Thursday Challenge – Wooden
The theme for Thursday Challenge this week is Wooden.
I am picking the wooden blocks game which we play frequently with Aaryan, which is the Jenga.
Jenga is a game which is played with 54 wooden blocks. Each block is three times as long as it is wide, and one fifth as thick as it is long.
Three sets of blocks are placed perpendicular to each other till a tower is formed. The game consists of taking one block from any level with one hand and balance it on top, creating a taller and increasingly unstable structure as the game progresses. The game ends when the tower falls.
It’s a game of manual dexterity and mental skills and is sure fun and addictive too!
Have you tried your hands at Jenga??
June 23, 2011 8:26 am|
1st time hearing about this game! sounds fun!!
is it a rajasthani game?
lovely take on the theme!!
June 23, 2011 9:10 am|
I could never win in this game the blocks fell all the time 🙂
Bikram’s
June 23, 2011 9:47 am|
My kids play it with their dad .Its a fun game.
June 23, 2011 9:50 am|
Interesting game Shilpa… I’ll try getting one soon 🙂
June 23, 2011 10:57 am|
I didn’t know about this game. But it sounds like a fun.
June 23, 2011 12:25 pm|
I saw it at the shops but I felt the kids would probably kill/maim each other if I took it home :-). The idea of so many throwable things is kind of scary. Maybe when they’re older.
Great take on the theme.
June 23, 2011 2:00 pm|
I should try the game too. Sounds fun.
June 23, 2011 3:04 pm|
Thats nice shot Shilpa :))
June 23, 2011 4:50 pm|
Nope, never heard of this… until now 🙂
June 23, 2011 6:21 pm|
Such a fun game is it not 🙂
Loved the picture.
June 23, 2011 11:47 pm|
yeah…true it’s addictive…i love Jenga…
Nice take on the prompt Shilpa!
June 24, 2011 4:25 am|
havent heard about the game. Seems interesting one; nice one you picked for the theme.
June 24, 2011 4:39 am|
I might sound backward, but I have never heard of this game before
June 24, 2011 5:05 am|
Never heard of this ..but sounds interesting ..this is for what age ?
June 24, 2011 5:32 am|
@ Magiceye : It sure is fun. No, it’s not a Rajasthani game…
Jenga (a Swahili word meaning “to build”) was brought to the rest of the world by a British woman named Leslie Scott. Scott was born in East Africa and later moved to Ghana, West Africa as a child.
Jenga is based on a pastime that evolved within her family using children’s wooden building blocks bought locally in a town known as Takarati (Takoradi) in Ghana during the early ’70s. The Takarati wood mill is still there today.
As an adult, Scott revived this childhood game, manufacturing and launched the it as “Jenga” at the London Toy Fair in 1983.
Am glad you like it, considering that your pics on the TC theme are simply outstanding! 🙂
June 24, 2011 5:38 am|
@ Bikramjit : Ah, one needs patience too apart from manual dexterity in this game!! Try some more and your tower will stand tall for long! 🙂
@ Kavita : Cool 🙂
@ pinashpinash : Sure, you must 🙂
@ Shilpa : It sure is!! Play it sometime! 🙂
@ Obsessivemom : I know, while selecting toys for kids, you need to keep a lot of things in mind. This is for age 6 and above. So be a bit later! 🙂
June 24, 2011 5:44 am|
@ Nethra : You must and the let us know your feedback!! 🙂
@ Pushpee : Thanks Pushpee! 🙂
@ Roshmi Sinha 🙂
@ Comfy : The first time, I saw it at a shop, I picked it and there’s no looking back since then. Loads of fun!
@ Vaish : Oh yes! Thanks Vaish! 🙂
@ Insignia & BK Chowla : It sure was not available during our times, but picked this up from Landmark in 2007. 🙂
@ Swati : It’s for age 6 and above! 🙂
June 24, 2011 6:40 am|
YA.. VERY NICE
June 24, 2011 7:45 am|
@ Mahendra Srivastava : Thanks 🙂
June 24, 2011 8:32 am|
Oh yes, I was initiated into it by my niece. It is actually quite a fun game even for adults.
June 24, 2011 12:28 pm|
Oh I love this game..we used to even play it in our ladies lunches and have a prize for the winner.
Nice one for this theme.
June 25, 2011 7:54 pm|
ohh I have never played this game … nice capture
June 27, 2011 6:12 am|
Frankly hearing about this game the first time! and sounds a lot of fun. When litl kiddo grows up a little more, I think this game would be perfect for both of us 😀
June 27, 2011 7:00 am|
hmm that is a strange game, have not heard of it before.
June 27, 2011 9:48 pm|
Oh is Jenga popular there? I’ve seen it in shops but never tried it out. So its worth buying, huh?
June 27, 2011 10:42 pm|
I have played with my nephew and its such a fun game 🙂
June 28, 2011 4:21 pm|
That sounds interesting 🙂 Must try it sometime soon!
Where is ‘Ten on Tuesday’?
July 21, 2011 4:18 pm|
didnt know about this game!