Jenga tower. Tower (with square bars)

The game is a hit. The game that the whole world has been playing for 40 years. A game that is given for birthdays, holidays and corporate parties.

Jenga is a standard of its kind - an exciting game with simple rules. Play alone, two, four - it's easy! Even if you just put Jenga on the table, it will fit into any interior!

The rules of the game are explained in just a minute. First you need to build a tower. We lay out 3 bars on a table or other flat surface, on them there are 3 more bars perpendicular to the first row, and so on until we lay out all 45 bars. Jenga from 15 levels is ready!

The game started! Players take turns pulling out one block at a time and placing it on top of the tower. You can not take bars from two top rows. Only one hand can be used. That's all the rules. But you can complicate the task by pulling out the bars with the numbers that fell out on the dice.

If you play big cheerful company, then everyone will be the winner, except for the "lucky" one who destroyed the tower on his turn.

Equipment:

45 wooden bars;
2 dice.

Reviews for the board game Jenga with numbers Small (Jenga)

Pasha

I have a question how to play jengo I have 48 dice with numbers and 4 bones so how to play so that it falls out for example 48

Answer: Hello! Our Jenga has 45 numbered bars and 2 dice with numbers from 1 to 6. You draw the numbered bar that comes up on the dice, eg 25, 43, 56, etc.

NASTYA

I have such a voros - how to pull out parts with numbers. 7, 8 and 9 if there are only 6 faces on the dice?

Answer: The fact is that there are no details on this jenga with the numbers 7,8,9 and 0. Let's assume that these numbers are there. In this case, special 9-sided dice or more can be used. budget options: - Draw lots, consisting of matches with numbers. - Roulette, lotto, random number generator. - Fortune telling on coffee grounds, a crystal ball and other improvised means. Have a nice game.

Hello, friends! Blog "ShkolaLa" congratulates you on the New Year and welcomes you to the section "Home Laboratory"!

Be attentive and careful! Today, tests are being carried out in our laboratory. Bold experimenters Artyom and Alexandra are testing. They have a Jenga board game on their lab bench. Have you heard of this one? Sometimes it is also called "The Tower". And game makers can be different. But our game is from Hasbro.

By the way, I already told you a little about this toy. And today we will not only tell, but also show.

So what is Jenga? What are the rules of the game? What to do with these bricks? Find the answers to these and other questions in the video below.

I think that now everything has become quite clear. The game is really very interesting and is perfect as a gift not only for a child, but also for an adult who is still young at heart. And it is unlikely that you will be able to come up with something better for family leisure.

And what about the age of the players? The description on the box says 6+. Just for junior schoolchildren fit!

We were especially interested in reviews of this board on the Internet. We found that about 20 positive feedback there is only one negative. And even then, the negative is mainly associated with the quality of processing game bars. The thing is, they have to be smooth. And some comrades came across bars that were poorly processed, rough.

And in this case, they really won’t be able to pull them out of the tower. I dare to assume that people just simply got a fake. Since Hasbro has never let us down personally in this regard.

There are varieties of the game "Jenga".

For example, Jenga Boom.

Here, in addition to the bars, the kit includes a special stand, on which the turret is built. This stand at a certain moment begins to tremble and everything falls from it.

Jenga Gold appeared.

In this game, the bars are painted gold and numbers are written on them. So you can play like normal version, which the guys showed you, and into the game with scoring.

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Also, the advantages of the game are:

its environmental friendliness, the bars are made of wood;
and functions that develop attention, logic, and accuracy.

That's all for today! We are waiting for you in our home laboratory in a week next Saturday! We will test board game"Don't rock the boat!" Do not miss!

Once again Happy New Year!!!

Always yours, Artyom, Alexandra and Evgenia Klimkovich!

Game description

Video review of the board game Tower (Tower) from Igroveda!

Reviews and comments (31 )

Feedback | IGROKRAD | 23.02.2019

Stealing the Jenga game by slightly changing the parameters of the blocks ("significant design differences") and replacing the name with a native Russian is a worthy response to Obama from a thousand-year-old superpower.

Feedback | tatiana, togliatti | 22.03.2017

About cubes. In our game, there are also 4 cubes and there are numbers on the blocks. So, in order for all the bars to be involved, we agreed to arrange them in random order and pull out the bar not only with the number of the amount from the bones, but with any combination that fell out on the bones.

Feedback | Anna, Orenburg | 07.02.2016

There are 4 dice in the set, even if the number 6 falls in each roll, 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, should it be?

Answer from the store Igroved: Anna, hello. We assume you have a version of the game with numbers. It is probably meant that the lower floors with the bars remain stationary during the game.

Feedback | Anna, Orenburg | 02/06/2016

How to control the bones there are 4 of them, and there are 54 blocks.

Answer from the store Igroved: Anna, good afternoon. Please clarify your question.

