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
1991 New York, NY
1992 New York, NY
  • Kinesis
  • Q4
  • Terrace
  • Traverse
  • Why Not?
1993 New York, NY
  • Farook
  • Inklings
  • Overturn
  • Quadrature
  • Quarto
1994 New York, NY
1995 New York, NY
1996 Atlanta, GA
1997 Chicago, IL
1998 Phoenix, AZ
1999 Seattle, WA
2000 Atlanta, GA
2001 Medina, OH
  • Brainstrain
  • Dao
  • Metro
  • Shapes Up!
  • Thepollgame
2002 Minneapolis, MN
2003 Houston, TX
2004 Chicago, IL
2005 Tampa, FL
2006 Portland, OR
2007 Pittsburgh, PA
2008 Phoenix, AZ
2009 Cincinnati, OH
2010 San Diego, CA
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[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
2025[8] 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

  1. ^ Loew, Tracy (May 21, 2006). "Mensa still plays mind games after 60 years". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 16, 2006. Retrieved January 16, 2007.
  2. ^ Arsenault, Anne (April 22, 2005). "Brainiac Central". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on January 11, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2007.
  3. ^ "2019 Mensa Select® Winners Announced". Wadsworth, Ohio: American Mensa. April 14, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  4. ^ "Past Mind Game Locations". Mensa: Where Brilliance Begins. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "2021 Mensa Select Winners Announced". Mensa: Where Brilliance Begins. September 16, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 Mensa Select® Winners Announced". PRZen. May 1, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "2023 Mensa Select® Winners Announced". MENSA. April 24, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Mensa Select® Games". MENSA. April 27, 2025. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  • List of recipients at Mensa Mind Games
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