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Mensa Select Award Winners
Each year, American Mensa holds a Mind Games competition in one U.S.
city. Mensa members play and rate new board and card games that are
submitted by various publishers. Members choose the top five games
based on a variety of categories, such as aesthetics, instructions, play
appeal, originality and play value. The Mensa Select Seal is awarded.
Each year, American Mensa holds a Mind Games competition in one U.S.
city. Mensa members play and rate new board and card games that are
submitted by various publishers. Members choose the top five games
based on a variety of categories, such as aesthetics, instructions, play
appeal, originality and play value. The Mensa Select Seal is awarded.
| 2000 Atlanta, GA 3 Stones game Finish Lines game Imaginiff...game Time's Up! game ZÈRTZ (in the GIPF project) |
2010 San Diego, CA
Anomia game
Dizios game
Forbidden Island game
Word on the Street game
Yikerz! game
Anomia game
Dizios game
Forbidden Island game
Word on the Street game
Yikerz! game
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| 2000s |
| 2010s |
| 1991 New York, NY Pyramis game Lapis game Set game Master Labyrinth game Clue: Great Museum Caper game |
| 1993 New York, NY Farook game Inklings game Overturn game Quadrature game Quarto game |
1994 New York, NY
Char game
Chung Toi game
Down Fall game
Magic: The Gathering game
Pyraos game
Char game
Chung Toi game
Down Fall game
Magic: The Gathering game
Pyraos game
| 1995 New York, NY Wordspin Scramble game Continuo game Duo game Quixo game The Great Dalmuti game |
1996 Atlanta, GA
Rat-a-Tat Cat game
Pirateer game
Take 6 game
Quadwrangle game
Touche game
Rat-a-Tat Cat game
Pirateer game
Take 6 game
Quadwrangle game
Touche game
| 1997 Chicago, IL Hattrick game Rush Hour game Quoridor game Sagarian game Stops game |
1998 Phoenix, AZ
Avalam game
Cube Checkers game
Kram game
Spy Alley game
Wadjet game
Avalam game
Cube Checkers game
Kram game
Spy Alley game
Wadjet game
| 1999 Seattle, WA Apples to Apples game Bollox (Also Boku) game Doubles Wild game Fluxx game Quiddler game |
2001 Medina, OH
Brainstrain game
Dao game
Metro game
Shapes Up! game
The Pollgame game
Brainstrain game
Dao game
Metro game
Shapes Up! game
The Pollgame game
| 2002 Minneapolis, MN Curses! game DVONN (in the GIPF project) Muggins Smart Mouth game The Legend of Landlock game |
1992 New York, NY
Kinesis game
Q4 game
Terrace game
Traverse game
Why Not? game
Kinesis game
Q4 game
Terrace game
Traverse game
Why Not? game
| 2008 Phoenix, AZ AmuseAmaze game Eye Know game Jumbulaya game Pixel game Tiki Topple game 2009 Cincinnati, OH Cornerstone game Dominion game Marrakech i game Stratum game Tic-Tac-Ku game |
| 2004 Chicago, IL 10 Days in Africa game Basari game Bridges of Shangri-La game Rumis game YINSH (in the GIPF project) |
2005 Tampa, FL
Da Vinci's Challenge game
Ingenious game
Loot Card game
Niagara game
Zendo game
Da Vinci's Challenge game
Ingenious game
Loot Card game
Niagara game
Zendo game
| 2006 Portland, OR Deflexion game Hive game Keesdrow game Pentago game Wits and Wagers game |
| 2011 Albany, NY (April) InStructures game by Jane's Games Pastiche game by Gryphon Games Pirate versus Pirate game OOTB Stomple game GaZima Games Uncle Chestnut's Table Gype |
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| 2012 Arlington, TX (April) (68 games submitted) Coerceo by Designer Unknown IOTA by Gene Mackles Mind Shift by John Forte Jr. Snake Oil by Jeff Ochs Tetris Link by Techno Source |