With 54 wooden blocks; each block is 3 times as long as it is wide and slightly smaller in height than in width. The blocks are stacked in a tower formation.. and what you got? Right! It’s a jenga!
History first, jenga was created by Leslie Scott based on a game that evolved within her family in the early 70s using children’s wooden building blocks. She later named and trademarked the game as ‘Jenga’ and launched the game at the London Toy Fair back in 1983. In 1986, Milton Bradley (Hasbro – US), acquired the licence to publish Jenga.
Hasbro released about 5 Jenga’ variants. This one I have is called Uno Stacko, a Jenga-Uno crossover. The blocks are colored red, blue, green and yellow, and are numbered from 1 to 4. In early versions, each player rolls a die with four colored and numbered faces from 1 to 4, and then pulls a block with the same color or number. Later versions removed the die, and each player must instead pull a block of the same color or number as the one pulled by the previous player.
So, enough of the explanation, just gimme the game!!
I just played this game yesterday. It was fun! The plastic blocks are more balance than the previous type made from wood.
Inexpensive hours of fun for the whole family or with friends.
sounds interesting..
I used to have the game. Mine was the wooden blocks. It sadly became a chew toy for one of the dogs when the kids left the blocks laying out on the floor.
Great pic. I have the original jenga…the one of wooden bricks where you have to pull it out and place it on top…I think some times by trying to ‘improve’ these games they just over-complicate them….Give me the original any day!!!
@all: thanks for the comments, guys!
@Tanya: lucky you, I want the real blocks too
I might look for this. It’s a game our family could play… we are limited in choices by various factors.