Hattrick: talking about formations

When I played Hattrick I used mainly the 3-5-2 formation. Yes, if you want to win in Hattrick you should go for it. Invest most of the money you earn from your stadium with players that have good habilities in "inner mildfield". You can compensate your lack in investment in other areas by buying inner mildfields with good secondary habilities in "scoring" and defense.

One of the key factors to win a game in HT in to dominate the field, to see your players having the domain of the ball in the entire game (and the 3-5-2 is perfect for it). However, to face a team using the 3-5-2 I sometimes ordered the 3-4-3, with the intention of increasing my chances of a sucessful goal. Yes the midfield domain increased the score chances for the adersary team, but you always have some if your disadvantage isn't that big.

Utopia: the oldest free browser game

Simple formula: a kingdom, five races, an army. Technology and spells help you in war. So... why this game is different from many others?

The community! Yes, other players are really nice, and you join the game already in a random empire (kind of alliance), what forces everybody, since the begginning, to work together to win. And you are really going to love to win with them :)

*Free? Yes, but too many ads. You ay pay to do not see them any more though.

*Time spent playing: three log-ins of 15 minutes everyday are enough, you may spend more if you want though - there will be always a reason for it ;)

*Site adress: utopia.swirve.com

Books in Renaissance Kingdoms

Books in RK are used to get knowledge. They may be difficult to find though. Here is a complete guide shoing the location of all Books. Have fun :)

Availability of Books: (by book)

Metaphysics A - Aristotle - Greek

-Cornwall
- Wiltshire
- Comté d'Artois
- Comté de Flandres
- Duché de Savoie
- Duché de Champagne
- Franche-Comté
- Markgrafschaft von Baden

Metaphysics E - Aristotle - Greek

- Duché de Bourgogne-
-Duché du Lyonnais
-Dauphiné

Metaphysics (Gamma) - Aristotle - Greek

- Duché d'Alençon
- Duché d'Anjou
- Duché du Berry
- Duché de Bretagne
- Duché de Touraine

Metaphysics Z - Aristotle - Greek

- Comté de Provence
- Duché du Bourbonnais
-Auvergne

Poetics - Aristotle - Greek

- Comté d'Artois
- Comté du Languedoc
- Comté du Maine
- Comté du Périgord
- Comté du Poitou
- Comté de Provence
- Duché du Berry
- Duché du Bourbonnais-Auvergne
- Duché de Bourgogne
- Duché d'Orléans
- Duché de Savoie
- Franche-Comté

Physics - Aristotle - Greek

- Comté de Provence
- Duché du Bourbonnais-Auvergne
- Duché du Lyonnais
-Dauphiné
- Franche-Comté

Parmenidas - Plato - Greek

- Comté d'Artois
- Comté de Flandres
- Comté du Limousin
- Comté du Poitou
- Duché d'Anjou
- Duché du Berry
- Duché de Bretagne
- Duché de Champagne
- Duché de Normandie
- Duché de Touraine

The Symposium - Plato - Greek

- Cornwall
- Wiltshire
- Comté du Limousin
- Duché d'Anjou
- Duché de Bretagne
- Duché de Normandie

Timaeus - Plato - Greek

- Cornwall
- Sussex
- Duché d'Anjou
- Duché du Berry
- Duché de Bourgogne
- Duché du Lyonnais
-Dauphiné
- Franche-Comté
- Markgrafschaft von Baden


The Republic - Plato - Greek

- Cornwall
- Sussex
- Wiltshire
- Comté du Limousin
- Comté du Poitou
- Duché du Bourbonnais
-Auvergne
- Markgrafschaft von Baden

De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) - Cicero - Latin

- Duché d'Alençon
- Duché du Bourbonnais
-Auvergne
- Duché de Bretagne
- Duché de Touraine
- Comté du Languedoc
- Comté du Limousin
- Comté de Provence

De Providentia (On Providence) - Seneca - Latin

- Wiltshire
- Comté d'Artois
- Comté du Poitou
- Duché du Berry
- Duché d'Orléans
- Franche-Comté

