The game wooden blocks tower is called. Jenga. Your little Leaning Tower of Pisa

The leaning tower, or as this game is also called Jenga, is a popular and interesting board game for the company. It doesn't look like the usual games. There are no chips and cards in it, but there are bars made of natural unpainted wood (birch).

From the bars, fold an even tower using a special corner included in the game kit. There should be three bars in each row, each subsequent row is folded in the direction transverse to the previous one. You will get 18 such rows! Turn over the corner and remove it. On the table will be a tall, eighteen-story impregnable tower. Players can now attack.

There can be as many participants in the battle as there are friends in your company. Each player chooses to attack any level and pulls out one of the bars with one hand! This bar, which is in the hands of the player, is placed on the new, upper, 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! It can be subject to sanctions that 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 dexterous, attentive and smart participants have gathered in your company, the height of your tower can grow by 2 times!

In the end, if you get tired of playing, the blocks can be used as a set of dice for little builder, since they do not contain varnishes, dyes and stains, but are made of environmentally friendly Vyatka birch.

Equipment:

• 54 bars;
• rules of the game.

Today I want to talk about interesting game for two or a large company - Tower. Other names - "Tower", "Jenga", "Jenga", "Tip". We bought this game a year ago and have never regretted it, it brought us a lot of fun minutes (as well as funny photos).

Rules of the game Tower (Tower, Jenga)

Tower consists of 54 wooden blocks, they are laid out 3 on top of each other closely (you need to lay layers perpendicular) and form a high beautiful tower of 18 floors. Now the players take it in turns to take one block from anywhere in the tower (except for the top two, it's too easy) and put them on the top floor of the tower. Important note: You only need to get the block with one hand, the second hand lies quietly and does not help to hold the tower, insure, etc. But your one game hand can do what it wants - poke into all the blocks to check which of them is loose, correct the protruding pieces of the tower and whatever it wants. It is allowed to stop halfway through getting the bar if you feel this threatens the destruction of the turret.

Who lost?

The game is over tower fall, the one who was the culprit of this lost, that is, he tried to get his bar, and this led to destruction.

In this case, even such a situation is considered a loss, in which only one block fell, with the exception of the one that they tried to get. True, this is a rarity. In 95% of cases, the entire tower collapses epically and with a crash.

When is the best time to play?

It becomes interesting when the tower specifically grows - or maybe it has grown in height and three times. Then it is kept literally by a thread and each player feels great tension during his turn and great joy if he managed to fish out the bar without consequences. Also, when the opponent moves, we usually have a cheerful encouragement: "Come on, come on, destroy it already!" and inside there is such a hope that the move will not reach you. After all, the situation is only getting worse with each move.

How to increase interest

Play on desire! How many domestic issues we have solved in the process of this game! And I washed the floors, and the dishes, and cleaned the apartment :))) But without tears and resentment against my husband, because everything was decided in a fair fight. No, of course, in fact, he laughed at me and went to help. In a big company, we really like to play, who will wash the dishes after our gathering, then everyone play with passion, at least not to lose, because this is at stake! And when all these options get boring and you don’t know what else to think of, then you can apply a number and make a sheet with transcripts, and at least even take a task for forfeits. At the time of the destruction of the tower, they look at the block with which number was left in the hands, the task under this number will have to be completed.

From what age

Our two-year-old son loves to play this game very much, it has already become quite good. I think from three - it will already be a full-fledged player. The most a big problem- the second pen constantly strives to help, but we, of course, allow :)

How else to use

When we saw this game on sale, the question of whether to take or not to take was not even there, because we had long wanted a wooden constructor for a child, and compared to a constructor of similar size, the tower came out twice cheaper! In the end, we took the tower and it turned out two in one. The son almost every day asks to get the tower and uses it in all games. He builds roads, houses, barriers and simply carries them in a truck, loading them with a tractor with a bucket.

Watch the video on how to play wooden Jenga Tower

How much does the Tower cost?

Now there are varieties of this game, for example, a very gambling version of Jenga Boom, where the tension only increases. You can get acquainted with the prices for the game Tower and make a purchase decision in the table below.

