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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) |
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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 |
1995 New York, NY Wordspin Scramble game Continuo game Duo game Quixo game The Great Dalmuti game |
1997 Chicago, IL Hattrick game Rush Hour game Quoridor game Sagarian game Stops game |
1999 Seattle, WA Apples to Apples game Bollox (Also Boku) game Doubles Wild game Fluxx game Quiddler game |
2002 Minneapolis, MN Curses! game DVONN (in the GIPF project) Muggins Smart Mouth game The Legend of Landlock 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) |
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 Herdon, VA (April) (68 games submitted) Coerceo by Designer Unknown IOTA by Gene Mackles Mine Shift game by John Forte Jr. Snake Oil by Jeff Ochs Tetris Link by Techno Source |
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Mensa Select Award Winners |
2013 St Louis, MO (April) Forbidden Desert by Gamewright Ghooost by Iello USA KerFlip by Creative Foundry Games Kulami by FoxMind Games Suburbia by Bezier Games |
2014 Austin, TX (April) Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia by Stonemaler Games Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension by Cryptozoic Entertainment Pyramix by Gamewright Qwixx by Gamewright The Duke by Catalyst Game Labs |
2015 San Diego, CA (April) Castles of Mad King Ludwig by Bezier Games Dragonwood: A Game of Dice & Daring by Gamewright Lanterns: The Harvest Festival by Renegade Game Studio Letter Tycoon by Breaking Games Trekking the National Parks by Bink Ink LLC |
2016 Wheeling, IL (April) Circular Reasoning by Breaking Games Favor of the Pharaoh by Bezier Games New York 1901 by Blue Orange USA The Last Spike by Columbia Games Worlds Fair 1893 by Renegade Game Studio |
2017 Herndon, VA (April) Amalgam by Simply Fun Around the World in 80 Days by Iello Clank! Deck Building Adventure by Renegade Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle by USAopoly Imagine by Gamewright |
2018 Denver, CO (April) Azul by Plan B Games Constellations: Game of Stargazing and the Night Sky by Xtronaut Enterprises Ex Libris by Renegade Photosynthesis by Blue Orange Raiders of the North Sea by Renegade |
2019 Wadsworth, OH (April) Architects of the West Kingdom by Renegade Gizmos by Cmon Inc Gunkimono by Renegade Planet by Blue Orange Victorian Masterminds by Cmon Inc |