Feedback | Sergey, Orenburg | 29.11.2015

I saw the same one with my friends, only with a cube and a color one, you have the same color one, but there are 3 bars in a row, and I saw exactly 4 in a row of 6 colors and with a cube, I would like just such

Answer from the store Igroved: Sergey, hello. AT this moment in our assortment there is only one version of the color game Jenga.

Feedback | Anastasia, Moscow | 20.11.2015

Hello!
Please tell me the size of the bars and their number, for a tower of 3 bars per floor.
Thanks to!

Answer from the store Igroved: Anastasia, hello! In our assortment there is a game Tower (with a rectangular section of bars) - beech, in which you need to build 3 bars per floor. It consists of 54 bars, the size of one is 7.5 cm x 2.4 cm x 1.5 cm.

Feedback | Dima, Sverdlovsk | 15.05.2015

Board game "Jenga" ("Tower") and its varieties

History of appearance

The familiar "Jenga" was coined by British board game designer Leslie Scott three decades ago. According to the author, it was created in the image and likeness of the game, behind which the whole Scott couple spent evenings in the distant seventies. Only then, instead of oblong wooden blocks, elements were used children's constructor"Takoradi", brought from Ghana. Based on the same African fun, another game was created called Ta-Ka-Radi (Ta-Ka-Radi), very similar to Jenga. It appeared on the American market a few years earlier, but did not find such deafening popularity as Jenga.

The game has a rather exotic name. "Jenga" is a Swahili word meaning "to build". The author of the game, Leslie Scott, is of British origin, but she was born in Tanzania and spent her entire childhood in African countries. Therefore, Leslie decided to pay tribute to her second native language, christening her new offspring with such an unusual name for Europeans.

Kit contents

The original "Jenga" consists of 54 oblong wooden blocks. The surface of each bar is carefully sanded, but not varnished or painted. This increases friction between structural elements and prevents the tower from crumbling. The dimensions of the block of the classic version of the game are 1.5x2.5x7.5 cm.

With the growing popularity of Jenga, a lot of its “remakes” appeared on the market, the dimensions of the elements of which may differ from the progenitor, but the aspect ratio of the blocks is mostly preserved.

"Ta-Ka-Radi" vs. "Jenga"

The two games are very similar but have some significant differences. Only 51 blocks are used in Ta-Ka-Radi rectangular section. As a result, the original tower is one floor lower than in Jenga, but the height of the structure is greater. The most important difference is how to place the bars. In "Ta-Ka-Radi" blocks are installed on the short side of the section with significant gaps between the elements of the same row. At the same time, in "Jenga" the bars lie close to each other on the long side of the section.

If "Jenga" is supplied in paper packaging, then "Ta-Ka-Radi" is sold in a fabric bag made of natural cloth with a print. The manufacturer also offers a choice of several types of fabrics from which the bag can be made, all colors in the spirit of Africa.

Preparing for the game

Before the start of the round, it is necessary to level the original tower. You can level it using the box from the game itself. Some Jenga kits come with a special plastic corner, which acts as a kind of level. Initially, our building has 18 "floors" of 3 blocks each. The bars are laid on the long side. All elements must fit snugly together. In this case, the bars of each subsequent row are perpendicular to the blocks of the previous one.

Rules and gameplay

Jenga is designed for two or more players. The principles of the game are very simple: each participant pulls out one block from an already standing structure and lays it perpendicular to the previous row. At the same time, the “penthouse” tier preceding the unfinished one remains inviolable. Also, you can not start stacking blocks in new level, leaving the top "floor" unfinished.

You can pull the block out of the tower with only one hand. Beforehand, it is allowed to touch the elements and tap the ends of the bars, checking which of them is the most pliable. If at the same time something has moved, then the player must return all the affected blocks to their original position before the end of their turn.

All participants take turns doing their moves. The turn ends when the next player touches the tower or ten seconds after placing the pulled block.

The nature of the game

The game trains fine motor skills and analytical skills. At the same time, it does not require the participants to develop a strategy and mental stress, so the gameplay is a relaxed fun pastime.

Varieties of the game

On the modern market Board games are represented by a great many varieties of "Jengi": from small portable versions with tiny bars to huge copies that perform more of an advertising role than serving their intended purpose. Such a "tower boom" among the manufacturers of "board games" was undoubtedly due to the popularity that the game found among fans of such fun. According to the creator of the classic version of Jenga herself, about 50 million copies have been sold worldwide. original game.

"Jenga: Drop and Go" (Throw "n Go Jenga)- a game resulting from the merger of the good old "Jenga" and gaming dice. The elements of the classic set are painted in three different colors. The bones are marked with colors and words that say exactly where the block should be pulled out from (middle, top, bottom of the tower), as well as exactly how many blocks you need to pull out in one move. For example, after the first roll, you get the words "any two" on the top of the die. This means that you will have to "fight" with two bars, and not with one.

