Wooden Tower of Doom
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Wooden Tower of Doom
It is doomed to fall down at anytime.  Who's to blame?

The game that needs a steady hand and good strategy.

Contents:
54 Wooden Blocks (3ins x 1in x .5in)
2 Special Dice

The Game:
This game can be played with or without the use of the dice.
Stack up the tower by placing 3 horizontal blocks on a flat surface alongside each other.
Repeat the process by placing the next three blocks on top of the first three.  Keep building these layers until you have used all 54 blocks making an 18 storey Tower of Doom.
The players take turns to remove one block at a time from anywhere along the tower but not from the top layer using only one hand.  Hands can be switched during the process as long as only one hand is used at any one time.
The block removed must then be stacked up on the top layer to form another layer.  This new layer must be complete with three blocks before the next layer is begun.
You must be very careful not to be responsible for the crumble of the tower because this tower can get twice as high as the game proceeds. It is allowed to move a block to find a loose one, but it has to be replaced before the turn ends.
Be aware of the aftershock.  Give 10 to15 seconds before touching the tower if it is your turn because it may crumble and you have to take the blame.
Keep removing the blocks until the tower crumbles.  If more than 2 players are playing the game, the winner will be the player who completed the last move before the fall.

Using the dice:
Each block is clearly marked with a symbol (circles; triangles; hearts; clubs; spades & diamonds) and so are the dice.  The block which has to be removed will have to match the symbol on the dice.  For a higher stage of play, each player takes turns but throwing 2 dice instead of one.  This means that each player takes turns to remove two blocks having the same symbols as those shown on the throw of the 2 dice. 

Practice:
You can play alone for practice.  See how high you can stack up the tower.  Can you double the number of layers?

Age Group:     4 years to Adult