# VivaJava: The Coffee Game

VivaJava: The Coffee Game is a board game for 3–8 players. It plays in 90 minutes and is meant for ages 13 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 7. It is rated 4.6 out of 10 by 3 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 3–8 (best with 7)
- **Playing time:** 90 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 13+
- **Complexity:** 2.5 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2012
- **Categories:** Negotiation, Bluffing, Economic
- **Mechanics:** Commodity Speculation, Variable Phase Order, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement, Memory, Trading, Simultaneous Action Selection
- **Ludoya rating:** 4.6 out of 10, from 3 reviews
- **Owned by:** 4 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 5
- **Unique players:** 15

**Designers:** T. C. Petty III

**Artists:** Christopher Kirkman, Darrell Louder, T. C. Petty III

**Publishers:** Dice Hate Me Games

## Expansions

- [VivaJava Geekspansion](https://www.ludoya.com/games/vivajava-geekspansion)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/vivajava-the-coffee-game)
- [VivaJava: The Coffee Game in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/vivajava-the-coffee-game)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/103660)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-18. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._