New Features on Travian Servers

Travian Servers will have 3 new features starting today. An official announcement was made on the Travian.com forums here.  The 3 new features are: Players can use BBCode in In-game messages Players can set restrictions on what their sitters can and can’t do Players can share battle reports with other players on the same sever [...]

Server 7 Restart Announced

Just in time for players who are finished with Server 9, it’s time for the return of Server 7! The server will begin in just over a week from today, and pre-registration starts next Wednesday. Click here to read the official announcement. The Server will Travian version 3.6 but without the Rally Point Restriction or the Instant [...]

Issue #3 of Travian Magazine is online!

    There was a bit of a delay in the making of the latest issue of Travian News International Magazine, but it’s finally been released now. Click this link to check it out: http://com.travianteam.com/dateien/com_magazine_2010_04.pdf This issue is a whopping 39 pages, and a lot of those pages are written by or are about me. (Probably too [...]

Travian Crewchat Report Part 8 – The State of the Game

Several players at the Travian.com crewchat had questions or opinions about the current state of Travian and its servers. Here’s a selection of them that I thought my readers might find interesting: Question from Daki|Trident_com1: question I guess there was lot of complaining slow working of com1 server, so was wondering is there any new [...]

Travian Crewchat Report Part 7 – Gameplay Questions

The crewchat was also a good opportunity for players to ask questions about how the game works. Question from webchat48897: If a village is chieffed multiple times, do buildings lose a level every time its chieffed? Answered by rexor: Yes, it should… This happened recently with the Meta-alliance that I’m in. Two players chiefed the same village, so [...]

Travian Crewchat Part Report Part 6 – The Future of Travian

Like most Massive Multiplayer online games, Travian changes and improves as years go by. At the Travian Crewchat, many players asked about what the future of the game will be like. Here’s a selection of just some of the questions and answers about what Travian will be like in the months and years to come: [...]

Travian Crewchat Report Part 5 – Questions About the Crew

The Crewchat gives players a chance to get to know the crew members, and find out what it’s like to be on the crew:  Question from ocmeR: What do you like the most about being crew? Answered by firedawg225: being a part of an awesome family and great people   Question from Hoppa: Do you like this [...]

Travian Crewchat Report Part 4 – Behind the Scenes

One of the coolest things about the crewchat is that it lets players find out a lot about what goes on behind the scenes of the game. While we often get caught up playing the game and strategizing, we often forget that it takes a lot of effort to make the game and to keep [...]

Travian Crewchat Report Part 3 – Bot Detection System and Rules Enforcement

There were several questions about the new bot detection system during the crewchat, but not as many as there were about the Rally Point Restriction and the 10x Speed Server. Question from petervle: When will the captcha system be implemented? Answered by Tschena: It was already. Question from enkh: When will the captcha system begin [...]

Travian Crewchat Report Part 2: The 10x Speed Server

Another hot newsworthy topic that came up during the crewchat was about the 10x “superfast” speed server that was recently played on Travian.org. Travian.org is a german-language server, so many English players who heard about it weren’t able to check it out. Many players were curious if Travian.com will be getting a 10x speed server [...]

Travian Crewchat Report April 2010 Part 1: The Rally Point Restriction

The Travian.com Crewchat took place last Friday (April 16th). Lots of players showed up to ask the crew members questions on any topic they desired. No question was too silly, or too controversial. I’ve gone through the Crew Chat logs and picked out the most interesting and informative questions and answers, for those of you who [...]

10x Speed Server Videos

I know a lot of people are curious about the 10X Speed Server that was recently played on Travian.org, so I searched through youtube to find the best videos of that server that were made. This first video is a good example of 10X speed gameplay from a Gaul player. It shows how fast resources were produced [...]

Mailbag Time!

I’m working on several long posts for the site, one of which is an update on the S9.com endgame, but I thought I’d take some time to follow-up on some previous posts as well. I wanted to respond to some of the people who have left comments or sent me e-mails. I normally try to do this right away, [...]

Travian 10x Speed Server

The first ever 10x Speed Server of Travian ended recently. The game was played on Travian.org, so if you just play at Travian.com or one of the other English domains, you might not have heard about it. The game was played on Travian.org, which is a German language Travian server, referred to by some players [...]

Polish Travian Servers Declare Temporary Truce due to National Tragedy

The Travian Servers in Poland (Travian.pl) have declared a temporary truce, so that players and crew members can take time off from the game to mourn the loss of their president and several other important members of the Polish government in the recent plane crash. Here’s a translation of the message posted on the Travian.pl homepage: Dear [...]