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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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Loew |first=Tracy |date=2006-05-21 |title=Mensa still plays mind games after 60 years |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-05-21-mensa_x.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716020354/https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-05-21-mensa_x.htm |archive-date=2006-07-16 |accessdate=2007-01-16 |publisher=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Arsenault |first=Anne |date=2005-04-22 |title=Brainiac Central |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/22/news_pf/Northoftampa/Brainiac_Central.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111021838/http://www.sptimes.com/2005/04/22/news_pf/Northoftampa/Brainiac_Central.shtml |archive-date=2009-01-11 |accessdate=2007-01-16 |publisher=St. Petersburg Times}}</ref>
== Past winners == {| class="wikitable" !Year !Location !Winners |- |1990 |New York, NY | * ''Abalone'' * ''Scattergories'' * ''Taboo'' * ''Tribond'' * ''Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition'' |- |1991 |New York, NY | * ''Clue: The Great Museum Caper'' * ''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'' * ''Magic: The Gathering'' * ''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'' <!-- The game that received the award is not the domino game, to which Muggins redirects! --> * ''Smart Mouth'' * ''The Legend of Landlock'' |- |2003 |Houston, TX | * ''Blokus'' * ''Cityscape[http://www.gameway.nl/item/bordspelen/cityscape_59]'' * ''Fire & Ice'' * ''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 |Herndon, VA | * ''Coerceo'' * ''Iota'' * ''Mine Shift'' * ''Snake Oil'' * ''Tetris Link'' |- |2013 |St. Louis, MO | * ''Forbidden Desert'' * ''Ghooost!'' * ''KerFlip!'' * ''Kulami'' * ''Suburbia'' |- |2014 |Austin, TX | * ''Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia'' * ''Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension'' * ''Pyramix'' * ''Qwixx'' * ''The Duke'' |- |2015 |San Diego, CA | * ''Castles of Mad King Ludwig'' * ''Dragonwood'' * ''Lanterns: The Harvest Festival'' * ''Letter Tycoon'' * ''Trekking the National Parks'' |- |2016 |Wheeling, IL | * ''Circular Reasoning'' * ''Favor of the Pharaoh'' * ''New York 1901'' * ''The Last Spike'' * ''World’s Fair 1893'' |- |2017 |Herndon, VA | * ''Amalgam'' * ''Around the World In 80 Days'' * ''Clank!'' * ''Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle'' * ''Imagine'' |- |2018 |Denver, CO | * ''Azul'' * ''Constellations: The Game of Stargazing and the Night Sky'' * ''Ex Libris'' * ''Photosynthesis'' * ''Raiders of the North Sea'' |- |2019<ref name="mensa2019">{{cite web | url=https://www.us.mensa.org/newsroom/press-releases/2019-mensa-select-winners-announced/ | title=2019 Mensa Select® Winners Announced | publisher=American Mensa | date=14 April 2019 | accessdate=1 September 2021 | location=Wadsworth, Ohio}}</ref> |Wadsworth, OH | * ''Architects of the West Kingdom'' * ''Gizmos'' * ''Gunkimono'' * ''Planet'' * ''Victorian Masterminds'' |- |2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Past Mind Game Locations|url=https://www.us.mensa.org/attend/mindgames/mind-games-locations/|access-date=27 January 2022|website=Mensa: Where Brilliance Begins}}</ref> |<s>Irving, TX</s> |No games selected |- |2021<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 September 2021|title=2021 Mensa Select Winners Announced|url=https://www.us.mensa.org/newsroom/press-releases/2021-mensa-select-winners-announced/|access-date=27 January 2022|website=Mensa: Where Brilliance Begins}}</ref> |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<ref>{{Cite web|date=1 May 2022|title=2022 Mensa Select® Winners Announced|url=https://przen.com/pr/2022-mensa-select-winners-announced-przen-33455982|access-date=3 May 2022|website=PRZen}}</ref> |S. Portland, ME | * ''Atheneum: Mystic Library'' * ''Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game'' * ''Life of a Chameleon'' * ''Miyabi'' * ''Shifting Stones'' |- |2023<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 April 2023|title=2023 Mensa Select® Winners Announced|url=https://www.us.mensa.org/newsroom/press-releases/2023-mensa-select-winners-announced/|access-date=5 May 2023|website=MENSA}}</ref> |Columbus, OH | * ''Trekking Through History'' * ''Mille Fiori'' * ''Gartenbau'' * ''Akropolis'' * ''boop.'' |- |2024<ref name="Mensa Select Games">{{Cite web|date=27 April 2025|title=Mensa Select® Games|url=https://www.mensamindgames.com/about/winning-games//|access-date=8 June 2025|website=MENSA}}</ref> |Charlotte, VA | * ''Abducktion'' * ''First in Flight: A Historical Aviation Board Game'' * ''In the Footsteps of Darwin'' * ''The Vale of Eternity'' * ''Wandering Towers'' |- |2025<ref name="Mensa Select Games" /> |Chicago, IL | * ''Agueda: City of Umbrellas'' * ''Diatoms'' * ''Farms Race Deluxe Edition'' * ''HUTAN'' * ''In the Footsteps of Marie Curie'' * ''Plundering Times'' * ''Treasure of the Dragons'' |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://mensamindgames.com/about/winning-games/ List of recipients] at Mensa Mind Games
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