The Nicomachean Ethics : I - The Study of the Good - Aristotle - Greek

- Cumberland
- Stafford
- Sussex
- Am Mumhain
- Burggrafschaft von Nürnberg
- Comté d'Artois
- Comté de Flandres
- Comté du Maine
- Comté de Toulouse
- Comté de Provence
- Condado de Barcelona
- Condado do Porto
- Confédération Helvétique
- Duché de Bourgogne
- Duché du Bourbonnais
-Auvergne
- Duché de Gascogne
- Duché de Guyenne
- Duché de Lorraine
- Duché de Touraine
- Franche-Comté
- Herzogtum von Bayern
- Ksiestwo Mazowieckie
- Markgrafschaft von Baden
- Repubblica di Genova
- Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft

The Nicomachean Ethics : II - Virtue - Aristotle - Greek

- County of Ayr
- County Palatine of Chester
- Wiltshire
- Comté de Béarn
- Comté du Limousin
- Comté de Provence
- Comté du Périgord
- Comté de Rouergue
- Condado do Porto
- Confédération Helvétique
- Duché d'Alençon
- Duché de Bretagne
- Duché du Berry
- Duché de Champagne
- Duché de Savoie
- Duché de Touraine
- Erzherzogtum von Österreich
- Fürstentum von Mainz
- Grafschaft von Augsburg
- Kraljevina Hrvatska
- Markgrafschaft von Baden
- Provincia di Terre di Lavoro
- Reino de Aragon
- Reino de Castilla
- Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
- Serbie (Краљевина Србија)

The Nicomachean Ethics : III - Courage and Temperance - Aristotle - Greek

- Cornwall
- County of Ayr
- Stafford
- Sussex
- Worcester
- Burggrafschaft von Nürnberg
- Comté de Béarn
- Comté du Languedoc
- Comté de Toulouse
- Condado de Coimbra
- Ducato di Milano
- Ducato di Modena
- Duché d'Alençon
- Duché d'Anjou
- Duché de Bretagne
- Duché de Normandie
- Duché de Savoie
- Erzherzogtum von Österreich
- Grafschaft von Württemberg
- Herzogtum Steiermark
- Ksiestwo Krakowskie
- Provincia di Terre di Lavoro
- Reino de Aragon

The Nicomachean Ethics : IV - Other Virtues - Aristotle - Greek

- Somerset
- Wiltshire
- Am Mumhain
- Comté du Languedoc
- Comté du Limousin
- Comté du Périgord
- Condado de Lisboa
- Condado do Porto
- County Palatine Of Lancaster
- Ducato di Milano
- Duché d'Anjou
- Duché de Gascogne
- Duché du Lyonnais Dauphiné
- Duché de Normandie
- Duché du Bourbonnais
-Auvergne
- Duché de Bourgogne
- Fürstentum von Mainz
- Grafschaft von Augsburg
- Ksiestwo Krakowskie
- Ksiestwo Mazowieckie
- Kraljevina Hrvatska
- Reino de Aragon
- Serbie (Краљевина Србија)

The Nicomachean Ethics : V -Justice - Aristotle - Greek

- Cornwall
- County of Glasgow
- Cumberland
- Worcester
- Comté d'Armagnac et de Comminges
- Comté d'Artois
- Comté de Flandres
- Comté du Maine
- Comté du Poitou
- Comté de Rouergue
- Condado de Barcelona
- Condado de Coimbra
- Condado de Lisboa
- Ducato di Modena
- Duché d'Orléans
- Duché du Berry
- Duché de Guyenne
- Duché du Lyonnais Dauphiné
- Duché de Savoie
- Franche-Comté
- Graafschap Holland
- Herzogtum von Bayern
- Herzogtum Steiermark
- Ksiestwo Wielkopolskie
- Repubblica di Genova

The Nicomachean Ethics : VIII - Friendship - Aristotle - Greek

- Somerset
- Comté d'Armagnac et de Comminges
- Comté de Flandres
- Comté du Poitou
- County of Glasgow
- County Palatine of Chester
- County Palatine Of Lancaster
- Duché du Bourbonnais
-Auvergne
- Duché de Champagne
- Duché de Lorraine
- Duché d'Orléans
- Graafschap Holland
- Grafschaft von Württemberg
- Ksiestwo Wielkopolskie
- Reino de Castilla

