The Leaning Tower, or Jenga as it is also called, is a popular and interesting board game for a group. It's not like the usual games. There are no chips or cards in it, but there are blocks of natural unpainted wood (birch).
Build a flat tower from the bars using a special corner included in the game set. Each row should have three bars, each subsequent row is folded in a direction transverse to the previous one. You will get 18 such rows! Turn the corner over and remove it. On the table there will be a tall, eighteen-story impregnable tower. Now players can go on an attack.
There can be as many participants in the battle as there are friends in your company. Each player chooses any level to attack and pulls out one of the bars with one hand! This block, which ends up in the player’s hands, is placed on the new, top floor of the structure. All actions are performed by the participant so that the tower of bars does not collapse! The culprit of the disaster is considered the loser! Sanctions can be applied to it, which the players consider fair; with this rule, the game will be more intense and longer. If you play without it, the game will be more dynamic. Choose the option that suits you. And if your company brings together dexterous, attentive and intelligent participants, the height of your tower can double!
In the end, if you get tired of playing, the blocks can be used as a set of cubes for a little builder, since they do not contain varnishes, dyes or stains, but are made from environmentally friendly Vyatka birch.
Equipment:
- 54 bars;
- rules of the game.
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This game is very simple and at the same time can bring many pleasant moments to both children and their parents. The number of players is practically unlimited: you can train alone and hold tournaments for 2, 3 and 10 people! First you need to buy a special kit from 54 wooden blocks.
Rules of the game "Jenga"
First, a tower is built from a set of blocks on a table or floor. To do this, the blocks are stacked three in a row and the resulting layers are stacked on top of each other, one across the other. This turns out to be a tower of 18 levels. As a rule, a cardboard guide is included in the kit, which will allow you to level the tower for its exceptional evenness and verticality.
As soon as the tower is built and the order of the players' turns is determined, you can begin!
Each player, on his turn, tries to pull out any block that seems free to him. This must be done using only one hand. You cannot work with both hands at the same time, but you can use your hands in turns if it is convenient. After the block is released from the tower, it is laid on its top so that construction continues according to the rules: 3 bars per layer, each next layer across the previous one. You cannot take bars from an unfinished top layer and the next layer below it.
As soon as the block is placed, the turn passes to the next player in turn and further in a circle. The player on whom the tower collapses with a roar is considered the loser, and the game starts over. You can organize a knockout game.
Tricks:
- First of all, you need to look for loose bars. They can be either on the edge, and then they can be “picked out” from the side, or in the center, then they must be pushed out with a finger on one side and then pulled out on the other;
- It is very important to pay attention to the tilt of the tower: sometimes, after a new block is placed on one side of the tower, on the other side it becomes possible to pull out the block that was previously clamped;
- You can set up “traps” for the following players: taking into account the tilt of the tower, aggravate it by placing your block on the same side. But the main thing here is not to overdo it!
- Although you cannot use both hands, you can use several fingers of one hand, for example, grab the block with your thumb and forefinger, and with your middle hand carefully rest against the tower so that it does not fall. Well, use your hands in turn.
Jenga video game:
How to win at Jenga?
In the century computer games When children and adults stay on their gadgets, it becomes a complete revelation for many that in addition to many similar online strategies and shooters, there is an equally attractive world of board games that can captivate people of any age and gender.
The most important and most valuable thing that board games can give is communication, which people are deprived of by their own smartphones.
It’s safe to say that board games like Monopoly or Mafia can make you put down your phones and forget about them for many hours, especially if there’s a fun company nearby!
In my opinion, perhaps the most exciting and absorbing game is the game Jenga, which has recently become widely known. If anyone doesn’t know yet, Jenga is a set of blocks that are stacked into a tower. One day, the seven-year-old daughter of our friends was given Jenga as a gift. At first the child was not particularly happy with her, because he did not understand what to do with her. The adults began to help, and it was almost impossible to separate them from the construction of the tower. Everyone was waiting for their turn to try their luck in building a “skyscraper” from wooden blocks.
A little history
Jenga is a board game whose unusual name means “build” in Swahili. The idea for the game came from Leslie Scott, a British game designer of Tanzanian origin. As a child, she loved building pyramids from wooden cubes, which probably inspired her to create Jenga. The first batches of the game hit the shelves in London in 1983, and Hasbro subsequently acquired the rights to it.
The game gained wide popularity thanks to the very simple rules games that are understandable to both adults and children. By folding the “floors” of the tower, three blocks in each, you need to fold the tower, then you need to transfer the bars from the lower floors to the upper ones so that the tower does not fall. The loser is the one whose tower falls.
Way to victory
It would seem that everything is simple in this game, but even here there are some tricks and ways to victory. And here we would like to offer you our strategy.
1. Take your time!
Don't push yourself. Leslie Scott makes the following recommendation: “If you rush in Jenga, you will lose more than you win. Feel each brick and start with those that are easy to pull out. Leave the more immovable bars for later, when the weight of the tower has been redistributed and they can be easily removed.”
2. No strategy
Forget about any strategy, just don't waste your time on it. Why? Because each block is at least slightly different in weight and size from the others, so all the towers that you will collect before starting the game will be different.
3. Higher is not better
Many people try to build the highest possible tower. Therein lies the mistake. The higher the tower, the more unstable it is.
4. Be nimble
The rules state that when pulling the bars out of the tower, you can only use one hand. But your hands get tired under tension, which can have a bad effect on the result. But the rules don't say anything about changing hands. Also, nowhere does it say that you cannot balance the tower with your shoulder, using your hand as a brace.
5. Control the tower
If it seems to you that there are no more available bricks left, it is quite possible to make them so. How? For example, if the central block on the “floor” was removed, but two side blocks remained, clamp them at one edge (making them a diagonal in a square), and then remove one of them.
