Board logic game tower instruction. Board game leaning tower. Additional rules of the board game "Jenga"

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 how to play wooden tower Jenga

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

The rules of the game "Jenga" are so simple that they can be explained to any person in a minute. As part of the set - wooden bars with a rectangular cross section, each of which slightly differs from the other in size. All of them are made from natural hypoallergenic materials, therefore they are safe for children and people prone to allergic reactions. Before starting the game, you need to assemble a tower from these parts, laying them out perpendicular to each other in three pieces. The task of the players is to take one block at a time from any floor of the tower and move it up.

Features of the game and the reason for its popularity

The rules of the game "Jenga" seem very simple, but this process of rearranging the details is very exciting. Due to the rough surface, each wooden part fits snugly enough to its neighbors, so it can be difficult to remove it. But due to the difference in size, some bars are taken out easier than their neighbors. You can only find out if the selected bar is mobile enough by trying to push it out. The most important thing is to prevent the building from collapsing during the player's action.

Jenga is one of many balance games. But it is one of the most popular thanks to the maximum simple rules and versatility. You can safely take it with you to nature or to gatherings with friends, without worrying that the parts will break or be lost. There are many competitions in the game "Jenga". Players practice a lot to reach heights in pulling bars from the lower floors. Some people use special clicks for this, knocking out the bottom bars so quickly that the tower remains practically motionless.

Additional rules of the board game "Jenga"

There is an additional rule in the game: after selecting a part and touching it, the player has no right to change his mind. It doesn’t matter if the piece of wood “sits” tightly, it needs to be removed. But if the tower collapses during this time, the player will be declared defeated. The rules of the Jenga board game are sometimes changed by the players themselves. For example, bars can be numbered, painted in different colors and come up with some kind of prize for the fact that the player pulls out a bar of a certain color.

Varieties of board games for balance

On sale you can find similar balance games: "Leaning Tower", Tower and "Bullshie" are almost identical in appearance to "Jenga". "Villa Paletti", "Bausak", "Pack donkey", "Crash" are created on the same principle, but differ in the shape and number of bars. The parts that make up the tower can be with a square section, which facilitates the drawing process. But because of appearance the number of bars in each of the versions is very different. Within the Jenga line of games itself, there are many varieties. One of the most popular is Jenga Boom. The composition is all the same wooden blocks, but additionally the set has a special stand with a timer, which greatly speeds up the process and makes the players nervous, distracting them with loud ticking. The rules of Jenga Boom aren't much more complicated: if the player doesn't make their move before the "bomb" goes off, the base vibrates and destroys the tower. The one on whose turn this happened is considered the loser.

There is a version of the game "Jenga" with plastic parts in the form of "Tetris" figures. Playing such a “tower” is much more difficult, since the configuration of parts is not visible inside it, and by pulling the stick, you can draw out, for example, a zigzag figure and bring down the building. The rules of the game "Jenga" with numbers and dice are a little more complicated than in the standard version: players need to roll four dice and get a part from the tower with a number that is the sum of all the dots that fell on their faces. In this version, all faces will be numbered.

What is useful game for adults and children

The rules of the game "Jenga" with dice can be changed at your discretion. Although the process of building a tower and destroying it seems simple, it is very exciting for players of all ages, allowing adults and children to compete on equal terms. In addition, the process of extracting parts from the design develops fine motor skills, mindfulness and accuracy, and the version of "Jenga Boom" will be an excellent stress resistance simulator and teach quick reactions in critical situation when "time is running out". Perhaps, it will become even more interesting for young players to play with wooden blocks if we combine the rules of the Jenga game with numbers and dice and the presence of a timer. Or apply different colors to the parts by taking an additional die with multi-colored faces, which will further complicate the game.

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.

Game progress

Winner

From time immemorial, a person has a passion for flying and other entertainment associated with separation from earth's surface. Prudent nature did not provide for wings, air bubbles, jet engines and other devices in the "higher organism" that allow one to overcome the force of gravity. In order to somehow fulfill your dream, you have to invent various devices that will bring us closer to heaven. One of them is towers. Today on the Pink Sofa there are towers - a destructive board game "Tower with Phantoms".

