How to win at Jenga?
In the age of computer games, when children and adults cannot get out of 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 one that received Lately widely known game Jenga. 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 of the game, 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 say nothing 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 delete 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 my 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.
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Jenga is an extremely popular, meditative and at the same time gambling board game where you need to pull blocks out of a falling tower. During the process, players act with bated breath, and the loss is marked by the roar of a collapsed building.
Review
The board game “Jenga”, also known as “The Leaning Tower” (similar to “Django”, “Jengo toy”, “Jingle”, “Ginga” and “Jumbo” is also it :), is quite simple.
You need to build a tower from wooden blocks, and then pull the sticks out of the tower and put them on the top floor. The structure will become increasingly unstable until it collapses from careless movement or a blow of wind.
In its basic principle, it is a bit like playing spillikins (with miniature utensils) or Mikado (using wooden skewers). The game takes on average 5-10 minutes.
Who created
Wikipedia writes that the game Jenga was invented by an Englishwoman of Tanzanian origin, Leslie Scott, in the early 1970s. Its ancestor was the blocks Leslie played with as a child. The word "jenga" comes from the Swahili verb "to build". The game is produced by one of the subsidiaries of Hasbro; replicas from Igrotime are popular in Russia.
From what age
You can play Jenga from the moment your fine motor skills have developed sufficiently. You can build a tower for the first time as early as the age of five, although it’s unlikely that an adult should compete with an impatient child.
What is in the box
In the package with the board game you will find (photo above):
54 wooden blocks, easy to remove. Their size is about 8 centimeters in length, the length and width have a ratio of 3:1. The original uses bamboo, while Russian replicas often use birch;
cardboard sleeve for building a level tower, also known as instructions.
Rules and description
In “The Leaning Tower” the rules are clear to both preschoolers and grandmothers, both in Russian and in English languages. It is necessary to build a tower from blocks with the inscription “jenga”, laying 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 stands. You can touch the tower, try it on, touch the bricks you are going to pull out, but only with one hand. The main thing is not to drop it. Dropped - lost. After each move you need to wait 10 seconds, and only then pass the move on.
Sometimes Jenga is played using a grid of 4 by 4 bars rather than 3 by 3. Then the process may result in a marvelously intricate design, the fall of which will be simply epoch-making.
There are other options for 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 appears.
Game mechanics
In the game "jenga", players have to demonstrate miracles of dexterity, precision of movements and fine motor skills. Knowledge of physics and the ability to see a thing in volume and calculate balance will also be useful.
Tricks and secrets
The rules of the game describe only the general principle of action, but experienced players know that there are some subtleties:
No need to rush, why! The main thing is accuracy, so try on as much as you think is necessary;
Test how firmly the bricks sit. Some can be pulled out easily, some cannot. If the block doesn’t want to move, don’t pull it, otherwise you’ll almost certainly collapse everything;
Try to build the tower not higher, but more stable. This will make the game last longer. Or, on the contrary, make a shaky top, hoping that your opponent will not be able to repeat your trick;
If you push out the central blocks rather than the side ones, the chance of collapse is reduced.
The board game jenga is unpredictable because a mistake of a millimeter 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, a banal production error gives the same effect.
The most intense moment
The most interesting thing begins when the leaning tower is already quite askew, and every movement can bring it down. Will this happen from the removed block, 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 exhaled with relief.
How to diversify the gameplay
When you get bored with having fun according to the basic rules, bring in fresh ideas. It will become more fun and difficult if you add the following points to the rules:
- Write numbers on the ends of the pieces of wood, throw the dice and draw the one that lands;
- Write tasks on pieces of paper and take them before each move. For example, doing everything with your left hand or singing a song while doing it;
- Tasks or questions can be written directly onto the bars;
- Not to build on, but to dismantle the tower from below until there are so many holes in it that it collapses.