6. Distribute the load to your advantage
Placing blocks on top of the tower can give you an advantage over your opponent. You can make it more difficult for your opponent by stacking the bars on only one side. But be careful, if your opponent copes with your trap, you may end up in a “shaky” situation.
From own experience I can say that the biggest difficulty in the game was coping with laughter, which in most cases was the reason for losing.
You can buy from our store and try to implement the strategy for success in the game with your friends. Believe me good mood You're guaranteed!
The word "jenga" is the imperative form of "kujenga", which means "to build" in Swahili. What are they building in this game? Tower! Until she falls...
It would seem, what kind of game could there be with wooden blocks? Well, build something using it as a constructor, that’s probably all. However, the game developer, Leslie Scott, approached the issue of construction from a completely different angle. You will have to build wisely in Jenga. The idea of the game itself originated in the Leslie family in the early 1970s, and initially it used ordinary children's wooden blocks. Special play blocks were then made: each block was three times as long as it was wide and about half as tall as it was wide.
To reveal the intrigue of the tower, you need to familiarize yourself with the rules of the game. So, there are 54 people in the game wooden block. To start the game you need to build a tower 18 floors high. Each floor consists of three blocks placed closely and parallel to each other. The blocks of each next floor are placed perpendicular to the blocks of the previous floor.
Once the tower is built, the game begins. Players have the right to move. The one who built the tower goes first. A move in Jenga consists of pulling one block from any level (except the one directly below the unfinished top one) of the tower. The pulled out block must be placed at the top of the tower so that it can be completed (you cannot build floors under an unfinished upper level). Only one hand is allowed to remove the block; the second hand can also be used, but you can only touch the tower with one hand at a time. The blocks can be pushed to find the one that fits loosest. Any moved block can be left in place and not continue to be removed if this will lead to the fall of the tower. The game has a lot of dynamics: the turn ends when the next player touches the tower, or when 10 seconds have passed, depending on which event happens first.
Using the tower from this game, experiments are carried out in physics lessons in US schools.
The end of the game is marked by the fall of the tower, that is, the fall of any block other than the one that the player is trying to place at the top of the tower in a given turn. The loser is the one whose move caused the tower to collapse. However, if only a few blocks have fallen, players can continue playing if they wish. Rest assured, your tower will fall very quickly the first time.
The rules seem simple, but it’s not without reason that the game has spread throughout the world over more than 30 years of its existence and won thousands of fans. Because Jenga is a game of manual dexterity, ingenuity and balance. Children can also build a tower. This game is especially useful for them, as motor skills are involved, the ability to establish cause-and-effect relationships is developed, and perseverance and accuracy are instilled. You can also play in teams, which will help 
merge an unfamiliar company.
Experienced players have developed more than one system: which bars to pull out in what order to win. But the general pattern is the same: it is better to pull out the blocks along the entire height of the tower, without concentrating on one of the parts.
Despite her British citizenship, Leslie Scott was born in East Africa and speaks both English and Swahili. That's why she gave her game such a catchy, unusual name for the ear.
In addition to the classic version, players have come up with many additional “chips” to diversify and complicate the game. Those who have achieved enchanting heights in tower construction write numbers on the side faces, take a die and move only the block whose number appears on the die. Others, for the sake of fun, depict tasks on the edges (such as playing forfeits), for example, “Tell a joke,” “Imagine a sad rabbit.” The player, moving any block, is obliged to complete the task inscribed on it.
Of course, the manufacturers, seeing such a passion, did not bypass the game with various “replicas” and variations. So, Jenga appeared with multi-colored blocks, a game with an increased number of blocks, a game in which the blocks are increased many times (the tower reaches one and a half meters!), and, of course, application games for all kinds of mobile devices: where blocks are pulled out one at a time finger movement.
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Reviews and comments (31)
Review | IGROKRAD | 02/23/2019
Stealing the game Jenga, slightly changing the parameters of the blocks (“significant design differences”) and replacing the name with the original Russian one is a worthy response to Obama from a thousand-year-old superpower.Review | Tatyana, Tolyatti | 22.03.2017
About the cubes. Our game also has 4 dice and numbers on the blocks. So, in order for all the blocks to be used, we agreed to arrange them in a random order and pull out a block not only with the number of the amount from the dice, but also with any combination that fell on the dice.Review | Anna, Orenburg | 02/07/2016
There are 4 dice in the set, even if the number 6 comes up in each when thrown, then there will be 24. There are 54 blocks, that is, the maximum number of blocks that can fall is 24, and the rest remain unused, is this how it should be?Answer from the Igroved store: Anna, hello. We assume you have the numbers version of the game. It is probably implied that the lower floors with the bars remain stationary during the game.
Review | Anna, Orenburg | 02/06/2016
How to manage there are 4 dice and 54 blocks.Answer from the Igroved store: Anna, good afternoon. Please clarify your question.
Review | Sergey, Orenburg | 29.11.2015
I saw the same one among my friends, only with a cube and a colored one, you have the same colored one, but there are 3 bars in a row, but I saw exactly 4 in a row, 6 colors and with a cube, I would like just thatAnswer from the Igroved store: Sergey, hello. At the moment, our assortment includes only one version of the color game Jenga.
Review | Anastasia, Moscow | 20.11.2015
Hello!Please tell me the sizes of the blocks and their number, for a tower of 3 bars per floor.
Thank you
Answer from the Igroved store: Anastasia, hello! In our assortment there is a game Tower (with a rectangular section of the bars) - beech, in which you need to build 3 blocks per floor. It consists of 54 bars, the size of one is 7.5 cm x 2.4 cm x 1.5 cm.
Review | Dima, Sverdlovsk | 15.05.2015
