Java Gameplay Runthrough

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A video outlining gameplay for the boardgame Java.
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[@RuNacken]

This is great! Awesome clear video, as always. I just picked this game up yesterday at a thrift store for a couple of euro's; seems like a great find!

[@jeremysnyder8848]

The 'skiing lady' is 'wayang golek'. It's a type of puppet (the 'ski poles' are actually rods to control the puppet).

[@rahdo]

it's a real shame they didn't include that information in the rules, as it would definitely make the game more thematically alive!

[@Alexander-ii4jx]

Great instructions on how to play the game. Thank you very much!

[@IAmTurbogfx]

Every turn ends with a Tums festival!

[@diamondmeeple]

Rahdo does the "Mad Scientist" role too perfection... hehe :-)

[@guillaumeblanc2409]

I enjoy a lot this review as I love Java and played it many many times, easily one my favourites of all Kramer & Kiesling games. Beware not to play with AP prone players but otherwise it work very well with 2,3,4 players! Also I think this is quite an aggressive game so better play it with people of same level as for a beginner and it can be rough!! a master piece! thanks for the review!!

[@markm5171]

This brings back some memories!!

[@GalaxyPedlar]

At 12:10, wasn't the village already touching the edge of the map? The way the rice field was earlier?

[@barbaobardo2692]

Hey Richard, no final thoughts on Java? (Awesome walkthrough, really appreciate it!)

[@rahdo]

didn't have much to say as i havent' played a full game of it

[@NeverTheSame]

What the heck... I just said to my wife a few minutes ago that we really needed to crack this game open and learn it. Turn on my computer and you just posted this today?! Richard, are you spying on me?

[@alexandresarazin4721]

At 23:13, the new piece totally lines up with the one below it. Isn't this an illegal move ?

[@rahdo]

it's okay for the art to line up, you just can't have the individual tiles line up

[@isaacthimbleby8926]

The tile lines up also. The underneath tile is the one you placed first at 4:17. It was possible to place the tile in the top left though, with the two fields directly above the village, such that the village ends up next to your person already in the village.

[@K_I_T.]

Nice one! Thanks for the runthrough! - K_I_T on BGG

[@mrs.featherbottom5901]

"Hey everybody."

[@psuggitt]

"Yo."? at 6:26. Maybe that'd work in a Breaking Bad board game.

[@imbaba1976]

and so i scored 5 points ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 : -)

[@sirrichiofawesome9617]

24:02

[@edoardodaneo4423]

One of the best ever!

[@EdwardTsaiTou]

thought it was a game about actual programming, because of the joke.

[@littleratblue]

If I ever design a game, I am going to put a "It's free to dance" action in the rules. No relevance to the game or scoring. It's just free to dance.

[@justinrrizzo]

The game looked awesome until the "festival" mechanic was explained. Yuck.