of Gold to buy various bonuses.

A fast start usually being pretty important, I blew half of my stash on the four production bonuses already.

Nice find. I picked up the free Plus account and the four production bonuses...now my stash is gone

Vince · 09-04-2007, 11:12 PM

Ok, here's my status -- I'll update as cool things happen. With the 25% increase in production, I look a lot more hoss than I did five minutes ago

Chelleville
Location: -101, -80
Population: 30
Production (Lumber, Clay, Iron, Crop): 21, 25, 18, 28
Buildings:
Main Building (Lv. 3)
Granary (Lv. 1)
Rally Point (Lv. 1)
Barracks (Lv. 1)
Troops: None

bbor · 09-04-2007, 11:15 PM

Guys just a hint....Build up your fields to level 3 before you build anything exravagant in your town.All you really need is granary,main building and warehouse.

TazFTW · 09-05-2007, 12:24 AM

Hmmm, I've been playing Travian for a few months and have not heard of a Server 5. When I login there are only servers 1, 2, 3, and 3x.

[edit]Ah. I've been playing on travian.us. Server 5 is on travian.com

[2nd edit]I'm at -150, 6 on server 5.

IMetTrentGreen · 09-05-2007, 12:34 AM

im in as fattydingdongs, server 5, teuton -144,-33

daedalus · 09-05-2007, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by JHandley

Which guild in Movoda?

alive. it's kinda fallen apart lately. ante (anterminator) was the first one to have said anything to me when i logged on (from jag's or masked's recommendation, i can't remember exactly). and nisa, who's been trying to hold things together, has been real cool.

let me know if you guys need some resource. i'll be glad to help. when i started, i was told y'all needed rock as you were building up the compound at the time but couldn't find any of your guildies on once i mined it.

daedalus · 09-05-2007, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by FrogMan

in as FrogMan, Gauls in Northwest too. Will probably only leisurely work on it though...

City's exact coordinate are (-68, 134) btw...

FM

oh, sure. gauls. pffft. figures.

Yellow5 · 09-05-2007, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WVUFAN

This game is right up my alley.

Great find!

And your village is right next to mine.

FrogMan · 09-05-2007, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daedalus

oh, sure. gauls. pffft. figures.

LOL, too many connections between me and Asterix not to go with the Gauls

FM

Castlerock · 09-05-2007, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WVUFAN

This game is right up my alley.
Great find!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yellow5

And your village is right next to mine.

And mine.

Brillig · 09-05-2007, 05:21 PM

Anyone know how to figure out how long you have until you can be attacked?

FrogMan · 09-05-2007, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Brillig

Anyone know how to figure out how long you have until you can be attacked?

I think I read somewhere that all newbs get three days before becoming open game to everyone... Simply figure out when you started...

FM

Brillig · 09-05-2007, 05:32 PM

I guess we all started early enough that we get three days... the section from the rules says:
"There is a beginner protection in Travian which means that one can not be attacked in a period of 3 to max. 14 days depending on the time between start of the world to the activation of one's account.
You can calculate the exact time by extracting the root from the running time of the world up to the point when you registered your account."

Umm. Say what?

Exrtacting the root from the running time of the world?

Warhammer · 09-05-2007, 06:55 PM

I'm in the NE corner, so I'll be our advanced outpost on this side of the map.

lordscarlet · 09-05-2007, 08:17 PM

You should have gotten an in-game message that tells you how many days.

FrogMan · 09-05-2007, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by lordscarlet

You should have gotten an in-game message that tells you how many days.

ah! yes, that's where I'd read about it:

Quote:

And one further hint: a cranny can be your best friend at the start, hiding your resources when aggressive player try to raid your village. Each new player has got 3 days of protection before he can be attacked, though.

There it was...

