Tower. Everything rests on one block
Game description
Video review of the board game Tower from Igroveda!
Reviews and comments (31)
Review | IGROKRAD | 02/23/2019
Stealing the game Jenga, slightly changing the parameters of the blocks (“significant design differences”) and replacing the name with the original Russian one is a worthy response to Obama from a thousand-year-old superpower.Review | Tatyana, Tolyatti | 22.03.2017
About the cubes. Our game also has 4 dice and numbers on the blocks. So, in order for all the blocks to be used, we agreed to arrange them in a random order and pull out a block not only with the number of the amount from the dice, but also with any combination that fell on the dice.Review | Anna, Orenburg | 02/07/2016
There are 4 dice in the set, even if the number 6 comes up in each when thrown, 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 this 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.
Review | Anna, Orenburg | 02/06/2016
How to manage there are 4 dice and 54 blocks.Answer from the Igroved store: Anna, good afternoon. Please clarify your question.
Review | Sergey, Orenburg | 29.11.2015
I saw the same one among my friends, only with a cube and a colored one, you have the same colored one, but there are 3 bars in a row, but I saw exactly 4 in a row, 6 colors and with a cube, I would like just thatAnswer from the Igroved store: Sergey, hello. At the moment, our assortment includes only one version of the color game Jenga.
Review | Anastasia, Moscow | 20.11.2015
Hello!Please tell me the sizes of the blocks and their number, for a tower of 3 bars per floor.
Thank you
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.
Review | Dima, Sverdlovsk | 15.05.2015
The rules of the Jenga game are so simple that they can be explained to anyone in a minute. The set contains wooden blocks with a rectangular cross-section, each of which differs slightly from the other in size. All of them are made from natural hypoallergenic materials, therefore 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 threes. The players' task is to take one block at a time from any floor of the tower and move it upstairs.
Features of the game and the reason for its popularity
The rules of the game Jenga seem very simple, but the process of rearranging the pieces is very exciting. Each wooden piece, due to its rough surface, fits quite tightly to its neighbors, so removing it can be difficult. But due to the difference in size, some bars are easier to remove than their neighbors. The only way to find out whether the selected block is mobile enough is to 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 its extremely simple rules and versatility. You can safely take it with you to nature or to get-togethers with friends, without worrying about parts breaking or getting lost. There are many Jenga competitions. Players train hard to achieve excellence in pulling bars from the lower floors. Some people use special clicks for this, knocking out the lower bars so quickly that the tower remains practically motionless.
Additional rules for the board game Jenga
There is an additional rule in the game: having selected a part and touched it, the player does not have the right to change his decision. It doesn’t matter whether the piece of wood “fits” tightly, it needs to be removed. But if the tower collapses at this time, 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 invented for the fact that the player draws a bar of a certain color.
Varieties of board games for balance
You can find similar balance games on sale: “The Leaning Tower”, Tower and “Baklushi” are almost identical in appearance to “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 that make up the tower can have a square cross-section, which makes the pulling process easier. But due to the appearance, the number of bars in each version is very different. There are many varieties within the Jenga game line itself. One of the most popular is Jenga Boom. The set contains the same wooden blocks, but in addition the set has a special stand with a timer, which greatly speeds up the process and makes players nervous, distracting with loud ticking. 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 begins to vibrate and destroys the tower. The one on whose turn this happened is considered a loser.
There is a variation of the game Jenga with plastic parts in the shape of Tetris figures. Playing such a “tower” is much more difficult, since the configuration of parts inside it is not visible, 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 from the tower a piece with a number that is the sum of all the dots that fall on their faces. In this version, all faces will be numbered.
How the game is useful 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 may seem simple, it is very captivating for players of all ages, allowing adults and children to compete on equal terms. In addition, the process of removing parts from a structure develops fine motor skills, attentiveness and accuracy, and the Jenga Boom version will be an excellent stress resistance trainer and teach you how to quickly react in a critical situation when “time is running out.” Perhaps little players will find it even more interesting to play with wooden blocks if they combine the rules of the game “Jenga” with numbers and cubes and the presence of a timer. Or apply different colors to the parts by taking an additional cube with multi-colored sides, which will further complicate the game.
Today I want to talk about an interesting game for two or a large 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 loves 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
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. | |
Since time immemorial, man has had a passion for flying and other entertainment associated with being away from the earth's surface. Prudent nature did not provide wings, air bubbles, jet engines and other devices in the “higher organism” that would allow it to overcome the force of gravity. In order to somehow realize our dream, we have to invent various devices that will bring us closer to the sky. One of them is towers. Today on the Pink Sofa is the tower-destroying board game “Tower with Forfeits”.
Having created soaring buildings that touch the clouds with their domes, inspired homo sapiens climbs onto 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 and deducing wise formulas. Unfortunately for architects, towers have a tendency 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 was the first to come up with the idea of cutting the trunk of a century-old oak into small blocks and building a tower from them. From time immemorial, children have been building houses from cubes, pebbles and blocks, but the practical Leslie Scott decided to patent this method of construction, added simple rules to it and suggested that Hasbro 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 great - polished, smelling like real wood, without knots or potholes. 54 pieces, one to one. Beauty! Lighting a stove is a nice thing, a compact cubic meter of wood 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... adults can easily 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...
Let the fires fly!
Cool woodpile... For the game, all the tiles are mixed and placed in tiers, criss-crossing 3x3 blocks. 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 ensure that the bars lie 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). This maneuver must be performed very carefully, as the building gradually turns into a termite mound eaten away by tunnels.
This cannot go on forever; the tower leans dangerously, rivaling its famous Italian brother, and falls with a roar to the joyful cries of those around. Actually, whoever is the “hero of the occasion” collects a mountain of blocks and packs them in a box. If you think this is 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 be mentioned that the one who pulls out the block with the “magic order” is obliged to fulfill it. If you refuse, shame on you forever and ever...
Why are you standing there swinging, Jenga from China...
As a child, I spent part of the summer with great benefit at my grandmother’s, gaining invaluable life experience: climbing through neighbors’ orchards for apples, gorging on someone’s raspberries, running from an evil collective farm watchman and jumping on the roofs of garages (nowadays this is called the fashionable word parkour). And my friends and I had a game called “Izbushka” (I don’t know what it’s called in the original). Take a box of matches and use them to assemble a kind of well with overlapping 4x4 sticks. Then we carefully pulled out the matches and placed them on top of the “house”.
Whoever brought down the hut ran to the orchard for apples. Who would have thought that we were playing the family game of the respected Leslie Scott. And if you remember the towers made of plastic cubes, which I made when I was 3-4 years old in a similar way (there were few cubes, so I made the 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, and at the same time simple to the point of absurdity: a handful of blocks, basic 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 pick up the blocks and build your own tower. You will need dexterity and a lot of luck - sometimes the bars line up in such an intricate pyramid that, looking at the construction, you involuntarily question the fundamental laws of physics.
When purchasing, pay attention to the quality 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 - “Neboring Games” has a high level of production of wooden parts... 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 according to their status, they are not supposed to have fun...
The game was provided for review by the online store " ABC Science", a wide range of which will allow you to choose an interesting model for both children and adults.