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]

Past Winners

Year	Location	Winners
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 Pylos
1995	New York, NY	Wordspin Scramble Continuo Duo (game) Quixo The Great Dalmuti
1996	Atlanta, GA	Rat-a-Tat Cat Pirateer 6 Nimmt! (also called Take 5!) 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) Dominion Marrakech (Gigamic http://www.spiritgames.co.uk/gamesin.php?UniqueNo=4021) Stratum Tic-Tac-Ku (Mad Cave Bird Games http://www.colorku.com/tictacku.html)
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)
2012	Herndon, VA	Coerceo Iota Mine Shift Snake Oil Tetris Link
2013	St. Louis, MO	Forbidden Desert Ghooost! KerFlip! Kulami (http://www.foxmind.com/) Suburbia (http://beziergames.com/collections/board-games/products/suburbia)
2014	Austin, TX	The Duke Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia (http://www.stonemaiergames.com) Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension Pyramix (http://www.gamewright.com/gamewright/index.php?section=games&page=game&show=289) Qwixx
2015	San Diego, CA	Castles of Mad King Ludwig (http://beziergames.com/collections/board-games/products/castles) Dragonwood Lanterns: The Harvest Festival Letter Tycoon Trekking the National Parks (http://www.trektheparks.com)
2016	Wheeling, IL	Circular Reasoning (https://breakinggames.com) Favor of the Pharaoh (http://beziergames.com) The Last Spike (http://www.columbiagames.com) New York 1901 (http://www.blueorangegames.com) World’s Fair 1893 (http://www.renegadegamestudios.com)
2017	Herndon, VA	Amalgam (https://www.simplyfun.com/pws/HomeOffice/tabs/about-us.aspx) Around the World In 80 Days (http://www.iellogames.com/) Clank! (http://www.renegadegamestudios.com/) Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle (http://usaopoly.com/) Imagine (http://www.gamewright.com/gamewright/index.php?section=games&page=index)
2018	Denver, CO	Azul (https://www.planbgames.com/en/) Constellations: The Game of Stargazing and the Night Sky (http://xtronaut.com/) Ex Libris (https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/) Photosynthesis (http://www.blueorangegames.com/) Raiders of the North Sea (https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/)
2019	Wadsworth, OH	Architects of the West Kingdom (https://www.renegadegamestudios.com) Gizmos (http://www.coolminiornot.com/) Gunkimono (https://www.renegadegamestudios.com) Planet (http://www.blueorangegames.eu/pf/planet/) Victorian Masterminds (http://www.coolminiornot.com/)

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References

Loew, Tracy (2006-05-21). "Mensa still plays mind games after 60 years". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
Arsenault, Anne (2005-04-22). "Brainiac Central". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2007-01-16.

External links

Mensa Select page at US Mensa website
Mind Games website

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[1] Loew, Tracy (2006-05-21). "Mensa still plays mind games after 60 years". USA Today. Retrieved 2007-01-16.

[2] Arsenault, Anne (2005-04-22). "Brainiac Central". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved 2007-01-16.