And there's also the explanation for the deliveries of resources that Brillig mentionned earlier, in another message:

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After constructing a cranny level 1 you will receive three deliveries of resources from us.

heh, pays to read the mail sometimes

FM

Warhammer · 09-05-2007, 10:50 PM

The Gauls get 3 deliveries?!?!? For a stinking Cranny?

09-03-2007, 11:22 PM	#2
Neon_Chaos Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Parañaque, Philippines	Man. This board is giving me reasons to eat up my free time. Jeez. __________________ Come and see.

09-03-2007, 11:30 PM	#3
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Vince,ive been playin this for awhile.I just started over again on the 3x server __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob. Last edited by bbor : 09-03-2007 at 11:31 PM.

09-04-2007, 09:37 AM	#7
Neon_Chaos Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Parañaque, Philippines	so, can we get a collective effort for FOFC to go over to one server? __________________ Come and see.

09-04-2007, 10:09 AM	#9
Neon_Chaos Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Parañaque, Philippines	Server 5 it is. nick is NeonChaos __________________ Come and see.

09-04-2007, 10:20 AM	#11
Neon_Chaos Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Parañaque, Philippines	Sever 5. Roman Tribe. Northwest. __________________ Come and see.

09-04-2007, 03:46 AM	#5
daedalus Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000	i was tinkering with tribal wars with some of the people from my movoda guild for awhile. interesting while it lasted but, as i do not like to attack people (in spite of being santiago in SMAC), it was never going to be a long lasting game for me. now, if we had a whole contingent of FOFC migrating to one of these games to make a tribe . . . i can see it being fun. and horrific.

09-04-2007, 09:26 AM	#6
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	I'm in, guess I'll try the server Vince is on.

09-04-2007, 09:45 AM	#8
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	Sounds good to me, I'll be using WarhammerII as my nick over there.

09-04-2007, 10:49 AM	#12
Yellow5 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tacoma, Wa.	signed up, nick is Yellow5 Roman, Northwest. Lots of good info in the Roman Guide on the forums. __________________ Xbox Gamertag: m0nk3y b0t Last edited by Yellow5 : 09-04-2007 at 11:47 AM.

09-04-2007, 11:25 AM	#13
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	In on server 5 roman northwest also.

09-04-2007, 11:36 AM	#14
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	I'm also on server 5 Gaul northwest.

09-04-2007, 12:29 PM	#15
lordscarlet Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington, DC	I'm in as lordscarlet __________________ Sixteen Colors ANSI/ASCII Art Archive "...the better half of the Moores..." -cthomer5000

09-04-2007, 02:27 PM	#16
BrianD Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Appleton, WI	This game looks like it could be quite time consuming.

09-04-2007, 02:54 PM	#17
Neon_Chaos Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Parañaque, Philippines	It looks like it quite is. __________________ Come and see.

09-04-2007, 03:16 PM	#18
lordscarlet Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington, DC	I hate you all for pasting and encouraging this link. __________________ Sixteen Colors ANSI/ASCII Art Archive "...the better half of the Moores..." -cthomer5000

09-04-2007, 03:28 PM	#19
lordscarlet Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington, DC	Should we setup an alliance? __________________ Sixteen Colors ANSI/ASCII Art Archive "...the better half of the Moores..." -cthomer5000

09-04-2007, 03:46 PM	#21
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	When I get to embassy level 3, I am starting the FOFC alliance.

09-04-2007, 03:49 PM	#22
Neon_Chaos Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Parañaque, Philippines	Sweet. __________________ Come and see.

09-04-2007, 05:11 PM	#25
WVUFAN College Starter Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Huntington, WV	This game is right up my alley. Great find! __________________

09-04-2007, 09:13 PM	#26
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	in as FrogMan, Gauls in Northwest too. Will probably only leisurely work on it though... City's exact coordinate are (-68, 134) btw... FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

09-04-2007, 09:53 PM	#27
Brillig College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Mountain View, California	In. (-146, 42), right next to BrianD

09-04-2007, 09:58 PM	#29
Brillig College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Mountain View, California	Don't try any funny stuff. Ze catz are watching j00.

