Jenga Math, Robotics, and the List of Editions

I was not the first to describe Jenga as a NIM like game. Fellow Israeli Uri Zwick also describes Jenga this way in his paper analyzing the mathematics of the game [PDF] and how to win it.

Jason Ziglar analyzes the mechanics of the game [PDF], namely each of the various possible ways of extracting the blocks.

A bunch of guys built a mobile robot that plays the game, described in a research paper.

Tsuneo Yoshikawa and others also tackle the robotic challenge with a robot that has multi-articulated fingers [PDF].

Meanwhile, Matthew South write an 82 page Master's thesis [PDF] on how to simulate the physics of Jenga real-time on the computer.

Official editions of Jenga? 44 so far (not counting Jenga-branded other games and items).

1. Standard
2. Blast
3. Book Lovers
4. Boston Red Sox
5. Chicago Bears
6. Chicago Cubs
7. Chicago White Sox
8. Coca-Cola
9. Dallas Cowboys
10. Detroit Tigers
11. Donkey Kong
12. Extreme
13. Girl Talk
14. Halloween
15. Harley-Davidson
16. Hello Kitty
17. Holiday
18. Jacks
19. John Deere
20. Kit Kat
21. Las Vegas Casino
22. Love
23. Mark II
24. New England Patriots
25. New York Yankees
26. Nightmare Before Christmas, The
27. Oakland Riaders
28. Ohio State University
29. Onyx
30. Party
31. Philadelphia Eagles
32. Philadelphia Phillies
33. Pittsburgh Steelers
34. Scrooge McDuck
35. Spider Man
36. Tarzan
37. Throw 'n Go
38. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
39. Truth or Dare
40. Ultimate
41. University of Michigan
42. University of Texas
43. Winnie-the-Pooh
44. XXL