Jenga Game
by Hasbro
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Toys and Games Reviews of Jenga Game
Customer Review: Easy to learn, hard to master!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
In this era of mobile PSPs, x-boxes and gamecubes, a classic game like Jenga not only continues to survive, but thrive!
My first experience was with my 2 nieces. I had never seen them before and since it always snows in MI, we couldn't go out. To break the awkward silence and pass time, my 4 year old pulled this tower of fun out. For next several hours we played this awsome game and bonded with each other. It was most fun I had with kids.
Ok, now the specifics. The game works by first arranging all pieces to make a tower and then making each person pull out one piece at a time and put it on the top of the tower. Simple huh?
Well as I said it is easy to learn but the idea is to select a piece that can be pulled out without causing a collapse and this is where men are separated from boys (and boys usually win!).
You can actually learn to strategize your game and pull each piece in a sequence to make your tower taller.
Each piece is made of wood and has the right size, finish and weight to support quite a bit of weight.
If you are looking for a game that doesn't entail mindless button pushing or shooting those ugly monstors on tv screen, go for this one. Your kids will love it and hopefully you too!
Customer Review: An exciting, challenging game
Summary: 5 Stars
Basically you take a block from the stack and then place it on the top. As you take blocks from the stack, the chances of having a collapse become higher. This is a fun game.
We have put a few twists on it due to my two year old deciding he wanted to play with us. One way we play is we devide the blocks out and just start stacking with one block at a time. With my clumsy hands and a two year old (almost three) we quickly run into problems and the challenge becomes harder. Very fun. Another way we play is we take one from the stack but we don't place it on top, we stick it in our own pile. Whoever has the most blocks when the tower collapses wins.
It is fun the way you are supposed to play it as well. We just made these other ways up as we went along with our kiddos.
I like games that inspire creativity. I like that we can play it a different way and enable it to become a whole family affair instead of just a game for adults that the kids watch. This is a great game for younger children because they like watching the blocks fall. When we play we tie counting into it and talk about why the blocks fall (gravity), why they are loose and so on. IT is great for pre readers because it is developing eye and hand coordination.
Enjoy.
Customer Review: Fun for Groups & Families
Summary: 5 Stars
Not only is this toy extremely durable (how can you really break those small blocks of wood?), it's incredibly flexible as a toy. My brother at twelve (and I at 21) played this game for hours. When I went back to my computer/book/sleep, he'd stay occupied with the game -- playing it alone, stacking and re-stacking the blocks, creating houses and encampments as if the pieces were designed as building blocks.As an adult, I don't enjoy card games or board games much, but I still appreciate having this game around the house. It's a game you can play with just about anyone, and although it does take some concentration when you're the one pulling out that precarious block, you can still converse and cavort while playing (as long as you've got the game on a stable surface!).
Jenga also helps teach hand-eye coordination, precision, patience, forethought ("what will happen if I pull out this block?"), and just a bit of physics -- some of the blocks are rougher, some are smoother, so friction comes into play.
I highly recommend this game to everyone, regardless of age!
Customer Review: Great for the whole family
Summary: 5 Stars
Chenga is a great game for the whole family. Any family member old enough to understand the idea of trying not to knock down the tower is old enough to play, which usually means anyone over three. There is a good deal of skill for children to learn about being slow, calm, and careful when pulling and placing pieces, which makes this game very educational, at least in the sense of learning self-mastery. The game is also fun and suspenseful, as each time someone takes a turn, everyone hold their breath a little while they wait to see if the tower will fall. A super-nice feature of Chenga is that it allows the entire family to play the same game, without subjecting older members to silly baby games like Candy Land (which is nice, but gets old). And best of all, Chenga is great value for money. This is a game that doesn't cost much to begin with, is super-durable (almost impossible to break), and is unlikely to be out-grown at any time.Customer Review: FUN FUN FUN (edge of your seat kind!!)
Summary: 5 Stars
This game is great fun. Besides the fact that it is durable, reasonably priced and totally portable, it is great for all kinds of crowds: relatives that don't speak enough english for word games, your friends that like to drink and are too cool for "board games", even younger members of the crowd (it says 8 years and up on the box but my son Cedric is 5 and did a great job). Definitely don't have to worry about a generation gap with this game, it is all about skill, concentration, patience... No bells and whistles, just little pieces of wood. It is even fun for others to watch. You will get hooked, and always want to keep tying to stack the jenga higher than the last time!!All around great game for everyone.