Jenga An iOS version exists, released in late 2010 by NaturalMotion Games. NaturalMotion has also released versions for Android phones and Mac computers. Jenga Jenga is a game of physical skill created by Leslie Scott, and currently marketed by Hasbro. 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 taller and more unstable structure. The name "jenga" is derived from "kujenga", a Swahili word which means "to build". Jenga is played with 54 wooden blocks. Each block is three times
Leslie Scott (game designer) Leslie Scott (game designer) Leslie Scott (born 1955) is a British board game designer and author, best known as the inventor of the game Jenga, which she launched at the London Toy Fair 1983. Born in Tanzania, Scott was raised in East and West Africa, and educated in Uganda, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Ghana and England. Scott is inventor of the game Jenga, which she launched at the London Toy Fair 1983. She founded Oxford Games Ltd in 1991. She is a founder trustee of The Smithsonian UK Charitable Trust. She is the recipient of the 2010 Wonder Women of Toys