The Nicomachean Ethics : X - True Happiness - Aristotle - Greek

- Comté de Flandres
- Comté de Provence
- Comté du Languedoc
- Duché d'Alençon
- Duché d'Anjou
- Duché de Bretagne
- Duché de Champagne
- Duché de Normandie
- Duché de Savoie
- Duché de Touraine

Imperium Nova: feudalism in space

Great browser-based game: you are a dinastic house, in space, and specialize yourself in some services: mercantile, technology, military, among more than ten. In some services, like covert operations and military, specialization does not mean exclusivity: you have access to some additional things.

The game has everything: economy, politics, good RP, wars... it is a garanteed great amount of fun. It was difficult for me to find this jewel, the administrators do not advertise and do not participate in any game lists around.

Site address: http://www.imperiumnova.com/

Free: Up to two spheres of activity, yes. If you want more, you will need to subscribe - and subscrition can be done only through Paypal. So far, for me, it hasn't decreased the fun - or I wouldn't have posted it here ;) . The site is tottally clean though, and has no ads.

Time spent playing/day: if you don't like wars too much, 15 minutes a day is enough. Prepare yourself to spend more time online though :)

A game from gamers to gamers

Incredible! When I found this game I
thought it couldn't be real. An incredible great browser game tottally free!

In Lords of War and Money you may choose between six races: knight, barbarian, necro, demon, elf and dark elf. Each one has it different qualities, as always. You recruit your units, create your strategy, fight against the others and gain xp to go ahead in the levels.

Site adreess: www.lordswm.com

Time spend playing: an 1 vs 1 fight lasts 15 minutes, but you may play as much as you want. And there is another kinds of battles to, as 2 vs.2, 3 vs. 3, etc.

Free? Yes, and no ads. You may donate to the site and receive some tottally dispensable features though.

Renaissance Kingdoms: Church Way subjects

RK: University

The study of theology cannot be done in just any order -- there are conditions and prerequisites for certain subjects, and so it's best to follow a certain path so as to not waste your time with unproductive studies. The 14 Church Way skills are divided into two branches, Morals and Ontotheology.

Morals: Moral skills will probably be useful for confession, when it is coded. There are two basic subjects that you should master at 100% before studying the seven advanced Moral skills, also known as the seven virtues.

• Aristotle's Moral Principles:You will possess 50% of this skill at the beginning of your studies. Study by working along or enroll in classes at the University.

• The Roman Church: Organization and History: Discover this skill by taking a class at the University and continue your studies through classes or self-study.

***Next come the seven virtues. At the beginning of your studies, you will possess 20% mastery of two random Moral skills.

• The Good:
  Achieve 51% in your knowledge of the Greek language
  Read "The Nicomachean Ethics : I - The Study of the Good" to achieve 0% of The Good
  Read "The Nicomachean Ethics : I - The Study of the Good" to achieve 50% of The Good
  

• Virtue:
  Achieve 51% in your knowledge of the Greek language
  Read "The Nicomachean Ethics : II -The Virtue" to achieve 0% of Virtue
  Read "The Nicomachean Ethics : II -The Virtue" or "The Nicomachean Ethics : IV - Other Virtues" to achieve 25% of Virtue
  Read "The Nicomachean Ethics : II -The Virtue" or "The Nicomachean Ethics : IV - Other Virtues" to achieve Virtue at 50%

NOTE: If your University library lacks "The Nicomachean Ethics : II -The Virtue" but does have "The Nicomachean Ethics : IV - Other Virtues," you can reverse the order. What matters is that you read both books to increase your knowledge beyond 50% and up to 70%.
NOTE2: It may be possible to increase your knowledge from 0 to 50% with a reading of either book.

