Jenga is a game of physical and mental skill

Game of skill

A game of skill is a game where the outcome is determined mainly by mental and/or physical skill, rather than by pure chance.One benefit of games of skill is that they are a means of exploring one's own capabilities. Games encourage the player to look at, understand, and experience things...

 created by Leslie Scott

Leslie Scott (board game designer)

Leslie Scott, is a British board game designer and author, best known as the inventor of the game, Jenga.Born in Tanzania, Scott was raised in East and West Africa, and educated in Uganda, Kenya, Sierra Leone and England....

, and currently marketed by Parker Brothers

Parker Brothers

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, a division of Hasbro

Hasbro

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. During the game, players take turns to remove a block from a tower and balance it on top, creating a taller and increasingly unstable structure as the game progresses.

Jenga is derived from a Swahili

Swahili language

Swahili or Kiswahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoro Islands. It is also spoken by ethnic minority groups in Somalia...

 word meaning "to build."
Jenga 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 1.5 x.