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.
Past winners YearLocationWinners1990New York, NY Abalone Scattergories Taboo Tribond Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition1991New York, NY Clue: The Great Museum Caper Lapis Master Labyrinth Pyramis Set1992New York, NY Kinesis Q4 Terrace Traverse Why Not?1993New York, NY Farook Inklings Overturn Quadrature Quarto1994New York, NY Char Chung Toi Down Fall Magic: The Gathering Pylos1995New York, NY Continuo Duo (game) Quixo The Great Dalmuti Wordspin Scramble1996Atlanta, GA 6 nimmt! (also called Take 5!) Pirateer Quadwrangle Rat-a-Tat Cat Touche1997Chicago, IL Hattrick Quoridor Rush Hour Sagarian Stops1998Phoenix, AZ Avalam Cube Checkers Kram Spy Alley Wadjet1999Seattle, WA Apples to Apples Bollox (Also called Boku) Doubles Wild Fluxx Quiddler2000Atlanta, GA 3 Stones Finish Lines Imaginiff... Time's Up! ZÈRTZ (in the GIPF project)2001Medina, OH Brainstrain Dao Metro Shapes Up! Thepollgame2002Minneapolis, MN Curses! DVONN (in the GIPF project) Muggins Smart Mouth The Legend of Landlock2003Houston, TX Blokus Cityscape Fire & Ice Octiles TransAmerica2004Chicago, IL 10 Days in Africa Basari Rumis The Bridges of Shangri-La YINSH (in the GIPF project)2005Tampa, FL Da Vinci's Challenge Ingenious Loot Niagara Zendo2006Portland, OR Deflexion (now called "Khet") Hive Keesdrow Pentago Wits and Wagers2007Pittsburgh, PA Gemlok Gheos Hit or Miss (not to be confused with Hit or Miss, a solitaire card game) Qwirkle Skullduggery2008Phoenix, AZ AmuseAmaze Eye Know Jumbulaya Pixel Tiki Topple2009Cincinnati, OH Cornerstone Dominion Marrakech Stratum Tic-Tac-Ku2010San Diego, CA Anomia Dizios Forbidden Island Word on the Street Yikerz!2011Albany, NY InStructures Pastiche Pirate versus Pirate Stomple Uncle Chestnut's Table Gype (Eternal Revolution)2012Herndon, VA Coerceo Iota Mine Shift Snake Oil Tetris Link2013St. Louis, MO Forbidden Desert Ghooost! KerFlip! Kulami Suburbia2014Austin, TX Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension Pyramix Qwixx The Duke2015San Diego, CA Castles of Mad King Ludwig Dragonwood Lanterns: The Harvest Festival Letter Tycoon Trekking the National Parks2016Wheeling, IL Circular Reasoning Favor of the Pharaoh New York 1901 The Last Spike World’s Fair 18932017Herndon, VA Amalgam Around the World In 80 Days Clank! Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle Imagine2018Denver, CO Azul Constellations: The Game of Stargazing and the Night Sky Ex Libris Photosynthesis Raiders of the North Sea2019Wadsworth, OH Architects of the West Kingdom Gizmos Gunkimono Planet Victorian Masterminds2020Irving, TXNo games selected2021Houston, TX Bermuda Pirates ClipCut Parks Gates of Delirium Gridopolis Ishtar: Gardens of Babylon Kodama 3D Mental Blocks Stripes Village Pillage WHO KNOWS WHO2022S. Portland, ME Atheneum: Mystic Library Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game Life of a Chameleon Miyabi Shifting Stones2023Columbus, OH Trekking Through History Mille Fiori Gartenbau Akropolis boop.2024Charlotte, NC Abducktion First in Flight: A Historical Aviation Board Game In the Footsteps of Darwin The Vale of Eternity Wandering Towers2025Chicago, IL Agueda: City of Umbrellas Diatoms Farms Race Deluxe Edition HUTAN In the Footsteps of Marie Curie Plundering Times Treasure of the Dragons
References
External links List of recipients at Mensa Mind Games