# More games like Virtual Villagers? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 22, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-games-like-virtual-villagers/482442 "2009-01-22T12:42:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-games-like-virtual-villagers/482442/1 "2009-01-22T12:42:00Z")
A friend just discovered the Virtual Villagers games at [bigfishgames.com](http://bigfishgames.com) . Now she wants other games that has you build villages, breed people, grow & gather food, etc. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-games-like-virtual-villagers/482442/2 "2009-01-22T12:51:58Z")
[Travian](http://www.travian.us/) seems to be very popular. You start off with one village and grow resources, build buildings, trade with other villages and are even able to create more villages. There is a bit of military aspect to the game which kind of ruins it for me though. ---
**Author:** ![Erasmus\_Darwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@Erasmus\_Darwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erasmus_Darwin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-games-like-virtual-villagers/482442/3 "2009-01-22T14:19:25Z")
There’s the [Black & White series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_%26_White_(series)). ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-games-like-virtual-villagers/482442/4 "2009-01-22T15:34:28Z")
My Tribe is similar (and also available at Big Fish). I like the Westward series of games–although one doesn’t breed people in them, just go settle the West, and while there are surprises, it’s a little more structured–you are frequently assigned quests to complete. ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-games-like-virtual-villagers/482442/5 "2009-01-23T21:25:36Z")
> [@Amp](#): > > [Travian](http://www.travian.us/) seems to be very popular. You start off with one village and grow resources, build buildings, trade with other villages and are even able to create more villages. There is a bit of military aspect to the game which kind of ruins it for me though. There is a SDMB alliance on the US Travian server 7. It’s in the SW quad. It’s mid-game on the server, so anybody joining might quickly find themselves surrounded by large and aggressive players. Still, you can always start, see if it’s a good game for you, get the learning curve out of the way, and meet the rest of the players. ---
**Author:** ![Yogurt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f0a364/32.png) [@Yogurt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yogurt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-games-like-virtual-villagers/482442/6 "2009-01-25T19:01:57Z")
> [@HookerChemical](#): > > There is a SDMB alliance on the US Travian server 7. It’s in the SW quad. It’s mid-game on the server, so anybody joining might quickly find themselves surrounded by large and aggressive players. Still, you can always start, see if it’s a good game for you, get the learning curve out of the way, and meet the rest of the players. Just joined as Rex Cecil. See how long until I die. ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-games-like-virtual-villagers/482442/7 "2009-01-26T20:51:18Z")
> [@Yogurt](#): > > Just joined as Rex Cecil. I just joined Travian as player Raza, village Razaria (SW, -60 -227 for those that want to come raid me). ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-games-like-virtual-villagers/482442/8 "2009-01-26T22:28:36Z")
The original Age of Empires is vaguely as you described. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-games-like-virtual-villagers/482442/9 "2009-01-26T22:58:43Z")
How about Escape From Paradise, also a BigFishGames game? (I love BigFishGames. I’ve probably bought half a dozen games from them and tried out another dozen trials).