diff --git a/53_King/kotlin/King.kt b/53_King/kotlin/King.kt
index 71e6d505..169cd6a0 100644
--- a/53_King/kotlin/King.kt
+++ b/53_King/kotlin/King.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+package king53
+
 import kotlin.math.abs
 import kotlin.random.Random
 import kotlin.system.exitProcess
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ fun main() {
 
     with(gameState) {
         do {
+
             recalculateLandCost()
             displayStatus()
             inputLandSale()
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ fun loadOldGame(): GameState = GameState().apply {
             println("   COME ON, YOUR TERM IN OFFICE IS ONLY $yearsRequired YEARS.")
             retry = true
         }
+
     } while (retry)
 
     print("HOW MUCH DID YOU HAVE IN THE TREASURY? ")
@@ -115,6 +119,10 @@ fun loadOldGame(): GameState = GameState().apply {
  */
 sealed class YearOutcome {
 
+    /**
+     * Display output for the end of the year, for each different possible
+     * year outcome.
+     */
     open fun displayConsequences() {
         // Default display nothing
     }
@@ -132,7 +140,7 @@ sealed class YearOutcome {
 
     object ContinueNextYear : YearOutcome()
 
-    class Win(val yearsRequired: Int) : YearOutcome() {
+    class Win(private val yearsRequired: Int) : YearOutcome() {
         override fun displayConsequences() {
             // The misspelling of "successfully" is in the original code.
             println(
@@ -229,12 +237,18 @@ sealed class YearOutcome {
  * Record data, allow data input, and process the simulation for the game.
  */
 class GameState(val yearsRequired: Int = 8) {
+
     /**
      * The current year. Years start with zero, but we never
      * output the current year.
      */
     var currentYear = 0
 
+    /**
+     * Keep track of each year's crop loss, so we can report increases.
+     */
+    private var lastYearsCropLoss: Int = 0
+
     /**
      * Number of countrymen who have died of either pollution
      * or starvation this year.
@@ -535,11 +549,12 @@ class GameState(val yearsRequired: Int = 8) {
         the population, but does not affect crop losses.
          */
         var cropLoss = ((2000 - landArea) * (rnd + 1.5) / 2.0).toInt()
-        val cropLossWorse = false
         if (foreignWorkers > 0)
             print("OF $plantingArea SQ. MILES PLANTED,")
         if (plantingArea <= cropLoss)
             cropLoss = plantingArea
+        val cropLossWorse = cropLoss > lastYearsCropLoss
+        lastYearsCropLoss = cropLoss
         println(" YOU HARVESTED ${plantingArea - cropLoss} SQ. MILES OF CROPS.")
 
         if (cropLoss > 0) {
diff --git a/buildJvm/README.md b/buildJvm/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0046ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildJvm/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# JVM gradle scripts
+
+## Quickstart
+
+Build all the games:
+
+    cd buildJvm
+    ./gradlew -q assemble installDist distributeBin distributeLib
+
+Then, run a game
+
+### Mac or linux:
+    
+    build/distrib/bin/build_53_King_kotlin
+
+### Windows
+[not tested yet]
+
+    build\distrib\bin\build_53_King_kotlin.bat
+
+You will need to install openjdk 17, because some games use advanced Java features. 
+We should be using version 17 anyway, because anything less than 17 is deprecated.
+
+---
+## Adding a new game
+
+These are build scripts for all JVM games contributed so far.
+New games can be added by:
+- Creating a `build_NUMBER_NAME_[java/kotlin]` directory
+- Adding a `build.gradle` file to that directory. 
+All `build.gradle` files under `build_NUMBER_*` should be nearly identical, unless
+there is some special requirement.
+- Adding a `gradle.properties` file to that directory, defining the source
+directory for the java or kotlin file, and the class that contains the `main` method.
+
+The `build.gradle` file will normally be identical to this:
+
+    plugins {
+        id 'application'
+    }
+    
+    sourceSets {
+        main {
+            java {
+                srcDirs "../../$gameSource"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+    
+    application {
+        mainClass = gameMain
+    }
+
+And the `gradle.properties` file should look like this:
+
+    gameSource=91_Train/java/src
+    gameMain=Train
+
+where `gameSource` is the root of the source code directory, and `gameMain` is the main class.