• Justice:
  Achieve 51% in your knowledge of the Greek language
  Read "The Nicomachean Ethics : V - Justice" to achieve 0% of Justice
  Read "The Nicomachean Ethics : V - Justice" to achieve 50% of Justice
  

• Temperance:
  Achieve 51% in your knowledge of the Greek language
  Read "The Nicomachean Ethics : III - Courage and Temperance" to achieve 0% of Temperance
  Read "The Nicomachean Ethics : III - Courage and Temperance" to achieve 50% of Temperance

• Friendship:
  Achieve 51% in your knowledge of the Greek language
  Read "The Nicomachean Ethics : VIII - Friendship" to achieve 0% of Friendship
  Read "The Nicomachean Ethics : VIII - Friendship" to achieve 50% of Friendship
  

• Pleasure and Delight:
  Enroll in a class to discover this skill.
  Study alone or take classes until you reach 50%.
  

• A Seventh Thing:
  Enroll in a course to discover this skill.
  Study alone or take classes until you reach 50%.
  

And then:
- To pass the 50% threshold for the seven Moral skills: master (at 100%) "The Roman Church: Organization and History." Then, study alone or take classes to advance your skill to 70%.

- To pass the 70% threshold for the seven Moral skills: master (at 100%) "Aristotle's Moral Principles." Then, study alone or take classes to advance your skill to 100%.

It is also possible to discover these skills and then study alone or take courses to reach 50%. However, reading books to reach 50% is faster and less expensive, provided the books are available in your library (otherwise, you would have to travel to a different University library). While confession remains uncoded, these skills are not used as opposed to the Ontotheology skills, which are used to enhance your persuasiveness when preaching. In any case, the last two virtues do not correspond to any of the books, so it will be necessary to discover them and advance your knowledge through classes or self-study.

***Ontotheology: There are five ontotheological skills. Three of them have no prerequisites to block your mastery:

• Logic:You will possess 50% of this skill at the beginning of your studies. To advance your knowledge, study alone or enroll in classes at the University.

• The Sense of Being: Discover this skill by enrolling in a course at University and then advance your knowledge through classes or self-study.

• The Beginning of the World: Discover this skill by enrolling in a course at University and then advance your knowledge through classes or self-study.

The final two skills have many prerequisites:

• Theology: Science of the First Matters:
  Study alone or enroll in classes until you achieve 20%
  Master "Aristotle's Moral Principles" at 100%
  Master "Logic" and "The Beginning of the World" at 100%
  Study alone or enroll in classes until you achieve 70%
  Read "Metaphysics A" and then enroll in classes or study alone until you achieve 100% NOTE: The various thresholds for this skill require confirmation. It may be possible to advance beyond with the listed thresholds while meeting only some of the requirements.
  

• Ontology: Science of Being:
  Master "Aristotle's Moral Principles" and "Logic" at 100%
  Study alone or enroll in classes until you achieve 20%
  Master "The Sense of Being" at 100%
  Study alone or enroll in classes until you achieve 70%
  Read "Metaphysics Γ (Gamma)" and then enroll in classes or study alone until you achieve 100%

Renaissance Kingdoms: Languages, Books and its Abilities

The Church Way is the only way for which the study of languages is useful. Languages can be taught with less than 100% mastery (even as low at 10%), but the students' level of improvement will be higher if the teacher is more proficient. If the ability of the student is very close to that of the teacher, the gains may be very small (or even nonexistent if the student is not an IG noble).

The ability to read a book in the University library effectively is determined by your mastery of the relevant language. Personally, I recommend that you master Greek and Latin at 100% first, but others will advise that 51% is sufficient in the beginning. It takes a very long time to obtain 100% in the languages because their knowledge can be gained only in the classroom (not through self-study), and class seats are rare and expensive. Make language study your priority until you have mastered them.

