List of Mensa Select recipients explained

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	Abalone Scattergories Taboo Tribond Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition
1991	New York, NY	Lapis Master Labyrinth Pyramis Set
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 Pylos
1995	New York, NY	Continuo Duo (game) Quixo The Great Dalmuti Wordspin Scramble
1996	Atlanta, GA	6 nimmt! (also called Take 5!) Pirateer Quadwrangle Rat-a-Tat Cat Touche
1997	Chicago, IL	Hattrick Quoridor Rush Hour 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 Cityscapehttp://www.gameway.nl/item/bordspelen/cityscape_59 Octiles TransAmerica
2004	Chicago, IL	10 Days in Africa Basari Rumis The Bridges of Shangri-La 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 Skullduggery
2008	Phoenix, AZ	AmuseAmaze Eye Know Jumbulaya Pixel Tiki Topple
2009	Cincinnati, OH	Cornerstone Dominion Marrakech Stratum Tic-Tac-Ku
2010	San Diego, CA	Anomia Dizios Forbidden Island Word on the Street Yikerz!
2011	Albany, NY	InStructures Pastiche Pirate versus Pirate Stomple Uncle Chestnut's Table Gype (Eternal Revolution)
2012		Coerceo Iota Mine Shift Snake Oil Tetris Link
2013		Forbidden Desert Ghooost! KerFlip	Kulami Suburbia
2014		Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension Pyramix Qwixx The Duke
2015		Castles of Mad King Ludwig Dragonwood Lanterns: The Harvest Festival Letter Tycoon Trekking the National Parks
2016		Circular Reasoning Favor of the Pharaoh New York 1901 The Last Spike World’s Fair 1893
2017		Amalgam Around the World In 80 Days Clank! Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle Imagine
2018		Azul Constellations: The Game of Stargazing and the Night Sky Ex Libris Photosynthesis Raiders of the North Sea
2019^[3]	Wadsworth, OH	Architects of the West Kingdom Gizmos Gunkimono Planet Victorian Masterminds
2020^[4]	Irving, TX	No games selected
2021^[5]	Houston, TX	Bermuda Pirates ClipCut Parks Gates of Delirium Gridopolis Ishtar: Gardens of Babylon Kodama 3D Mental Blocks Stripes Village Pillage WHO KNOWS WHO
2022^[6]	S. Portland, ME	Atheneum: Mystic Library Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game Life of a Chameleon Miyabi Shifting Stones
2023^[7]	Columbus, OH	Trekking Through History Mille Fiori Gartenbau Akropolis boop.
2024^[8]	Charlotte, VA	Abducktion First in Flight: A Historical Aviation Board Game In the Footsteps of Darwin The Vale of Eternity Wandering Towers

External links

• List of recipients at Mensa Mind Games

Notes and References

1. News: Mensa still plays mind games after 60 years . 2007-01-16 . Tracy . Loew . 2006-05-21 . USA Today.
2. News: Brainiac Central . 2007-01-16 . Anne . Arsenault . 2005-04-22 . St. Petersburg Times.
3. Web site: 2019 Mensa Select® Winners Announced . American Mensa . 14 April 2019 . 1 September 2021 . Wadsworth, Ohio.
4. Web site: Past Mind Game Locations. 27 January 2022. Mensa: Where Brilliance Begins.
5. Web site: 16 September 2021. 2021 Mensa Select Winners Announced. 27 January 2022. Mensa: Where Brilliance Begins.
6. Web site: 1 May 2022. 2022 Mensa Select® Winners Announced. 3 May 2022. PRZen.
7. Web site: 24 April 2023. 2023 Mensa Select® Winners Announced. 5 May 2023. MENSA.
8. Web site: 24 April 2024. Mensa Select® Games. 27 April 2024. MENSA.