09-04-2007, 10:04 PM	#30
Brillig College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Mountain View, California	If you click on the "Plus" link, you see that you have a small store of Gold to buy various bonuses. A fast start usually being pretty important, I blew half of my stash on the four production bonuses already.

09-04-2007, 10:23 PM	#31
Brillig College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Mountain View, California	Hmm. "Merchants from my homeland arrived" bringing 200-300 of each resource. Random event?

09-04-2007, 11:04 PM	#33
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	I believe you get it once you've upgraded one of each resource. I'm at -101, -80. Foolishly built up to the capacity to make troops at first (Main Building Level 3, Rally Point Level 1), and added a few buildings as well (Granary, Cranny)...should have focused on production I think. I'm sitting at 17/20/14/12 with a cropland increase on the way -- I don't need so much crop at the moment, but I want to make sure I don't get painted into a corner without enough resources to increase my cropland so I can continue to build. I think once I get everything around level 2, I'll start churning out soldiers. __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

09-04-2007, 11:12 PM	#35
Vince Pro Starter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Willow Glen, CA	Ok, here's my status -- I'll update as cool things happen. With the 25% increase in production, I look a lot more hoss than I did five minutes ago Chelleville Location: -101, -80 Population: 30 Production (Lumber, Clay, Iron, Crop): 21, 25, 18, 28 Buildings: Main Building (Lv. 3) Granary (Lv. 1) Rally Point (Lv. 1) Barracks (Lv. 1) Troops: None __________________ Every time a Dodger scores a run, an angel has its wings ripped off by a demon, and is forced to tearfully beg the demon to cauterize the wounds.The demon will refuse, and the sobbing angel will lie in a puddle of angel blood and feathers for eternity, wondering why the Dodgers are allowed to score runs.That’s not me talking: that’s science. McCoveyChronicles.com.

09-04-2007, 11:15 PM	#36
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Guys just a hint....Build up your fields to level 3 before you build anything exravagant in your town.All you really need is granary,main building and warehouse. __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

09-05-2007, 12:24 AM	#37
TazFTW Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Honolulu, HI	Hmmm, I've been playing Travian for a few months and have not heard of a Server 5. When I login there are only servers 1, 2, 3, and 3x. [edit]Ah. I've been playing on travian.us. Server 5 is on travian.com [2nd edit]I'm at -150, 6 on server 5. __________________ "Teams don't want to make the trip anymore," says Hawaii coach June Jones. "They come here, we kick their ass, they go home." Fire Ron Lee. Last edited by TazFTW : 09-05-2007 at 12:28 AM.

09-05-2007, 12:34 AM	#38
IMetTrentGreen College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Austin, Texas	im in as fattydingdongs, server 5, teuton -144,-33

09-05-2007, 05:21 PM	#44
Brillig College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Mountain View, California	Anyone know how to figure out how long you have until you can be attacked?

09-05-2007, 05:32 PM	#46
Brillig College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Mountain View, California	I guess we all started early enough that we get three days... the section from the rules says: "There is a beginner protection in Travian which means that one can not be attacked in a period of 3 to max. 14 days depending on the time between start of the world to the activation of one's account. You can calculate the exact time by extracting the root from the running time of the world up to the point when you registered your account." Umm. Say what? Exrtacting the root from the running time of the world?

09-05-2007, 06:55 PM	#47
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	I'm in the NE corner, so I'll be our advanced outpost on this side of the map.

09-05-2007, 08:17 PM	#48
lordscarlet Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington, DC	You should have gotten an in-game message that tells you how many days. __________________ Sixteen Colors ANSI/ASCII Art Archive "...the better half of the Moores..." -cthomer5000

09-05-2007, 10:50 PM	#50
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	The Gauls get 3 deliveries?!?!? For a stinking Cranny?

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