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|name=| subject_name=Java
|image=| image_link=[[File:Deskohraní 08s4 117 - Java.jpg|220px|Java]]
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| players=2–4
| ages=12 +
| setup_time= 10 minutes
| playing_time= 90 minutes
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| skills=[[Strategy|Strategic thought]]
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'''''Java''''' is a [[German-style board game]] designed by [[Wolfgang Kramer]] and [[Michael Kiesling]], illustrated by [[Franz Vohwinkel]], and published in 2000 by [[Ravensburger]] in [[German (language)|German]] and by [[Rio Grande Games]] in English. In the game, players build the island of [[Java]] to set up [[palace]] [[festival]]s and gain victory points. Upon its release, the game received several awards.

== Gameplay ==
The game provides the atmosphere of the [[island]] of [[Java]] on a [[hex map|hexagonal board]]. Players build the island and score by setting up [[palace]] [[festival]]s at opportune moments. When players run out of hexagons to build the island, the game is over. A final scoring phase now takes place and a winner is declared.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Fischer |first=Bernhard |title=Java |url=https://www.spieletest.at/gesellschaftsspiel/226/ |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=www.spieletest.at |language=de}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Bernhard Fischer, reviewing from ''Spieletest'', praised the game’s strategy and tactics. However, he criticised its poor appeal for intermediate players and complex rules.<ref name=":0" /> ''Java'' also placed 9th place in the 2001 ''[[Deutscher Spiele Preis]]'' award<ref>{{Cite web |title=Preisträger – SPIEL Messe |url=https://www.spiel-messe.com/de/deutscher-spielepreis/preistraeger/ |access-date=2022-08-02 |archive-date=2020-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103224339/https://www.spiel-messe.com/de/deutscher-spielepreis/preistraeger/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[Games (magazine)|''Games Magazine'']] Best Advanced Strategy Game in 2002.{{cn|date=December 2024}} It is the second game in the Mask Trilogy, following ''[[Tikal (board game)|Tikal]]'' and followed by ''[[Mexica (board game)|Mexica]]''.<ref name=":0"/>

==Reviews==
*''Family Games: The 100 Best''<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/familygames100be0000unse/page/184/mode/2up | isbn=978-1-934547-21-2 | title=Family games : The 100 best | date=2010 | last1=Lowder | first1=James | publisher=Green Ronin }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Java (board game)}}
* {{bgg|855|''Java''}}
* {{bgg wiki|Mask_Trilogy|Mask Trilogy}}

[[Category:Board games introduced in 2000]]
[[Category:Board games using action points]]
[[Category:Economic simulation board games]]
[[Category:Wolfgang Kramer games]]
[[Category:Michael Kiesling games]]
[[Category:Ravensburger games]]
[[Category:Rio Grande Games games]]


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