Board logic game tower. Tower (with square bars). Why the game is useful for adults and children
From time immemorial, a person has a passion for flights and other entertainments associated with separation from the earth's surface. Prudent nature did not provide for wings, air bubbles, jet engines and other devices in the "higher organism" to overcome the force of gravity. In order to somehow realize your dream, you have to invent various devices that will bring us closer to heaven. One of them is the towers. Today on the Pink Couch - the destructive board game "Tower with Phantoms".
Having created buildings that rise upward, touching the clouds with their domes, the inspired homo sapiens climbs the roof and looks triumphantly at the surroundings. Some representatives of the human race use these useless buildings for experiments, dropping cannonballs on the heads of passing comrades-in-arms and deriving wise formulas. Unfortunately for architects, the towers have a tendency to fall, but they do it gracefully and slowly under the admiring glances of others. In a word, towers have become an integral part of our life, 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 pieces and build a tower out of them. From time immemorial, children have been building houses from bricks, pebbles and blocks, but the practical Leslie Scott decided to patent this method of 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 more than 30 years.
And the blocks 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 instruct you to perform some action. Since the version is for children, then ... and adults may well cope with the tasks. "To portray 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 ...
Soar up with bonfires!
Cool woodpile ... For the game, all the dice are mixed and placed in tiers in a criss-cross 3x3 block. 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 straight. 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 (it is forbidden to hold the structure). It is necessary to make this maneuver very carefully, since gradually the building turns into a termite mound, eaten by passages.
This cannot go on forever, the tower tilts dangerously, rivaling its famous Italian counterpart, and falls with a crash under the joyful cries of those around it. Actually, whoever is the "hero of the occasion" collects a mountain of cubes 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, give your friends a lot of positive emotions.
It remains to mention that the one who pulls out the block with the "magic prescription" is obliged to fulfill it. If you refuse - shame and shame on you forever and ever ...
Why are you standing swinging Jenga from China ...
As a child, I spent part of the summer with my grandmother with great benefit, gaining invaluable life experience: I climbed the neighboring gardens for apples, gorged on someone's raspberries, ran from the evil collective farm watchman and jumped on the roofs of garages (now it is called the fashionable word parkour). And my friends and I had a game called "Hut" (as it is called in the original - I do not know). 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 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 at 3-4 years old in the same way (there were few cubes, so I made a base, and then rearranged the blocks from bottom to top), then I can rightfully say that I also have a similar "family game passed down from generation to generation" ...
But seriously, the game is excellent, at the same time simple to the point of absurdity: a handful of bars, elementary rules and funny 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 building, you involuntarily question the fundamental laws of physics.
When buying, pay attention to the workmanship of the bars - they must be perfectly polished, since the slightest knot will "pull" the entire building along with it. There is nothing to complain about in my copy - the production of wooden parts is set at a high level at the "Nes boring Games" ... I was pleasantly surprised by the "bonus" in the form of tasks burnt on the blocks - it is definitely more fun to play. People of royal blood, of course, can ignore the inscriptions and simply rearrange the bars meaningfully - but according to their status, they are not supposed to have fun ...
The game is provided for review by the online store " ABC", a wide range of which will allow you to choose an interesting model for both a child and an adult.
The rules of the Jenga game are so simple that they can be explained to anyone in a minute. The set includes wooden blocks 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, three pieces each. The task of the players is to take out one piece 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 Jenga seem to be very simple, but this process of shifting parts is very exciting. Each piece of wood, due to its rough surface, adheres quite tightly to its neighbors, so it can be difficult to remove it. But due to the difference in size, some of the bars are easier to remove than the neighboring ones. You can only find out if the selected bar is sufficiently mobile, you can only try 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 due to the simplest rules and versatility. You can safely take it with you to nature or to get-togethers with friends, without worrying about parts being broken or lost. There are many Jenga competitions. 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 Jenga board game
There is an additional rule in the game: by selecting a part and touching it, the player has no right to change his mind. It does not matter if the piece of wood "sits" tightly, it needs to be removed. But if at this time the tower collapses, the player will be declared defeated. The rules of the Jenga board game are sometimes changed by the players themselves. For example, the bars can be numbered, painted in different colors and some kind of prize can be created for the fact that the player draws a bar of a certain color.
Varieties of balance board games
On sale you can find similar games for balance: "The Falling Tower", Tower and "Backlush" are almost identical in appearance to the "Jenga". "Villa Paletti", "Bausak", "Pack Donkey", "Crash" are created according to the same principle, but differ in the shape and number of bars. The parts from which the tower is folded can be with a square section, which facilitates the pulling process. But due to the appearance, the number of bars in each of the versions is very different. Within the very line of Jenga games, there are many varieties. One of the most popular is Jenga Boom. The composition contains all the same wooden blocks, but additionally the set includes a special stand with a timer, which greatly speeds up the process and makes the players nervous, distracting with a loud tick. The rules of the Jenga Boom game are not much more complicated: if the player does not have time to make his move before the bomb goes off, the stand vibrates and destroys the tower. The one on whose turn it happened is considered the loser.