When studying languages at the University, nobles may expect the following gains (divide by 2 if you're not a noble). If the difference between the level of the professor and that of the student is: * more than 50%: the student increases his skill 7 to 12 points
* between 40 and 50 points: an increase of 6 to 10 points
* between 30 and 40: 5 to 8
* between 20 and 30: 4 to 6
* between 10 and 20: 2 to 5 * less than 10: 1 to 3
* less than 0: 0

Reading a book may sometimes increase your knowledge of the language in which the book is written by a few percent if your mastery of this language is approximately 51%. Having your mastery at a much higher or lower level eliminates this possibility. Also, it's best to only read a book that enhances your belief in an idea if you have at least 200 Intelligence, thus obtaining in one reading the highest level of belief. Here are all the various stages of language skill required for the reading of books at the University library:

***Greek:

• 51%:
  Reading "The Nicomachean Ethics : I - The Study of the Good" gives "The Good" at 0%
  Reading "The Nicomachean Ethics : II -The Virtue" gives "The Virtue" at 0%
  Reading "The Nicomachean Ethics : III - Courage and Temperance" gives "Temperance" at 0%
  Reading "The Nicomachean Ethics : V - Justice" gives "Justice" at 0%
  Reading "The Nicomachean Ethics : VIII - Friendship" gives "Friendship" at 0%
  Reading "The Nicomachean Ethics : X - True Happiness" gives "The wise man seeks to find happiness through meditation" at (Int/2)%
  Reading "Timaeus" gives "Holy Being is Almighty" at (Int/2)%
  

• 60%:
  Reading "The Symposium" gives "Sensible Beauty is an Image of Eternal Beauty that any Soul has already contemplated once" at (Int/2)%
  Reading "Parmenidas" gives "Things are Copies of the Ideas" at (Int/2)%
  

• 65%:
  Reading "Metaphysics Α" gives "Metaphysics is the study of first principles " at (Int/2)%
  Reading "The Republic gives "The wise man must take part in the life of the city" (also requires Modern Languages at 65%) at (Int/2)%.
  Reading "Physics" gives "Holy Being is Almighty" at (Int/2) %. Attention, it is also necessary to master (at 100%) "Logic"
  Reading "Physics" gives "The essence of things is in the things themselves which gives them shape" at (Int/2) %. Attention, it is also necessary to master (at 100%) Logic".
  

• 85%:
  Reading "Metaphysics Z" gives "Metaphysics is the science of what is, as it is: being as being" at (Int/2) %
  Reading "Metaphysics Γ (Gamma)" gives "Metaphysics is the science of what is, as it is: being as being" at (Int/2)%

• 89%:
  Reading "Metaphysics E" gives "The essence of the things is in the same ones, and gives them form" at (Int/2) %. Attention, it is also necessary to master (at 100%) "Sense of Being".
  

• Unknown:

Reading "Poetics" gives "Beauty is the result of the harmony and rhythm of divine dimensions" at (Int/2)%.

***Latin:

• 25%:
  Reading "De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods)" gives "Holy Being is Almighty" at (Int/2)%.
  

• 54% (or possibly lower):
  Reading "De Providentia (On Providence)" gives "Holy Being is Almighty" at (Int/2)%.Modern Languagues:
  

• 25%:
  Reading "Parmenidas" gives "Things are Copies of the Ideas" at (Int/2) %.
  

• 65%:

Reading "The Republic gives "The wise man must take part in the life of the city" (also requires Greek 65%) at (Int/2)%.

NOTE: - Some of these books, including Metaphysics Γ (Gamma) and Parmenidas, are unavailable in England, Scotland and Ireland at this time. - It is possible that the percentages listed above are one percent less than the actual level of language ability required for the books listed -- this requires confirmation.

Magic: the gathering

Who never heard of the famous card game? And now you can play it online for free. The site isn't official, but Magic Lovers created a program that you can download at the forum of the site below (the link is going to appear at your left site, under downloads/programs). After it, seek someone in their irc and ... have fun!

Site address: http://www.magic-league.com/

Tottally free, no ads and perfectly safe.

Edit (2017)
You should also try the newest:

http://xmage.de/

More info here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/XMage/

Alteil: an excellent card game

It is the kind of card game where you are a magician and use creatures to damage your opponents. It is nice and it is free. Well, if you want a better card set, you will have to buy it, but it is possible to live with the begginner's one. Your first deck is randomly defined by the game, and I got an incredible one there.

Site address: http://www.alteil.com/

Time spent playing: as much as you want. A game takes from 30 to 60 minutes though.

Free: No ads, begginner's deck is free.

(This game was Discontinued)