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Game components - boards and Blend Slates are in general set-up configuration; Research Labs, Roasters, Blend Coins and starter beans have not yet been distributed.
Prototype - Blend slates
A sampling of Blend Slates and the art style for VivaJava. A closeup shows stippling and deco airbrush techniques.
Geekspansion Blend Slate Promo #3 - Whateley's Strange Brew (note, this will not appear in the retail version of the game - it is a Kickstarter promo)
Game board samples - the final boards may vary slightly after pre-press tweaks.
Final box design
Brewples!
Geekspansion Blend Slate Promo #2 - Lord of the Beans (note, this will not appear in the retail version of the game - it is a Kickstarter promotional)
Prototype - In the Field
VivaJava World Map in Minecraft.

VivaJava: The Coffee Game (2012)

Players
3–8
Best: 7, 8
Playing time
90–90 min
Age
13+
6.82
Average rating
1,189
Ratings
2.54/5
Weight
#3583
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:VivaJava
Designer:T. C. Petty III
Artist:Christopher Kirkman, T. C. Petty III, Darrell Louder
Publisher:Dice Hate Me Games
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 9, Luck 3, Interaction 10, Complexity 5.1, Theme 5
Strategy9.0
Luck3.0
Interaction10.0
Complexity5.1
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

EconomicBluffingNegotiationTradingCommodity SpeculationVariable Player PowersSimultaneous Action SelectionMemoryVariable Phase OrderWorker Placement

Overview

VivaJava: The Coffee Game is all about finding that perfect blend of beans to create the next best-seller in the coffee houses and kitchens of the world.

In the game, players send their researchers to hot spots around the globe to gather the perfect bean. This may bring them into contact with other players who are also on the hunt, creating a crucial choice: Go it alone and continue to research, or join forces with that opponent, hoping to combine beans from both player's bags and share the score with a superblend. Going it alone with research can often prove useful as players spend time in the lab developing abilities that grant them an advantage. However, in VivaJava the bold taste of victory will go only to those players who are able to balance solitary research with cooperation amongst their fellow gamers.

The rich depth of varying strategies and social play will satisfy most players' thirst for unique gameplay, but VivaJava has even more brewing. This flexible game can accommodate up to 8 players, and through smooth simultaneous actions, play is quick and constant with little downtime.

Expansions

VivaJava Geekspansion
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