There is a variation of the Jenga game with plastic parts in the form of Tetris figures. It is much more difficult to play such a "tower", since the configuration of the parts is not visible inside it, and by pulling the stick, you can stretch out, for example, a zigzag shape and bring down the building. The rules of the Jenga game with numbers and dice are a little more complicated than in the standard version: players need to roll four dice and get from the tower a part with a number that is the sum of all the dots that have dropped out on the edges. In this version, all faces will be numbered.
Why the game is useful for adults and children
The rules of the Jenga game with cubes can be changed at your discretion. While the process of building a tower and breaking it down 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 structure develops fine motor skills, attentiveness and accuracy, and the Jenga Boom version will become an excellent stress resistance trainer and teach a quick reaction in a critical situation when “time is running out”. Perhaps, it will become even more interesting for young players to play with wooden blocks if you combine the rules of the Jenga game with numbers and cubes and the presence of a timer. Or apply different colors to the details, taking an additional cube with multi-colored edges, which will further complicate the game.
Today I want to tell you about an interesting game for two or a large company - Tower... Other names - "Tower", "Jenga", "Jenga", "Knock Down". We bought this game a year ago and have never regretted it, it brought us a lot of funny minutes (as well as funny photos).
Tower game rules (Tower, Jenga)
Tower consists of 54 wooden blocks, they are laid out 3 on top of each other close to each other (layers must be perpendicular) and form a tall beautiful tower of 18 floors. Now players take turns taking out one block from any place in the tower (except for the two upper ones, it's too easy) and place them on the top floor of the tower. Important note: You only need to take out the block with one hand, the second hand lies quietly and does not help to hold the tower, insure, etc. But your one playing hand can do whatever it wants - poke at all the blocks to check which one is loose, correct the protruding pieces of the tower and whatever it wants. It is allowed to stop halfway reaching the bar if you feel in this the threat of destruction of the turret.
Who Lost?
The game ends the fall of the tower, the one who was the culprit of this lost, that is, he tried to get his bar, and this entailed 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 a rarity. In 95% of cases, the entire tower collapses epically and with a crash.
At what point is it especially interesting to play
It is interesting to become when the tower specifically grows - or maybe it grows in height and three times. Then she literally hangs on by a thread and each player feels great tension during his move and great joy if he managed to fish out a bar without consequences. And also, when the opponent walks, 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 only gets worse with each move.
How to increase interest
Play on wish! How many household issues we have solved in the course of this game! And I washed the floors, and the dishes, and cleaned the apartment :))) But without tears and resentment against my husband, because in a fair fight everything was decided. No, of course, he actually laughed at me and went to help. In a large company, we love to play, who will wash the dishes after our gathering, then everyone play with passion, if only not to lose, because this is at stake! And when all these options are boring and you do not know what else to think about, then you can for each block apply a number and make a sheet with transcripts, or even take a task for forfeits. At the time of the destruction of the tower, they look at the block with which number remained in their hands, the task under this number will have to be completed.
From what age
Our two-year-old son is very fond of playing this game, it has already begun to turn out well. I think from three - it will already be a full-fledged player. The biggest problem is that the second pen is constantly trying to help, but of course we allow :)
How else to use
When we saw this game on sale, the question of whether or not to take it was not even a question, because for a long time they wanted a wooden construction set for a child, and in comparison with a construction set of a similar volume, the tower came out twice cheaper! As a result, 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. 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 the 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Classic Jenga, Jenga BOOM | 970 -1400 rub | |
Description of the game
Video review of the Tower board game from the Game expert!
Reviews and comments (31)
Feedback | PLAYER | 02/23/2019
Stealing Jenga's game by slightly changing the parameters of the bars ("significant design differences") and replacing the name with the native Russian is a worthy answer to Obama from the millennial superpower.Feedback | Tatiana, Togliatti | 22.03.2017
About the cubes. In our game there are also 4 cubes and there are numbers on the blocks. So that all the blocks were involved, we agreed to arrange them in random order and pull out the block not only with the number of the sum from the dice, but also with any combination that fell on the dice.Feedback | Anna, Orenburg | 02/07/2016
There are 4 dice in a set, even if 6 dice fall out in each, 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 that 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.
Feedback | Anna, Orenburg | 02/06/2016
How to control bones there are 4 of them, and there are 54 blocks.Answer from the Igroved store: Anna, good afternoon. Please clarify your question.
Feedback | Sergey, Orenburg | 29.11.2015
I saw the same at my friends, only with a cube and a colored one, you have the same colored one, but there are 3 bars in a row, and I saw exactly 4 in a row 6 colors and with a cube, I would like just thisAnswer from the Igroved store: Sergey, hello. At the moment, our assortment contains only one version of the color game Jenga.
Feedback | Anastasia, Moscow | 20.11.2015
Hello!Please tell me the size of the blocks and their number, for a tower of 3 bars per floor.
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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.
Feedback | Dima, Sverdlovsk | 15.05.2015