

What's more, once the games are over, the Jenga sets used during the tournament will be donated to the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Queens.Ī bit about the game, which requires players to build an increasingly wobbly tower using 54 hardwood blocks: Leslie Scott and her family invented the game in East Africa back in the 1980s.

As people ease back into the nightlife scene, board game. The New York Times Advertisement Nightclubs They’d Rather Play Shuffleboard and Jenga. Audience members are invited to join the fun for free. The National Blocking Association is holding New York City’s most epic Jenga tournament on Saturday, June 17 at 1pm at the Sheraton New York Times Square. They’d Rather Play Shuffleboard and Jenga. The entry fee for each team of one-to-four players is $65 and you can sign up to compete right here. New York Citys 56 Leonard - or the 'Jenga Building' - has a well-earned nickname and a very distinctive look: It looks like a set of haphazardly stacked blocks, towering over downtown Manhattan. Runner-up earns $2,500, third place gets $1,000 and the team that lands in fourth place will nab $500. The winning team will go home with a whopping $10,000. The National Blocking Association (yes, that's a thing) is hosting an epic tournament at the TWA Hotel on February 25 for competitors ages 10 and up. 56 Leonard has been called the Jenga building due to its cantilevered floors, as well as the irregular spacing and location of the balconies throughout. This building, also known as New York Citys Jenga building, stands on land bought from New York Law School in 2007 at the intersection of Church and Leonard.
