<p>It is not necessarily any player's turn, but Player A would win. Not because player B caused the tower to topple - he didn't. But according to the <a href="http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/jenga.pdf">rules</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Your turn ends 10 seconds after you stack your block - or as soon as the player to your left touches one.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>and</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>If you're the last player to stack a block without toppling the tower,
  you win!"</p>
</blockquote>

<p>It doesn't say that the next player's turn begins as soon as those 10 seconds are up, but it doesn't really matter. In this case, player A successfully stacked a block without toppling the tower. It wasn't that player B caused the tower to topple, it's just that player A met the win condition.</p>

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2014-04-10T14:23:36.830Z
2014-04-10T14:23:36.830Z
GendoIkari
<p>From the <a href="http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/jenga.pdf" rel="nofollow">rules</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Your turn ends 10 seconds after you stack your block - or as soon as the player to your left touches one.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>So in your example the tower has fallen during Player B's turn.</p>

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2014-04-10T07:09:16.190Z
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Tom77
<p>So in a hypothetical jenga game we have two players, let's call them player A and player B. Player A completes a turn, and the tower remains standing for the 10 seconds until player A's turn is over. But before player B touches the tower, it falls over. Does this count as it falling over during Player B's turn? Does player B's turn start 10 seconds after player A places a block, or when player B first touches the tower?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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Jenga: When does a player's turn begin?
Dan
# Jenga: When does a player's turn begin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-04-10)

So in a hypothetical jenga game we have two players, let's call them player A and player B. Player A completes a turn, and the tower remains standing for the 10 seconds until player A's turn is over. But before player B touches the tower, it falls over. Does this count as it falling over during Player B's turn? Does player B's turn start 10 seconds after player A places a block, or when player B first touches the tower?

Thanks.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-04-10. Score: 8

It is not necessarily any player's turn, but Player A would win. Not because player B caused the tower to topple - he didn't. But according to the [rules](http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/jenga.pdf):

> Your turn ends 10 seconds after you stack your block - or as soon as the player to your left touches one.

and

> If you're the last player to stack a block without toppling the tower,
> you win!"

It doesn't say that the next player's turn begins as soon as those 10 seconds are up, but it doesn't really matter. In this case, player A successfully stacked a block without toppling the tower. It wasn't that player B caused the tower to topple, it's just that player A met the win condition.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-04-10. Score: 1

From the [rules](http://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/jenga.pdf):

> Your turn ends 10 seconds after you stack your block - or as soon as the player to your left touches one.

So in your example the tower has fallen during Player B's turn.


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