How to increase interest
Simply rearranging wooden blocks quickly becomes boring. The solution is to come up with a prize. For example, desire. Something big - like having to wash all the dishes after a party. Participants will fight with passion until the last brick!
How else to use it
With small children, you can use Jenga as a construction set and toy, build tower houses together, and then, optionally, take out the bricks as usual. The kids will be happy to work on the new building material (more than environmentally friendly), and at the same time learn numbers if the bars are numbered. Additional cubes with numbers will help with this. There are also children's options with multi-colored and very beautiful cubes.
Who lost
Ay-yay-yay, our pyramid has collapsed! Big "Boom"! Who is guilty? Who wasn't careful enough? On whose turn did a fly fly past and the air vibrations cause a catastrophe? So he lost.
Additional materials
Playing the game Jenga is more than just stacking blocks on top of each other. This is a fun activity with a strong competitive element. In addition, it can always be diversified.
The secret of popularity
There are several secrets to the popularity of Jenga:
- Very simple and clear rules, anyone can play it;
- It does not require a special place other than a flat, hard surface - for example, the floor;
- Despite the transience of each game, it drags on for hours;
- Consists of environmentally friendly materials, the details are pleasant to the touch;
- You can upgrade the set rather than buy a new one;
- The best players are also the smartest and luckiest;
- Very good reviews!
The benefits of regularly playing Leaning Tower of Pisa
The building tower is a great shared activity for both adults and children. And for a party too.
Parsing the block structure is good for concentration and fine motor skills. The player has to show everything he is capable of.
Building a tower helps develop spatial thinking. We learn to imagine what exactly we get if we remove a part from one position and move it to another.
Other advantages
Jenga is a very fun game. It’s simply impossible to tear yourself away - well, another five minutes, well, another game.
Everyone, young and old, can play Jenga. Which makes the desire to build a tower out of wooden blocks a universal family pastime.
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” cries around like “Ruin it!”
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For those who do not know what Jenga is, I provide information from Wikipedia:
Jenga is a board game created by Leslie Scott and distributed by Parker Brothers (a division of Hasbro).
Players take turns removing blocks from the base of the tower and placing them on top, making the tower increasingly taller and less stable.
The word jenga is the imperative form of kujenga, which means "to build" in Swahili.
Rules of the game:
The game involves 54 wooden blocks.
The length of each block is three times its width, and the height is approximately half its width.
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.
After the tower is built, players begin to walk.
The one who built the tower goes first.
A move in Jenga consists of taking one block from any level (except the one directly below the unfinished top level) of the tower and then placing it at the top of the tower so that it can be completed (you cannot complete floors above an unfinished top 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 cause the tower to fall.
The turn ends when the next player touches the tower, or when 10 seconds have passed, whichever happens first.
The game ends when the tower falls.
The fall of a tower is considered to be 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 on whose turn the tower collapses.
However, if several blocks have fallen, players can continue the game if they wish.
In this modification of the game, the rules are complicated by the fact that before his turn the player rolls 4 six-sided dice.
By summing the values on their upper planes, we get the number of the block that the player must pull out.
After a short educational program, I’ll move on to the description of the product itself.
I bought this product on April 12 of this year from a seller from China ddl2012, received it yesterday (May 14) at Russian Post.
The packaging is a regular paper envelope, wrapped with tape, and covered with bubble wrap inside. In general, everything is as always.
The packaging itself contained a slightly battered box like this:
Regarding the standard officer line:
On the back of this cardboard box are the rules of the game:
Bones (1.1cm) relative to ruler:
Full set:
One of the blocks:
Block size - 5.1cmx1.7cmx0.9cm (LxWxH)
During the game:
But still, not everything is perfect. The blocks do not slide very well and require a little sanding.
I think that after I sand them, I’ll take the clear varnish from my sister and paint the blocks with it.
This image shows that the wood is not perfectly smooth:
Another disadvantage of this product is the lack of a normal storage box.
I put the blocks with bones in/out several dozen times, and nothing
There won't be any left of this cardboard box.
