Okay, last time we covered the most difficult way to play Jenga, so let’s swing the pendulum to the other extreme and talk about the easiest way to play Jenga:
Classic 3 Quad Tower
This tower is short and squat, making it hard to knock over. You’ll begin with a square base of four-short Jenga towers with alternating orientation. You should have enough pieces to build to a height of four rows, with six pieces leftover. Straighten the tower into a nice square using two hardcover books.
Use those six extra pieces to start a Classic 3 Double Tower across the middle. (This is two standard Jenga towers side-by-side, with alternate orientations.)
The quad tower base is very stable, but it’s actually a little tricky to take pieces from. Have faith, take what you can, and more opportunities will open up.
You should be able to build that double tower to a height of four rows by pulling from the base. You are also allowed to pull from the double tower anytime, as long as you’re pulling from below a completed row (per the instructions). In any case, after your double tower reaches a height of four rows, switch to a single tower in the center.
Forcing the tricky bottom pieces out with my not-quite-skinny-enough fingers ended up making the base look pretty ugly, but it was all smooth sailing from there.
Keep pulling pieces and adding to the single tower until there are no free pieces left.
Remember, you can pull from the single tower any time you like (i.e., when there are still free pieces left in the double or quad). Just make sure you’re taking from below a completed row.
Note: It’s possible that at the very end, you’ll have to take from the almost-top row while the current top row isn’t quite done. Only do that if you absolutely have to.
And if you want extra style points, put the final pieces on top vertically!
After achieving victory, you may still be able to pull some pieces. They’ll just be pieces that don’t look like they should be able to be taken, but due to cantilevering, they might actually be free to take.
Good luck and steady hands!