All about Jenga

There’s something about Jenga, especially a giant version. It is far and away one of our most requested games, but where does it come from and what makes it so fun to play?

Giant Jenga is a game of physical skill and our super sized version adds an element of drama to the game. When the large stack of blocks comes crashing down.

How do you play?

Suitable for individual players but better with a crowd, players carefully pull one block out of the tower from anywhere apart from the top two rows and place it on top. If the tower topples over on your turn you have lost.

Test all your skill and nerve to see how high you can build the tower the game can grow to up to 1.5m tall when played.

Did you know? 

The name jenga is derived from kujenga, a Swahili word which means 'to build'. Jenga was created by Leslie Scott, based on a game that evolved within her family in the early 1970s using children's wooden building blocks the family purchased from a sawmill in Ghana.

The original Jenga set from 1983 marketed as The Perpetual Challenge designed by Leslie Scott.

It is interesting to note that often children enjoy using the blocks to make creative towers after the official game has been played. This makes perfect sense since the original game was inspired by toy blocks.

Children getting creative with Jenga blocks