Overall, I'm pleased with the purchase. This version of Jenga deserves a four on a five-point scale.
I advise you to buy it.
The game is interesting to play for both adults and children. The latter is even useful - the game develops fine motor skills.
Thanks for reading.)
Today I want to talk about interesting game for two or big company - Tower. Other names are "Tower", "Jenga", "Jenga", "Top Over". 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 (Jenga)
Tower consists of 54 wooden blocks, they are laid out 3 on top of each other closely (layers must be laid perpendicular) and form a tall beautiful tower of 18 floors. Now players take turns taking one block from anywhere in the tower (except for the top two, it’s too easy) and placing them on the top floor of the tower. Important Note: You only need to take out the block one hand, the second hand lies quietly and does not help to hold the tower, belay, etc. But your one gaming hand can do whatever it wants - poke at all the blocks to check which one is not sitting tightly, straighten the protruding pieces of the tower and whatever it wants. You are allowed to stop halfway to reach the block if you feel this threatens to destroy the turret.
Who lost?
The game ends tower fall, the one who was responsible for this lost, that is, he tried to get his block, and this led to destruction. 
In this case, even a situation in which only one block fell, with the exception of the one that they tried to get, is considered a loss. True, this is very rare. In 95% of cases, the entire tower collapses epically and with a roar.
At what point is it especially interesting to play?
It becomes interesting when the tower actually grows - or maybe it will grow three times in height. Then it hangs on literally by a thread and each player feels great tension during his turn and great joy if he managed to fish out the block without consequences. And also, when an opponent walks, we usually have cheerful encouragement: “Come on, come on, destroy it already!” and inside there is such hope that the move will not reach you. After all, the situation only gets worse with every move.
How to increase interest
Play for desire! How many everyday issues we solved during this game! I washed the floors, and the dishes, and cleaned the apartment :))) But without tears or resentment towards 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 large company, we really like to play, who will wash the dishes after our get-together, 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 order, then you can use each block apply a number and make a sheet with transcripts, and even take an assignment for forfeits. At the moment of the destruction of the tower, they look at which block with which number is left in their hands; the task under this number will have to be completed.
From what age
Our two-year-old son really likes to play this game, and he’s already getting good at it. I think from three he will already be a full-fledged player. The biggest problem is that the second handle constantly tries to help, but we, of course, allow it :)
How else to use it
When we saw this game on sale, the question of whether to take it or not was not even raised, since we had long wanted a wooden construction set for our child, and compared to a construction set of similar size, the tower was twice as big cheaper! In the end, we took the tower and it turned out to be two in one. My son asks to get the tower almost every day and uses it in all his games. He builds roads, houses, barriers and simply transports 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 variations 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 purchasing decision in the table below.
| The shops | What sets | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Classic Jenga, Jenga BOOM | 970 -1400 rub. | |
Have you ever built a giant tower in the board game Jenga? This is the same puzzle for making a falling structure from wooden blocks. We offer an experiment: we will tell you how to play Jenga, and you will try to play the online version right now!
The online game "The Leaning Tower" or "Jenga" is a remake of a children's board game that was popular in the 80s. You can play it alone, two, three or four times to find out who is more attentive, patient and balanced.
The rules of Jenga are very simple: 54 blocks are used to build an eighteen-story structure. Your task is to build it even higher, but use only the bars that have already been used. To do this, carefully pull the sticks out of the body and place them on the top floor. Try to make the biggest tower. The one who destroys the structure loses. And the winner is the one who made the previous effective move.
How to play Jenga online
The online version of the game uses realistic physics, so before you make a move, make sure that the tower structure is stable. Keep an eye on the supporting structure, it is important that it is balanced and as stable as possible. It's possible, look for a logical way to achieve your goal. Each move should be aimed at equalizing the displacements. It is important to remove the right blocks at the right time: if you see that the supporting structure of the tower is leaning to the side, remove the most protruding block on the opposite side.