Jenga players, unite!
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.
The winning team will go home with a whopping $10,000. Runner-up earns $2,500, third place gets $1,000 and the team that lands in fourth place will nab $500. Not bad, right?
The entry fee for each team of one-to-four players is $65 and you can sign up to compete right here. Audience members are invited to join the fun for free.
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.
A 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. The moniker derives from the Swahili word "kujenga," which means "to build."
According to estimates, nearly 100 million Jenga sets have been sold around the world since the product first launched, making it a game-night staple.
