<s>
Travian	B-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
Legends	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
persistent	O
,	O
browser-based	O
,	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
,	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
real-time	I-Protocol
strategy	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
developed	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
software	O
company	O
Travian	B-Protocol
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2004	O
as	O
"	O
Travian	B-Protocol
"	O
by	O
Gerhard	O
Müller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
classical	O
antiquity	O
,	O
Travian	B-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
Legends	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
predominantly	O
militaristic	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Travian	B-Protocol
has	O
been	O
translated	O
into	O
over	O
40	O
languages	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
German	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
at	O
one	O
time	O
boasted	O
over	O
5	O
million	O
players	O
on	O
over	O
300	O
game	B-Application
servers	I-Application
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Travian	B-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
Legends	I-Protocol
is	O
programmed	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
runs	O
in	O
most	O
modern	O
browsers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Travian	B-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
Legends	I-Protocol
is	O
set	O
in	O
classical	O
antiquity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
must	O
register	O
on	O
the	O
Travian	B-Protocol
website	O
to	O
join	O
a	O
game	O
,	O
providing	O
an	O
e-mail	O
address	O
,	O
and	O
creating	O
a	O
username	O
and	O
a	O
password	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
also	O
choose	O
a	O
tribe	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
,	O
and	O
select	O
a	O
World	O
,	O
that	O
represents	O
a	O
game	B-Application
server	I-Application
,	O
to	O
play	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
3	O
playable	O
tribes	O
(	O
the	O
Romans	O
,	O
the	O
Gauls	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Teutons	O
)	O
and	O
two	O
non-playable	O
tribes	O
(	O
Natars	O
and	O
Nature	O
)	O
on	O
classic	O
Travian	B-Protocol
:	O
Legend	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Travian	B-Protocol
:	O
Fire	O
and	O
Sand	O
introduced	O
two	O
more	O
playable	O
tribes	O
(	O
Huns	O
and	O
Egyptians	O
)	O
which	O
are	O
later	O
incorporated	O
into	O
all	O
international	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gauls	B-Application
have	O
fast-moving	O
troops	O
with	O
good	O
defensive	O
capabilities	O
,	O
and	O
fast	O
merchants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
four	O
kinds	O
of	O
resources	O
in	O
Travian	B-Protocol
:	O
wood	O
,	O
clay	O
,	O
iron	O
and	O
crop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
fifty	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
troop	O
in	O
Travian	B-Protocol
,	O
ten	O
for	O
each	O
tribe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Travian	B-Protocol
players	O
can	O
create	O
and	O
join	O
alliances	O
whose	O
members	O
support	O
each	O
other	O
economically	O
and	O
militarily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
alliance	O
member	O
can	O
view	O
combat	O
reports	O
from	O
every	O
other	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
alliance	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
forum	B-Application
and	O
a	O
web	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
feature	O
for	O
talking	O
to	O
other	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Members	O
in	O
one	O
wing	O
cannot	O
view	O
the	O
combat	O
reports	O
of	O
members	O
in	O
another	O
wing	O
,	O
benefit	O
from	O
alliance-only	O
resource	O
trading	O
,	O
or	O
use	O
the	O
web	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
to	O
talk	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
game	O
considers	O
the	O
wings	O
to	O
be	O
separate	O
alliances	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Travian	B-Protocol
also	O
supports	O
inter-alliance	O
diplomacy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
round	O
of	O
Travian	B-Protocol
concludes	O
with	O
the	O
end	O
game	O
sequence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Travian	B-Protocol
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
June	O
2004	O
as	O
a	O
PHP	B-Application
hobby	O
project	O
by	O
Gerhard	O
Müller	O
,	O
then	O
a	O
student	O
of	O
chemistry	O
at	O
the	O
Technical	O
University	O
of	O
Munich	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
unexpected	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Gerhard	O
Müller	O
and	O
his	O
brother	O
Siegfried	O
Müller	O
founded	O
Travian	B-Protocol
Games	O
as	O
a	O
non-trading	O
partnership	O
in	O
July	O
2005	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
changed	O
into	O
a	O
limited	O
liability	O
company	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operations	O
and	O
the	O
rights	O
of	O
Travian	B-Protocol
were	O
transferred	O
to	O
the	O
company	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Travian	B-Protocol
Games	O
began	O
offering	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
mobile	O
phone-optimised	O
interface	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
through	O
a	O
subscription-based	O
Java	B-Language
ME	I-Language
midlet	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
edition	O
of	O
Travian	B-Protocol
where	O
events	O
take	O
place	O
three	O
times	O
faster	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
Travian	B-Protocol
Speed3x	O
,	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
16	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
an	O
announcement	O
was	O
made	O
about	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Travian	B-Protocol
Classic	O
,	O
dubbed	O
"	O
Travian	B-Protocol
2.5	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
version	O
3	O
but	O
had	O
certain	O
features	O
disabled	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
similar	O
to	O
version	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Travian	B-Protocol
was	O
initially	O
financed	O
through	O
players	O
upgrading	O
accounts	O
with	O
Travian	B-Protocol
Plus	O
and	O
web	O
banners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
effects	O
can	O
be	O
replicated	O
with	O
user	B-Language
scripts	I-Language
,	O
but	O
implementing	O
these	O
can	O
result	O
in	O
a	O
banning	O
of	O
the	O
offending	O
account	O
as	O
they	O
are	O
against	O
the	O
general	O
terms	O
and	O
conditions	O
of	O
Travian	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Travian	B-Protocol
has	O
also	O
included	O
a	O
"	O
Travian	B-Protocol
Shop	O
"	O
which	O
includes	O
Travian-related	O
items	O
like	O
clothing	O
and	O
mugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Travian	B-Protocol
was	O
ranked	O
at	O
second	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
medium	O
games	O
category	O
of	O
Gamesdynamite	O
's	O
Superbrowsergame	O
Award	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
chosen	O
as	O
the	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
Browser	O
Game	O
of	O
2005	O
by	O
Coole	O
Browsergames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Travian	B-Protocol
won	O
the	O
Superbrowsergame	O
Award	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
large	O
games	O
category	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
chosen	O
as	O
the	O
Browser	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
2006	O
by	O
Coole	O
Browsergames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christian	O
Donlan	O
,	O
game	O
reviewer	O
,	O
described	O
Travian'''s	O
version	O
2	O
interface	O
as	O
"	O
ugly	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
primitive	O
cartoon	O
style	O
"	O
and	O
a	O
bad	O
colour	O
scheme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
characterised	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
functional	O
rather	O
than	O
beautiful	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
interface	O
that	O
is	O
"	O
uncluttered	O
"	O
.Travian	O
''	O
was	O
chosen	O
as	O
the	O
Browser	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
2011	O
in	O
the	O
classic	O
games	O
category	O
by	O
GforGaming	O
's	O
jury	O
.	O
</s>
