Editing Jenga (section)

==Rules==
[[File:Jenga distorted.jpg|thumb|A ''Jenga'' tower]]
''Jenga'' is played with 54 wooden blocks. Each block is three times as long as it is wide, and one fifth as thick as its length – {{convert|1.5|×|2.5|×|7.5|cm|in|abbr=on}}. Blocks have small, random variations from these dimensions so as to create imperfections in the stacking process and make the game more challenging.<ref>{{cite podcast |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sheep-spiders-and-jenga/id420543296?i=1000349678276|title=Sheep, Spiders, and Jenga |website=How To Do Everything |publisher=[[NPR]] |host=Mike Danforth & Ian Chillag |date=August 14, 2015 |access-date=March 8, 2023 }}</ref> To begin the game, the blocks are stacked into a solid rectangular tower of 18 layers, with three blocks per layer. The blocks within each layer are oriented in the same direction, with their long sides touching, and are [[perpendicular]] to the ones in the layer immediately below. A plastic tray provided with the game can be used to assist in setup.

Starting with the one who built the tower, players take turns removing one block from any level below the highest completed one and placing it horizontally atop the tower, perpendicular to any blocks on which it is to rest. Each player may use only one hand to touch the tower or move a block at any given time, but may switch hands whenever desired. Once a level contains three blocks, it is complete and may not have any more blocks added to it. A block may be touched or nudged to determine whether it is loose enough to remove without disturbing the rest of the tower, but it must be returned to its original position if the player decides to move a different one. A turn ends when the next player in sequence touches the tower or when 10 seconds have elapsed since the placement of a block, whichever occurs first.

[[File:Jenga.gif|thumb|A ''Jenga'' tower collapses.]]
The game ends when any portion of the tower collapses, caused by either the removal of a block or its new placement. The last player to complete a turn before the collapse is the winner.