Editing Jenga (section)

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{{Short description|Game played with a tower of blocks}}
{{Infobox game
| name          = Jenga
| image_link    = [[File:Jenga.JPG|frameless]]
| image_caption = 
| date          = {{release date and age|1983}}
| designer      = [[Leslie Scott (game designer)|Leslie Scott]]
| parent_game   = 
| players       = 1 or more
| ages          = 6 and up
| setup_time    = &lt; 2 minutes
| playing_time  = Usually 5–15 minutes
| random_chance = None
| skills        = [[dexterity|Manual dexterity]], [[eye–hand coordination]], precision, and strategy
| website       = {{url|jenga.com}}
| footnotes     = 
}}
'''''Jenga''''' is a [[Game of skill|game of physical skill]] created by British [[board game]] designer and author [[Leslie Scott (game designer)|Leslie Scott]] and marketed by [[Hasbro]]. The name comes from the [[Swahili language|Swahili]] word "{{linktext|kujenga}}" which means 'to build or construct'.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ricketts |first=Nicolas |date=2020-11-05 |title=Block by Block: Leslie Scott's Jenga Game (or, in Swahili, Zuia kwa kuzuia: Mchezo wa Jenga wa Leslie Scott) |url=https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/block-by-block-leslie-scotts-jenga-game-or-in-swahili-zuia-kwa-kuzuia-mchezo-wa-jenga-wa-leslie-scott/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=The Strong National Museum of Play |language=en-US}}</ref> Players take turns removing one block at a time from a tower constructed of 54 blocks. Each block removed is then placed on top of the tower, creating a progressively more unstable structure. The game ends when the tower falls over.