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* DigitalTabletopGameAdaptation: ''Jenga World Tour'' is an adaptation for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} that aims to simulate the game, and make it more interesting by adding gimmicks like a prehistoric Zambian jungle level where dinosaurs shake the tower as to make it fall.

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* DigitalTabletopGameAdaptation: ''Jenga World Tour'' is an adaptation for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} that aims to simulate the game, and make it more interesting by adding gimmicks like a prehistoric Zambian jungle level where dinosaurs shake the tower as to make it fall. There was also a now delisted app version called Jenga was made by Natural Motion Games which added a arcade mode with a timer and color matching elements

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Jenga is a dexterity game consisting of 54 wooden blocks stacked in a tower with three blocks per story, alternating their orientation with each layer. Players remove a single block then stack it on top, taking turns until the tower crumbles. Created by Leslie Scott and based on a game her family invented while living in UsefulNotes/{{Ghana}}, the game's name comes from the Swahili verb for "build." Since its introduction in TheEighties, Jenga has become a popular game for all ages, owing to its simple premise yet difficult execution.

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Jenga is a dexterity game DexterityGame consisting of 54 wooden blocks stacked in a tower with three blocks per story, alternating their orientation with each layer. Players remove a single block then stack it on top, taking turns until the tower crumbles. Created by Leslie Scott and based on a game her family invented while living in UsefulNotes/{{Ghana}}, the game's name comes from the Swahili verb for "build." Since its introduction in TheEighties, Jenga has become a popular game for all ages, owing to its simple premise yet difficult execution.


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* DexterityGame: There's a tower of wooden blocks. You try to remove a block and put it on top without making the tower fall over.

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The game has received several variations over the years, including ''Throw 'n Go Jenga'' (which adds blocks in various colors and a six-sided die), ''Jenga Truth or Dare'' (with three colors of blocks), ''Jenga Xtreme'' (with parallelogram-shaped blocks that could create leaning towers) and ''Casino Jenga: Las Vegas Edition'' (with roulette-style game play, featuring a felt game board, betting chips, and additional rules). The game has also inspired other releases like ''TabletopGame/{{Uno}} Stacko''.

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The game has received several variations over the years, including ''Throw 'n Go Jenga'' (which adds blocks in various colors and a six-sided die), ''Jenga Truth or Dare'' (with three colors of blocks), ''Jenga Xtreme'' (with parallelogram-shaped blocks that could can create leaning towers) and ''Casino Jenga: Las Vegas Edition'' (with roulette-style game play, featuring a felt game board, betting chips, and additional rules). The game has also inspired other releases like ''TabletopGame/{{Uno}} Stacko''.
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* XtremeKoolLetterz: ''Jenga Xtreme'', a version with parallelogram-shaped blocks, spells the title like that to convey that it's harder and more "extreme" than normal ''Jenga''.

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* XtremeKoolLetterz: ''Jenga Xtreme'', a version with parallelogram-shaped blocks, spells the title like that to convey that it's harder and more "extreme" than normal ''Jenga''.''Jenga''.
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[[caption-width-right:232:[[{{Tagline}} How do you stack up?]]]]

Jenga is a dexterity game consisting of 54 wooden blocks stacked in a tower with three blocks per story, alternating their orientation with each layer. Players remove a single block then stack it on top, taking turns until the tower crumbles. Created by Leslie Scott and based on a game her family invented while living in UsefulNotes/{{Ghana}}, the game's name comes from the Swahili verb for "build." Since its introduction in TheEighties, Jenga has become a popular game for all ages, owing to its simple premise yet difficult execution.

The game has received several variations over the years, including ''Throw 'n Go Jenga'' (which adds blocks in various colors and a six-sided die), ''Jenga Truth or Dare'' (with three colors of blocks), ''Jenga Xtreme'' (with parallelogram-shaped blocks that could create leaning towers) and ''Casino Jenga: Las Vegas Edition'' (with roulette-style game play, featuring a felt game board, betting chips, and additional rules). The game has also inspired other releases like ''TabletopGame/{{Uno}} Stacko''.

!!Jenga provides examples of:
* DefeatMeansMenialLabor: The loser is supposed to stack the tower for the next match.
* DigitalTabletopGameAdaptation: ''Jenga World Tour'' is an adaptation for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} that aims to simulate the game, and make it more interesting by adding gimmicks like a prehistoric Zambian jungle level where dinosaurs shake the tower as to make it fall.
* ForeignLanguageTitle: The name comes from the Swahili verb for "build."
* ObviousRulePatch: A player must take a block from within the tower. Simply lifting a block from the top row and setting it back down is spelled out as not allowed.
* OneWordTitle: ''Jenga'', from the Swahili verb for "build."
* {{Pun}}: An occasional tagline for the series is "How do you stack up?", as the idiom also refers to the construction of the tower.
* SoloTabletopGame: The single-player rules consist of the same pull-and-stack until the tower falls over, just with no one winning as a result of the tumble.
* {{Tagline}}: Some versions of the box feature the line "How do you stack up?" prominently.
* ThemedStockBoardGame: The game has received many licensed variations based on franchises, including ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'', ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' and ''Franchise/HarryPotter''.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: ''Jenga Xtreme'', a version with parallelogram-shaped blocks, spells the title like that to convey that it's harder and more "extreme" than normal ''Jenga''.

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