Jenga

As I did a little bit of last minute Christmas Shopping, a couple of weeks ago, I spotted Jenga in our local wollies, for under a tenner. I cannot quite remember how much but I think it was about £6. JENGA ************** Jenga is a very basic game which is suitable for anyone over the age of five and so perfect for Hubby and I. Jenga is purchased in a tall box which is fairly heavy, especially once you have been carrying it around for a while, We did not open the box until Christmas and then decided to participate in a few drunken games. I guess it helps to be sober. THE GAME ************** When you take Jenga out for ...  Read the complete review

ABOUT THE GAME: Jenga is the classic wooden building block game that has become loved around the world. The Manufacturer's minimum age recommendation is 5 years old which seems about right to me. One interesting fact is that the name JENGA was derived from a Swahili word meaning "to build". HOW TO SET UP JENGA: JENGA is a game made out of 54 precision wooden blocks. You set the game up by laying 3 wooden blocks side by side as the first level (large part of the block horizontal to the floor) and then stacking the tower up, always switching the blocks so that you have one with the end at the side and then the long horizontal ...  Read the complete review

Ah, now here's a game that won't break the bank... but the table might not be so lucky! Jenga, like all the best party games, is very simple in concept but a great deal more difficult to play really well. You can pick it up for well under a tenner, so in terms of fun per pound it's difficult to beat. Okay, that's enough from cliché corner - for now anyway - so let's get on to discussing the game itself. Jenga consists of 54 long thin pieces of wood (oh yes folks, I counted them), each about the size and shape of a chocolate bar (not so tasty, though). As they're wooden and not plastic, their shapes are not, quite, identical, and it ...  Read the complete review

I love board games and usually spend hours playing them over holiday periods especially Christmas. However, when I unwrapped JENGA I was a bit unsure what to make of it as all that was in the box was lots of rectangular wooden blocks. How do you play it? To start a game the wooden blocks are placed in rows of three on top of each other to form a tower. Each row is also placed at right angles to the row below. Once the tower is complete the game begins and you take it in turns to remove a block and place it on of the tower forming new rows of three as you go up. This may sound easy but to make it more difficult you are only allowed to use ...  Read the complete review

Another day another challenge. This time it is a games challenge from bizzetto . He suggested I reviewed a board game but there are no board games in our household. Actually thinking g about it that is a shame as there are so many good ones about! However I do have Jenga which is the nearest thing to a board game that I own so thought that would fulfill the challenge. I love Jenga. I first discovered it round my friend Meg?s chalet in fourth year at university. When I was supposed to be researching and writing history essays on topics such as the fall of Gaelic in the Scottish Highlands in the 19th century and literacy rates in England in the same period I ...  Read the complete review