Fifty-four wooden blocks, stacked three to a layer into a tower, and the game is to pull one out and place it on top without bringing the whole thing down. It is the oldest and best party game there is because nobody has to explain it: a child who has never played works out the rules by watching one turn.

There are two versions of this set and they do not play the same way, so choose deliberately. The multicolour one at Rs. 1,220 comes with a single wooden die printed with coloured dots — you roll, you get a colour, and you must pull a block of that colour. That one rule turns luck into difficulty, because the red block you are allowed to take may be the one holding the tower up.

The natural-wood version at Rs. 1,630 comes with two wooden dice printed with numbers instead. Its blocks are pale natural wood mixed with red and grey, and it looks like a proper wooden game rather than a children's toy, which is why the older version tends to be the one bought for a family sitting room rather than a nursery.

One thing to know before you order either. The picture on the box shows a tower with numbers printed on the blocks. The blocks that actually come in these sets are plain — the colour or the wood is the marking, and the numbers live on the dice, not on the blocks. We say that because a buyer looking at the box artwork could reasonably expect otherwise.

Both versions come in the same red and white box printed 54 pcs blocks, and the blocks themselves are solid wood with clean sawn edges — heavy enough to stack square and stay where they are put, which is the whole requirement. A lightweight tower wobbles at layer four and the game is ruined.

The Safencia price starts at Rs. 1,220 for the multicolour set with Cash on Delivery all over Pakistan, Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad and Rawalpindi included. Tell us on WhatsApp which version you want and we will confirm stock and your city's delivery charge before dispatch.

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