Throw the bone again, and the crimson face with the word “beginning” turns out to be the top, which means that the first element is crimson, and it is located at the base of the structure. Then you throw a bone and get the word "middle" on a black background - you pull out a black bar from the middle of the tower.

"Jenga: Truth or Dare" (Jenga Truth or Dare). The set consists of the usual number of blocks, two-thirds of which are colored orange and purple colors(colors may vary in different editions of the game). Orange bars are desires, purple bars are questions. In this case, one third of the elements of the game remains unpainted. It is on these pristine bars that players are invited to write own desires or questions. Then the game gets individual characteristics and becomes one of a kind. In general, this variation is quite fun and aims to get the participants talking, and the gameplay is generously filled with fiction and eccentricity. Due to its nature, it is designed for players over 12 years old. Nevertheless, many rightly point out that this variety of "Jengi" is not suitable for children. The desires and questions proposed by the creators cannot be called crystal innocent. On the one hand, you may only need to sing a song or characterize one of the participants and the game (why not?). There are also more amusing statements, such as "sensual dance with a mop" and other similar inventions. Questions - from the category of tricky with a touch of the now popular "American humor".

More suitable for children Jenga Girl Talk Edition- a much more harmless edition of the game. The blocks are painted in pink and crimson colors, and in the same way as in previous version filled with questions. This could once be seen in children's questionnaires, which were then filled in by friends and classmates. Here you will find the traditional questions: “What is your most cherished desire?” or the more modern "Name your favorite website."

"Jenga: Extreme" (Jenga Extreme). The elements of the game are not a rectangular parallelepiped, but a parallelogram. This adds a certain extreme to the gameplay and makes it possible to build tilted towers of completely bizarre shapes.

"Jenga: Las Vegas Casino" (Las Vegas Casino Jenga)- a completely unexpected combination of two completely different fun: "Jengi" and roulette! During the formation of the tower, players make bets. The set consists of 54 numbered red and black blocks, a betting board and 75 chips. Recommended for players aged 18 and over.

Jenga XXL- an enlarged version of the classic Jenga (although there are also much larger copies of the game). The size of each bar is about 45x22.5x7.5 cm. The kit comes with 50 elements (48 directly for the game and 2 "in reserve"). All blocks are made not of polished wood, but of painted plywood, so that during the fall the structure will not knock the players to death. The original tower has a height of 120 cm and can theoretically grow up to three and a half meters during the game! This version of "Jenga" is especially good for playing on fresh air, with a bang it goes as a fun accompaniment to the barbecue.

We briefly talked about only some varieties of this simple board game. There are also special editions. special attention deserves "Jenga: The Nightmare Before Christmas" (Jenga Nigthmare before Christmas)- a game designed in the spirit of a popular cartoon that appeared on the screens more than twenty years ago. The blocks are colored black, purple and orange colors. Each of them has images of ghosts, funny, sad, cunning Jack Skelington mines and, of course, the name of the cartoon with its signature “Halloween” font.

In addition, there are many board games created based on Jenga. In some, the rules of the original game are preserved, but the elements themselves are significantly modified. In particular, the snow-white set looks very interesting. Jenga Stack The Bones with blocks in the form of bones and a skull crowning the tower. Such a set can become not only a favorite game, but also original decoration interior, which will also serve as a wonderful gift for lovers of various outlandish things. There are also similar sets on a more peaceful theme: with cats, bunnies, carrots, and so on.

As you can see, the good old "Jenga" does not stand still, but develops in accordance with the desires of modern users. The market is full of various options our favorite board game for a long time, among which you are sure to find the best "Tower" for yourself.

"Jenga" - extremely popular, meditative and at the same time gambling. In the process, the players act with bated breath, and losing marks the crash of a collapsed building.

Review

The board game "Jenga" (Jenga), also known as "The Tower", is quite simple.

Need to build a tower wooden blocks, and then pull the sticks out of the tower and put them on the top floor. The structure will become more and more unstable until it collapses from careless movement or a breath of wind.

In its basic principle, it is a bit like a game of spillikins (with miniature dishes) or Mikado (wooden skewers are used). The game takes an average of 5-10 minutes.

Who created

Jenga was invented by Tanzanian Englishwoman Leslie Scott in the early 1970s. Its ancestor was the game of blocks, which Leslie played as a child. The word "jenga" comes from the Swahili verb "build". The game is produced by one of the "daughters" of the company "Hasbro", replicas from the company "Igrotime" are popular in Russia.

From what age

You can play jenga from the moment when fine motor skills have developed enough. You can build a tower for the first time at the age of five, although it is hardly worth an adult to compete with an impatient baby.

