Jenga: Super Mario (2020)

About this game

A Nintendo-licensed, Super Mario-themed version of Hasbro's popular block-stacking dexterity game Jenga, with some added twists. Players choose to play as Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, or Toad, taking a character peg with that character on and slotting it into blocks near the base of the tower. Each turn, a player uses the spinner to determine how many layers up the tower their character peg can climb, and how many blocks they have to remove from the tower and stack on top of it. Blocks are marked with symbols that may cause players to gain or lose coins. Coins can also be gained from climbing the tower or defeating Bowser, who begins at the top of the tower and has to be beaten by climbing past him. The game ends when someone collapses the tower, at which point the player with the most coins wins.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.3/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 8 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.