2025Taran Lewis Kratz, Richard Launius, Pete Shirey
- Videos
- 14
- Creators
- 9
1 - 5 players90 minMedium weight

2024Stephen Wren, Alex Flagg, Taran Lewis Kratz
Mainly how-to-play and reviews. Buru is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 8 reviews, 10 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 6 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
In Buru, you are a noble of the 14th century Majapahit empire, a powerful thalassocracy (maritime kingdom) that presides over the Indonesian archipelago. At the orders of the king Hayam Wuruk and his vizier, the great Gajah Mada, you have set out across the sea to expand the great mandala of Majapahit through commerce and diplomacy. You and your fellow nobles have recently arrived at the remote island of Buru, eager to earn your place in history. Here, you will dispatch your parties to the island to explore, trade, and pay your respects as you compete to win over Buru's residents and ultimately gain the favor of the King himself. Buru is a mid-weight, Euro-style board game for 1-4 players. Over five game rounds, you and your fellow players secretly deploy explorers to the four different regions of the island in order to gather resources, recruit islanders, set them to tasks, and pay tribute to the spirits revered there. The object of the game is to win the islanders' esteem. You can earn esteem in many ways, primarily by paying tribute, but also by pleasing elders, tasking local nobles, fulfilling the king's decrees, and holding a totem when any player pays tribute to that spirit. At the end of the game, the player with the most esteem wins and is declared the new governor of Buru! -description from designer
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Buru has 29 videos from 19 creators: 8 reviews, 10 how-to-play guides, 4 playthroughs, 1 unboxing and 6 other videos. They date from 2021 to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Buru" by Board Games in a Minute, which runs 1 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Buru Review - A Game of Hidden Bids & Making Offerings" by BoardGameCo. 8 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Buru Playthru" by Tantrum House, one of 4 playthroughs.
If you like it, try LA-1, Helionox: Chronicles, Buru: Ambelau and Helionox: The Last Sunset, also by Taran Lewis Kratz.
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2025Taran Lewis Kratz, Richard Launius, Pete Shirey
1 - 5 players90 minMedium weight
2024Taran Lewis Kratz
1 - 4 players30 - 120 minHeavy weight
2024Stephen Wren, Alex Flagg, Taran Lewis Kratz, Jonny Pac
1 - 5 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
2015Taran Lewis Kratz
1 - 4 players30 - 60 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In Buru, you are a noble of the 14th century Majapahit empire, a powerful thalassocracy (maritime kingdom) that presides over the Indonesian archipelago. At the orders of the king Hayam Wuruk and his vizier, the great Gajah Mada, you have set out across the sea to expand the great mandala of Majapahit through commerce and diplomacy. You and your fellow nobles have recently arrived at the remote island of Buru, eager to earn your place in history. Here, you will dispatch your parties to the island to explore, trade, and pay your respects as you compete to win over Buru's residents and ultimately gain the favor of the King himself. Buru is a mid-weight, Euro-style board game for 1-4 players. Over five game rounds, you and your fellow players secretly deploy explorers to the four different regions of the island in order to gather resources, recruit islanders, set them to tasks, and pay tribute to the spirits revered there. The object of the game is to win the islanders' esteem. You can earn esteem in many ways, primarily by paying tribute, but also by pleasing elders, tasking local nobles, fulfilling the king's decrees, and holding a totem when any player pays tribute to that spirit. At the end of the game, the player with the most esteem wins and is declared the new governor of Buru! -description from designer
Designers
Stephen Wren, Alex Flagg, Taran Lewis Kratz
Artists
Enggar Adirasa, Dann May
Publisher
Crafty Games
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Mechanics