I recently came across a Travian strategy I’ve seen work like magic. However to implement it there is a catch: You need to have a team of dedicated players who are accountable to each other. This is relatively easy to accomplish if you use sitters and have sit-checks. It also helps to have a private [...]

Waiting for resources to trickle in by the hour can be a slow mind-numbing process. To counter this problem, you may want to combine other strategies that allow you to grow faster. This is especially important if you are a Roman because for the first half of the game you will play less of an [...]

Question:
Hi Dan,
First of all, your ebook has been very helpful in preparing for my 2nd village. I managed to keep raiders off me by building crannies, though it made 2 other players hate me more so now they attack me and get my troops instead (they managed to wipe me out again, just so happened [...]

Everyone who is not in your alliance is a potential farm, and as soon as you get so much as 1 wood from them, BOOM! They’re a farm (at least to you)
But quad domination isn’t all about raiding the hell out of everyone in your 7×7. It also has a lot to do with making [...]

Part of the problem of raiding other players is that there could be farmers in the area stealing resources.
It’s your job to kill them off. There’s a way to do this known as a “counter attack”. I was going to explain it all, but MokMonster from the Us forums has a good explanation.
If your attacker [...]