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 [...]

In order to support your troops you will need vast amounts of wheat. You may already have a 15-cropper village, but what if you need a second one? How about a third? How do you know what to build and what not to build in these villages so that you don’t lose all your crop [...]

We’ve all attacked, many of us have spied, some of us have back stabbed. But have you ever spread propaganda? How about “accidentally” ? Your efforts could go unnoticed: but if they aren’t you could inflict serious damage on your enemy – or at least what they think of you. So What is Accidental Propaganda? [...]

The following article was taken from Wikipedia. I feel this blog wouldn’t be complete without it, as it summarizes the game better than I ever could. Every player enters Travain as a leader of a small village as a Roman, Gaul or Teuton [10] with two people—a population of two—in their village. The village has [...]

That’s right! Get your hero his 20% Offensive bonus ASAP… It will help you get him to higher levels faster… and you’ll save on troops. Without this 20% bonus I couldn’t have pulled this off: Or this with my 20% defensive bonus (later): Having a hero added a component to the game that kept me [...]