What's in the box

In the package you will find:

54 pieces of wood, easy to retrieve. Their size is about 8 centimeters in length, length and width are related as 3:1. Bamboo is used in the original, birch is more often used in Russian replicas;

cardboard sleeve for the construction of a flat tower, it is also an instruction.

rules

In Jenga, the rules are clear to both the preschooler and the grandmother. It is necessary to build a tower from the bars with the inscription "jenga", laying out three bricks in a row, on them - three bricks perpendicularly. There are 18 floors in total.

Next, you need to pull out one block at a time from the body and arrange it at the very top so that the skyscraper can stand. You can touch the tower, try on, touch the bricks that you are going to pull out, but only with one hand. The main thing is not to drop. Dropped - lost. After each move, you need to wait 10 seconds, and only then pass the move on.

Sometimes Jenga is played not using a 3 by 3 grid, but by 4 by 4 bars. Then, in the process, a surprisingly intricate structure can turn out, the fall of which will be simply epoch-making.

There are more options on how to play the tower. For example, buy a set with numbers on the dice and take out not random blocks, but the one whose number fell out on the dice.

Game mechanics

In "jenga" players have to show miracles of dexterity, to demonstrate the accuracy of movements and fine motor skills. Knowledge of physics and the ability to see an object in volume, calculate the balance will also come in handy.

Tricks and secrets

The rules of the game describe only the general principle of action, but experienced players know that there are subtleties:

Don't be in a hurry. The main thing is accuracy, so try on as much as you see fit;

Try how firmly the bricks sit. Some can be pulled out easily, some not. If the block does not want to go, do not pull it, otherwise you will almost certainly bring everything down;

Try to build a tower not higher, but more stable. This will make the game last longer. Or, on the contrary, make a shaky crown, hoping that the opponent will not be able to repeat your trick;

If you push the central blocks, and not the side ones, the chance of collapse is reduced.

The game is unpredictable because a millimeter error can cost you a win. The original Jenga even keeps the exact dimensions of the wooden blocks a secret. Allegedly, each brick is slightly different from the other, so that there is no exact balance and it is impossible to choose a uniquely winning strategy. However, the banal error of production gives the same effect.

Most stressful moment

The most interesting thing begins when the tower is already quite skewed, and every movement can bring it down. Will it come from the removed bar, which, as it turned out, held everything on itself. Or the building will collapse when the player has already pulled out the brick, put it on the roof and breathed a sigh of relief.

How to diversify the gameplay

When you get bored with the basic rules, bring in fresh ideas. It will become more fun and more difficult if:

Write numbers on the ends of the pieces of wood, throw the dice and pull strictly dropped out;
Write tasks on pieces of paper and take them before each move. For example, do everything with your left hand or sing a song in the process;
Tasks or questions can be applied directly to the bars;
Do not build on, but dismantle the tower from below until there are so many holes in it that it collapses.

How to increase interest

Just like that, shifting wooden blocks quickly becomes boring. The way out is to come up with a prize. For example, desire. Some kind of large-scale - like the obligation to wash all the dishes after the party. Participants will fight with passion to the last brick!

How else to use

With young children, you can use Jenga as a construction set and build turret houses together, and then, optionally, take out the bricks as usual. Kids will be happy to take up new building material (more than environmentally friendly).

Who lost

Ay-ya-ya-yay, the falling tower has fallen! Who is guilty? Who wasn't careful enough? In whose turn did a fly fly past, and from the fluctuations of the air a catastrophe happened? This is where he lost.

Additional materials

Playing Jenga is more than just stacking blocks on top of each other. This is an exciting activity with a strong competitive moment. In addition, it can always be varied.

Popularity Secret

There are several secrets of the popularity of "Jenga":

Very simple and clear rules, anyone can play it;
It does not require a special place, except for a flat hard surface - for example, the floor;
Despite the transience of each party, it drags on for hours;
Consists of environmental materials, the details are pleasant to the touch;
You can upgrade the set instead of buying a new one;
The best players are both the smartest and the luckiest.

The Benefits of Playing The Tower Regularly

The tower under construction for both adults and children is a great shared activity. And for the party too.

Parsing a structure consisting of blocks trains concentration and fine motor skills well. The player has to show everything that he is capable of.

The construction of the turret contributes to the development of spatial thinking. We are learning to imagine what exactly we get if we take out a part from one position and move it to another.

Other advantages

Jenga is a very fun game. It is simply impossible to break away - well, another five minutes, well, another game.

Jenga can be played by everyone from young to old. Which makes the desire to build a tower of wooden blocks an all-round family entertainment.

The number of participants is not limited - although if there are many of them, it is not a fact that the move will reach everyone. But the one who gets the chance will certainly try to concentrate with the top piece in his hands and not succumb to the “encouraging” exclamations around like “Ruin it!”.

The set is durable. Even if you have already played dozens of games, the appearance of the wooden parts will not change at all, they will not be wrinkled or rubbed like cards.