Apologies for the lack of updates

My goal is to always keep this blog updated daily, but with my new job eating up a lot of my time I haven’t been able to contribute much to this site’s blog.  (I work 2 jobs altogether) Hopefully over the next few days I can get more active again.

Travian UK Summer Spree Party: What are those Brits up to now?

I’ve gotta give the United Kingdom Travian Forums credit: Not only are they well designed and full of polite posters, but they also know how to have a good time. They’ve had several fun events during the past year, and I think that’s one of the main reasons why people are so much nicer to [...]

Why you should never play Travian without a good night’s sleep

I mentioned the other day that I was starting a new job. Today was my second day on the job. Before I left for work this morning, I thought I’d get some raiding and building in on S9.com (which is the main server I’m playing right now, though I am also active on some other [...]

Random Travian Stuff

No big fighting on Server 3 to talk about today, so here’s some news and random stuff: – I’m currently working on this site’s “tips” section. I’m starting with tips for beginners. The first part is still a work-in-progress but you can view it here. I’m using a bullet-point format instead of a paragraph format that most [...]

Server 3: There’s a War on WAR

Yes folks, Server 3 doesn’t take a day off (and neither do I, apparantly). After three days of intense fighting (see here, here, and here), we’re into round four between ART and WAR without so much as a day off to clean up the spilled blood. I’m starting a new job tomorrow so I’m going to [...]

News and Notes

- Server 5 on the .com servers will be starting the endgame phase on June 26th. The official announcement is here. This time I was able to register for the server so I should be able to cover its conclusion in-depth. So stay tuned to this site for all the action! If it’s even half as entertaining [...]

And Now For Something Completely Different…

There’s no better way to celebrate this blog’s 2-week aniversary than with this:     While I’m off the topic of Travian for second, did you hear that The Oscars are going to have 10 nominees for Best Picture instead of 5 from now on? This is really going to ruin my annual Oscar Pool!

Version 3.3

- Currently on the server status page on Travian.com (link here) they list some of the servers as being Travian version 3.3. Version 3.3 is sort of a halfway point between 3.1 and 3.5. It has the artifacts and the new buildings (Horse Drinking Trough and Brewery), but it doesn’t have the new map tiles [...]

Server 3: Secrets, Rumours, and Mysteries

I’ve already mentioned that the battle between the Metas ART and WAR in the S3.com endgame is one of the best I’ve seen in my brief Travian existence, but so far I’ve brought you nothing but awesome battle reports. Today I’ll delve into some of the interesting dealings that are going on in the background. Right after I post [...]

A reader asks:

From a comment on this post… hi, can i ask a simple question? i just started the game, so just wondering how can a person build up such a massive army? unless crops are being sent to that village 24/7 to upkeep it. or can troops be transferred to another village not as reinforcement but [...]

More About the S3.com Endgame

I posted yesterday about the Server 3 Endgame, where the big attackers on either side are really starting to unload on one another. Click here if you haven’t read yesterday’s post yet. Since the attacks I showed in yesterday’s post, 4 more World Wonders have been hit with well coordinated gigantic attacks.  And both sides still have plenty [...]

S3.com Endgame Heats Up

S3.com will be the next server to enter the Hall of Champions, and the wars being raged as their server reaches its end are awesome to behold. As reported here earlier, as this age of Travian reaches its end, the final war to end all wars has come down to the alliances WAR and ART. Things started to [...]

Replies to Reader Comments

I read all the comments that people leave on this site, and if someone asks a question or raises a point that I’d like to address publicly, I may highlight you comment on my blog. Here’s a comment from Emperor Abhishek What about the other regional servers of asia, europe, middle east ?? Like in Asia there [...]

Messaging System in Iranian Travian Servers Shut Down

In game messaging and message forums for the popular browser-based game Travian have been shut down in Iran, similar to other more traditional online communication methods. A player who has to come to the Travian.com forums to ask a gameplay question had this to say: thanks every one another thing. im in iran right now… [...]

News and Notes

- Travian.com’s administrator, Tschena, paid a visit to this site and she was kind enough to e-mail me the answers to some questions I asked in this post about Travian.com’s classic server. Question from IRCmeet704: when s3.com restarts, will it be classic version or t3.5 version? [12:14] <Interview> Answered by Chrisvc: it will restart as a classic [...]