Pillage First! (Ask Questions Later)
Pillage First! (Ask Questions Later) is an in-development, open-source, single-player strategy game inspired by Travian.
Build villages, manage resources, train troops, and wage war in persistent, massive, offline-first game worlds.
Existing game worlds
Create a new game world or enter a previously created one
Motivation
I've always been a huge fan of Travian and similar browser-based strategy games. The slow, methodical village-building, resource management, and real-time progression made those games special.
Sadly, Travian requires a massive time (and gold!) investment to remain competitive. Not being able to commit either of these, I set out to create a similar, but less commitment-hungry experience.
Pillage First! is my attempt to recreate that experience as a single-player Travian alternative, with the same core mechanics, but modernized, offline-friendly, and fully open source, with no game mechanics to incentivize spending real-world money. Just the classic gameplay loop, reimagined for solo play.
Are there game design differences between Travian and Pillage First!?
Yes, there's a couple. Main ones are new buildings, more playable tribes, removal of capital village mechanic and new hero items.
Game design is always being discussed in our Discord server, so feel free to join if you'd like to join the conversation and share your opinion!