The shops	What sets	Price
	Classic Jenga, Jenga BOOM	970 -1400 rub

If you want to find out how dexterous and have a sense of balance you are, then the Jenga Tower game is exactly what you need. If you are smart, you have well-developed manual dexterity, masterfully own a sense of balance, then it is for you. This game will captivate not only children, but also adults, be careful and attentive, and then you can build a tower twice as high as the original one.

Assemble the wooden block tower by removing the blocks from the lower "floors" and building the tower from above. The number of players is not limited, as well as their age.

Jenga tower rules

1. Gather the players and select a "master" builder. He must build a tower of 18 floors. Lay out all the bars in front of you and start assembling the tower. The first floor consists of three blocks lying closely parallel to each other. Subsequent floors consist of three bars lying perpendicular to the existing ones. And so all the bars are laid out on top of each other.
2. Level the tower so that Jenga's walls are level and the tower stands on its own.
3. The one who built the tower goes first. He takes one block from any floor and puts it on the top row. The player following him takes out another block and puts it next to the block of the previous player. Attention: you can get the bars with only one hand. The bars can be touched to find one that moves freely and is easy to remove.
4. Bars from the top row cannot be taken. A row is considered complete when there are three bars.
5. The game continues until the tower collapses. The tower is considered to have fallen if any block has fallen, except for the one that the player is holding in his hand. The player who laid down his block last won, and the structure stood. If desired, the game can be continued if only a few blocks have fallen.

So, the basic rules are clear. But what if you have mastered this game and it doesn't seem so interesting anymore?

Then you can turn the Jenga tower. Write a task on each bar on the side and each player who gets it will have to complete it. Or you can number the bars according to the numbers on the dice and remove from the tower only the bar whose number fell on the die.

And these are just the most simple options. The rules of the game are only limited by your imagination. Get together with family or friends and play Jenga Falling Tower.

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

Review

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

It is necessary to build a tower from wooden blocks, and then pull out the sticks from 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 is in the box

In the package you will find:

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

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;

How to increase interest

It is very rare that you want to spend an hour or two on parsing the rules of a board game, isn't it? The family dinner is already over, the children have fled in all directions, and sometimes you want to gather everyone together for an exciting activity! Take a look at the rules of the classic "" in your free minute, and a fun evening with your loved ones is guaranteed!

Target

Build as many as possible high tower, avoiding its crash on your turn.

Preparation

In order to start the game, you need to build 18 tightly adjacent floors from 54 wooden blocks. The base is three wooden bars, and all subsequent floors are perpendicular to the previous ones.

From two to four people over the age of 6 years can take part in the game "Jenga". In this way, even the youngest member of the family will be able to devote all his energy and enthusiasm for some time to the construction and grandiose collapse of the tower, which is invariably accompanied by happy squeals.

Many parents involve children under the age of 6 in the construction of structures, justifying this by the fact that the game perfectly develops a sense of balance, motor skills and attentiveness of little builders.

move

After you have gathered everyone at one table, the only thing left is to explain how to turn an already high eighteen-story building into a whole tower carved out of wood.

First you need to figure out who makes the first move. It would be fair enough to give this right to the one who erected and prepared the blocks for the game. If all the players took part in this action, then the first move can go to any of them: the one who has a birthday, who really wants to be the first to start the game, or the one who ate sweets last - you decide!

The first player draws one block of wood from any level except the top two floors and places it at the very top of the structure. Sounds simple, but is it really?

In this game, there is one rule that makes the task of builders very difficult: you can only use one hand. It is impossible, pulling out the block, to push it from the other side with the second hand. Of course, this rule can be circumvented by the youngest builders, since at first it is difficult to manage even for adults.

Have you started pulling out a wooden block and see that the tower is leaning on its side, ready to collapse? Stop and pull out another plate that does not deprive the building of balance.

The game is considered over when the tower collapses. Of course, like a lot of entertainment, Jenga has winners and losers, but its concept can change depending on your mood and desire for competition.

Do you want to entertain a noisy company and set up rivals? On your turn, you can pull out the blocks in such a way that the tower loses its cherished balance and swings from side to side, making it difficult to continue the process. In this case, you need to act as carefully as possible so that the structure does not collapse precisely from your hands.

And if you have a desire to spend a pleasant evening with your loved ones, to unite in order to build a monumental structure, then act carefully, in a coordinated manner, set records for the number of floors and overcome them all together!