Mensa Select is an annual award given by American Mensa since 1990 to five board games that are "original, challenging and well designed." The awards are presented at the annual Mensa Mind Games competition.[1][2]
Mind Games 2009 will take place April 24-26 in Cincinnati, Ohio.[3]
List of recipients
1990 New York, NY
1991 New York, NY
- Pyramis
- Lapis
- Set
- Master Labyrinth
- Clue: The Great Museum Caper
1992 New York, NY
- Kinesis
- Q4
- Terrace
- Traverse
- Why Not?
1993 New York, NY
- Farook
- Inklings
- Overturn
- Quadrature
- Quarto
1994 New York, NY
- Char
- Chung Toi
- Down Fall
- Magic: The Gathering
- Pyraos
1995 New York, NY
- Wordspin Scramble
- Continuo
- Duo (game)
- Quixo
- The Great Dalmuti
1996 Atlanta, GA
- Rat-a-Tat Cat
- Pirateer
- Take 6
- Quadwrangle
- Touche
1997 Chicago, IL
1998 Phoenix, AZ
- Avalam
- Cube Checkers
- Kram
- Spy Alley
- Wadjet
1999 Seattle, WA
- Apples to Apples
- Bollox (Also called Boku)
- Doubles Wild
- Fluxx
- Quiddler
2000 Atlanta, GA
- 3 Stones
- Finish Lines
- Imaginiff...
- Time's Up!
- ZÈRTZ (in the GIPF project)
2001 Medina, OH
- Brainstrain
- Dao
- Metro
- Shapes Up!
- Thepollgame
2002 Minneapolis, MN
- Curses!
- DVONN (in the GIPF project)
- Muggins
- Smart Mouth
- The Legend of Landlock
2003 Houston, TX
- Blokus
- Cityscape
- Fire and Ice
- Octiles
- TransAmerica
2004 Chicago, IL
- 10 Days in Africa
- Basari
- The Bridges of Shangri-La
- Rumis
- YINSH (in the GIPF project)
2005 Tampa, FL
2006 Portland, OR
- Deflexion
- Hive
- Keesdrow
- Pentago
- Wits and Wagers
2007 Pittsburgh, PA
- Gemlok
- Gheos
- Hit or Miss (not to be confused with Hit or Miss, a solitaire card game)
- Qwirkle
- Skullduggery
2008 Phoenix, AZ
- AmuseAmaze (HL Games http://www.hlgames.com)
- Eye Know (Wiggles 3D Inc http://www.eyeknowgame.com)
- Jumbulaya (Platypus Games http://www.platypusgames.com)
- Pixel (Educational Insights http://www.educationalinsights.com)
- Tiki Topple (Gamewright http://www.gamewright.com)
2009 Cincinnati, OH
- Cornerstone (Good Company Games http://www.goodcompanygames.com)
- Dominion (Rio Grande Games http://www.gateplay.com/dominion-board-game.aspx)
- Marrekech (Gigamic http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/gamesin.php?UniqueNo=4021)
- Stratum
- Tic-Tac-Ku (Mad Cave Bird Games http://www.growingtreetoys.com/product/tic-tac-ku-game)
References
- ^ Tracy Loew (2006-05-21). "Mensa still plays mind games after 60 years". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-05-21-mensa_x.htm. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
- ^ Anne Arsenault (2005-04-22). "Brainiac Central". St. Petersburg Times. http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/22/news_pf/Northoftampa/Brainiac_Central.shtml. Retrieved on 2007-01-16.
- ^ "Mind Games - Location". American Mensa, Ltd. http://mindgames.us.mensa.org/. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.
External links
- Mensa Select page at US Mensa website
- Mind Games website
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