List of Mensa Select recipients

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 2011 took place April 15-17 in Albany, New York. Mind Games 2012 will take place April 20-22 in Herndon, Virginia.

List of recipients

1990 New York, NY

• Taboo
• Scattergories
• Tribond
• Abalone
• Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition

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
• 6 Nimmt!
• Quadwrangle
• Touche

1997 Chicago, IL

• Hattrick
• Rush Hour
• Quoridor
• Sagarian
• Stops

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

• Da Vinci's Challenge
• Ingenious
• Loot
• Niagara
• Zendo

2006 Portland, OR

• Deflexion (now called "Khet")
• 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 (MindWare http://www.mindware.com/p/Qwirkle/32016)
• Skullduggery

2008 Phoenix, AZ

• AmuseAmaze (HL Games http://www.hlgames.com)
• Eye Know (from 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
• Marrakech (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)

2010 San Diego, CA

• Anomia
• Dizios (MindWare http://www.mindware.com/p/Dizios/44004)
• Forbidden Island
• Word on the Street
• Yikerz! (Wiggles 3D Inc. http://www.yikerzgame.com)

2011 Albany, NY

• InStructures
• Pastiche
• Pirate versus Pirate
• Stomple
• Uncle Chestnut's Table Gype (Eternal Revolution http://www.playgype.com)

References

1. ^ 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 2007-01-16. 
2. ^ Anne Arsenault (2005-04-22). "Brainiac Central". St. Petersburg Times. http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/22/news_pf/Northoftampa/Brainiac_Central.shtml. Retrieved 2007-01-16. 

External links

• Mensa Select page at US Mensa website
• Mind Games website