List of Mensa Select recipients

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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.

[edit] List of recipients

[edit] 1990 New York, NY

[edit] 1991 New York, NY

[edit] 1992 New York, NY

Kinesis
Q4
Terrace
Traverse
Why Not?

[edit] 1993 New York, NY

Farook
Inklings
Overturn
Quadrature
Quarto

[edit] 1994 New York, NY

Char
Chung Toi
Down Fall
Magic: The Gathering
Pyraos

[edit] 1995 New York, NY

Wordspin Scramble
Continuo
Duo (game)
Quixo
The Great Dalmuti

[edit] 1996 Atlanta, GA

Rat-a-Tat Cat
Pirateer
6 Nimmt!
Quadwrangle
Touche

[edit] 1997 Chicago, IL

Hattrick
Rush Hour
Quoridor
Sagarian
Stops

[edit] 1998 Phoenix, AZ

Avalam
Cube Checkers
Kram
Spy Alley
Wadjet

[edit] 1999 Seattle, WA

Apples to Apples
Bollox (Also called Boku)
Doubles Wild
Fluxx
Quiddler

[edit] 2000 Atlanta, GA

3 Stones
Finish Lines
Imaginiff...
Time's Up!
ZÈRTZ (in the GIPF project)

[edit] 2001 Medina, OH

Brainstrain
Dao
Metro
Shapes Up!
Thepollgame

[edit] 2002 Minneapolis, MN

Curses!
DVONN (in the GIPF project)
Muggins
Smart Mouth
The Legend of Landlock

[edit] 2003 Houston, TX

Blokus
Cityscape
Fire and Ice
Octiles
TransAmerica

[edit] 2004 Chicago, IL

10 Days in Africa
Basari
The Bridges of Shangri-La
Rumis
YINSH (in the GIPF project)

[edit] 2005 Tampa, FL

[edit] 2006 Portland, OR

Deflexion (now called "Khet")
Hive
Keesdrow
Pentago
Wits and Wagers

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 2011 Albany, NY

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

[edit] 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 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 2007-01-16.

[edit] External links

Mensa Select page at US Mensa website
Mind Games website

[0] 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.

[1] 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.

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