This game is a total waste of time! Stay clear from it. They lure people in by offering "free play", but to progress in the game and be good at it you need to buy premium accounts. Get's VERY expensive if you are an addictive gamer. I've been playing it on and off for a few years, and I try different strategies to play in hopes that it wouldn't cost money out of pocket...It's pointless, And now with the new Flag system..it's a total disadvantage for those that do not have a lot of money. Rich players can simply buy their way to the top. Also, the game moderators can give out harsh punishments to you if you accidentally break the rules. simple example of one rule that is over looked. If you account sit for another player and send out resources to another player that is a breach of the rules...It seems silly, but in the end it costs you "the customer' MONEY! BOTTOM LINE.....STAY AWAY!

Tribal wars suffers as a game in that it requires the player to log on at different (and often exact) times of the day. This means that anyone who has a life in the real world, eg Job, relationship, children, hobby or perhaps goes on holiday is not going to do well at this.

On the good side there are interesting people to meet and certainly relationships that can build outside the game. You can play for free, there are a number of different rulesets on different servers.

On the downside playing after a couple of weeks in the free version (resticted map size and order queue) is frustrating and makes the game difficult to oversee. The amount of backbiting is equal to the social plusses.

The game has a strangely addictive quality, especially since once you have committed time and energy to it it IS difficult to stop. I played just short of 6 months.

On balance this one is a 'do not'. (value for money is XXX because it IS relatively cheap to play)

Been playing Tribalwars on and off for about 3 years. Do people cheat? yes there are many that have multiaccounts in a server. From my experience if your a paid premium member you can get away with anything! In the past I have reported many multi account players and only those that where premium players did NOT get banned! As many posters have said before, the admin/mods do not uphold the rules very well at all! Be also aware of advertising bots in game now trying to promote various things. And finally should you decide to play, trust no one. You can get back stabbed at any given time.

As for joining a tribe, Hopefully you will find a good one. Many are poorly run and usually from a full tribe it's only ever a 1/4 to half of the members that are active or will help you.

Personally I'd rather just play a Sid Meiers game, less Drama.

This game is awesome. I recommend you play this game. I am a player on World 12 and I cant get enough. 2 years I have been playing and no end in sight.

Tribalwars is very good but has a few things that could be improved. For example the game play. If you attack a other village it doesn't let you see as much as the attacked person. You should be able to get 1 person back letting you know that your whole army died. Other then this the game is very good. You can capture small villages like barbarian villages and expend your resources. The best thing is when you join a Tribe and they are expanding and helping you out with resources. It can help you build a good army and be save from attacks.

In Conclusion i would say it is a good game and has a lot of opptions. Graphics are not bad and maybe could get better if you would be able to see your army walk over the map. Have fun. Peace!

Tribalwars is a very good game. Players have lots of control.

i think tribalwars is great! very addictive but if you want, it's easy to get out of the addiction. if you have not played before, you may want to do at least 3-4 worlds(2-3 at a time) with you joining other people's tribes and getting used to it. after you become experienced and get at least 100,000 points on 1 world with full farms from troops in at least 8 of them, you should start trying to make your own tribe in other worlds. remember though: never have more than 4 worlds at once. 4 is already pushing it a little. if you need help or have a question about in game things or rules and if you can do "this" without getting in trouble then when you're logged into a world, click settings at the top, and on the page it brings up, click support request.

i have played Tribalwars for over 17 months,i loved it at one time until i ran into the cheating game mods.

yea,the ones that enforce the rules,they dont allow them to play on the same world they mod on but that doesnt stop the rampant cheating and information passing between worlds.

no need playing this game,its a waste of the last year and a half.

In a typical web game of this type, the big fish go after smaller fish and smaller fish try to stay away from bigger fish. Small fish go after smaller fish or farm inactive players. There is usually a way for a small fish to get bigger however with this game you have to be lucky and be part of a local group of players.

Any group of players in an area can band together and attack other villages in an attempt to get the owner of the village to abandon the village. Once abandoned, they farm it. Once targeted, you can't win. You can't build troops or defenses fast enough to protect yourself. Staying online 24hrs a day can't prevent the inevitable outcome. If you get targeted, if you don't stay online you're going to get farmed because the game only allows for a little amount of resources to be protected from raids.

I've given the game 4-6 weeks of my time and I'm done with it.

Well, the comments above summarize how addictive this game can be.
I have made good online buddies there and cant wait to log on when im home. The only thing is it does get very time consuming if you want to remain competitive and have a chance at the best spoils.
At first it takes but a few minutes to play twice a day.After a month it can easily take a couple hours if you are not involved in tribe leadership (council).The thing is the more you grow the more time consuming it gets and the more your tribe want you to help out by logging on even some more!

Spending too much time on the game can be avoided but your growth therefore the fun of the game will be lesser.

Its by far my favorite free game I still have to find another one like it.

Easy to play if not a lot of time.
Simple however fun.
Good tactics involved.
Excellent and fun game which is well balanced and is easy to play for anyone. Well recommend Tribalwars.net.

It is fun if you have a few friends that you know and will support you if you get attacked. Tribal wars takes about 2-3 minuets every day once your resources are up it is a game I go on before bed and is easy non-complicated.

It's a good way to make freinds, have fun and contacts your buddies.
It could be better if you could make you own avatar or customize your paladin.
It's a great game in many ways and can be improved in other ways. Great game! Well recommend Tribalwars.

It will consume your life. The scale of it. It is virtually the size of the world. It is also very realistic. It can become very time consumeing. There are also a few jerks there.