Jabuka: an uninhabited volcanic island in the Adriatic Sea known for messing with compasses and other devices due to magnetism. It also happens to be a word game that features coffee bean letters, because it just so happened that the developer thought of the idea while sipping a cup of “joe” at Starbucks. These coffee bean letters can be rotated to form other letters, with the ultimate goal being to form words that are difficult for your opponent to steal while coming up with alternative words using letters in words that your opponents have formed. Special thanks to the folks at Jabuka Games for reaching out and providing a copy.
Due to ongoing medical issues, which you can read about in my Site News page (even IT is outdated), I opted to cover this game primarily on my YouTube channel. I will sum it up however by stating that I both liked and disliked this game, but I do recommend it. “Jabuka” is designed to be fast paced and cutthroat…it just so happens that I enjoy neither of these features. While not listed in the rulebook, turning this into a turn-based game is very do-able…it’ll just make the game take longer to play. The theme is wonderful and I love the idea of rotating letters. Word games tend to be brain teasers but this one ups the ante and then some.
All in all, this is a fairly good word game priced decently at $20 on Amazon.
Final Verdict: 7/10
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