Having created structures rising up, touching the clouds with their domes, inspired homo sapiens climbs to the roof and victoriously looks at the surroundings. Some representatives of the human race use these useless structures for experiments, dropping them on the heads of passing comrades cannonballs and deriving wise formulas. Unfortunately for architects, towers tend to fall, but they do so gracefully and slowly to the admiring glances of those around them. In a word, towers have become an integral part of our lives, so everyone should be able to build them. This is what we will do today.

It is not known for certain who first came up with the idea to cut the trunk of a century-old oak into small blocks and build a tower out of them. From time immemorial, children have been building houses from cubes, pebbles and blocks, but the practical Leslie Scott decided to patent this way construction, added simple rules to it and invited Hasbro to publish a game called "Jenga". Everything ingenious is simple, and millions of players around the world have been building towers from wooden blocks for over 30 years.

And the bars in my box turned out to be cool - polished, smelling of real wood, without knots and potholes. 54 pieces, one to one. Beauty! To heat the stove is a nice thing, a compact cubic meter of firewood for a compact fireplace ( oh what am I talking about...)

Some rectangles have inscriptions that require you to perform some action. Since the version is for children, then ... and adults can quite cope with the tasks. "Depict a mouse looking for cheese" - no problem! I have three of these mice, and everyone is looking for cheese at night, as well as other goodies in the kitchen ...

Raise the fires!

Cool woodpile ... For the game, all the dice are mixed and set in tiers crosswise 3x3 bars. It is better to build this structure on a horizontal (if you find it in our houses) surface, but I managed to build the Leaning Tower of Pisa even on my sofa - the structure is quite stable.

Try to keep the sticks lying flat. The fact is that they will have to be pulled out and placed on top of the assembled base. It looks something like this...

Opponents take turns pushing one block from any floor with one hand and placing it on top of the structure (holding the structure is prohibited). It is necessary to carry out this maneuver very carefully, since gradually the building turns into a termite mound corroded by moves.

This cannot go on forever, the tower leans dangerously, competing with its famous Italian counterpart, and falls with a roar under the joyful cries of others. Actually, whoever is the "hero of the occasion" collects a mountain of bars and packs them in a box. If you think it's easy to do, then ... then you know the super secret of Jenga packaging! Otherwise, bring your friends a lot of positive emotions.

It remains to be mentioned that the one who pulls out the bar with the “magic prescription” is obliged to fulfill it. If you refuse - shame and disgrace to you forever and ever ...

Why are you standing, swinging, Jenga from China ...

As a child, I great benefit spent part of the summer with his grandmother, gaining invaluable life experience: climbing the neighbor's orchards for apples, overeating someone's raspberries, running from the evil collective farm watchman and jumping on the roofs of garages (now this is called the fashionable word parkour). And my friends and I had a game called “The Hut” (I don’t know what it is called in the original). A box of matches is taken, a kind of well with overlapping 4x4 sticks is assembled from them. Then we carefully pulled out the matches and put them on top of the "house".

Whoever brought down the hut, he ran into the garden for apples. Who would have thought that we are playing the family game of the respected Leslie Scott. And if you remember the towers of plastic cubes, which I made in 3-4 years old in a similar way (there were few cubes, so I made the base, and then rearranged the blocks from the bottom up), then I can rightly say that I also have a similar "family game passed down from generation to generation"...

But seriously, the game is excellent, while simple to the point of absurdity: a handful of bars, elementary rules and fun tasks. There are no age restrictions for this game, if you have overcome the age of “what I see is what I eat”, then feel free to take the bars in your hands and build your tower. You will need dexterity and a lot of luck - sometimes the bars line up in such an intricate pyramid, then looking at the construction, you involuntarily question the fundamental laws of physics.

When buying, pay attention to the quality of the workmanship of the bars - they must be perfectly polished, since the slightest knot will “pull” the entire building with it. In my copy, there is nothing to complain about - at " Boring Games» the production of wooden parts is put on high level... I was pleasantly surprised by the "bonus" in the form of tasks burned on the blocks - it's definitely more fun to play. People of royal blood, of course, can ignore the inscriptions and simply rearrange the bars meaningfully - but they are not supposed to have fun by status ...

The game is provided for review by the online store " ABC-Vedia", a wide range of which will allow you to choose an interesting model for both a child and an adult.