Jenga
Wooden-block tower — remove a block, place it on top, don't let the tower fall.
🌤indoor
What is Jenga?
Jenga is a physical skill game designed in the early 1980s by Leslie Scott, based on a stacking game she played as a child in Ghana. Fifty-four hardwood blocks are stacked into a tower of 18 storeys, three blocks per storey at right angles to the ones below. Players take turns removing a block from any storey below the topmost and re-stacking it on top. Whoever knocks the tower over loses.
Quick facts
Category
Party Games
Type
Individual
Players
2–8
Where played
indoor
Country of origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Estimated origin
1980s, Leslie Scott (UK/Ghana roots) — commercialised 1983
Olympic
No
Popularity
global
Sources & provenance
Last verified 2026-08-24.verified