Mensa Select

Since 1990, each year, American Mensa selects several (usually 5) games to recommend through its Mind Games competition. These games are named Mensa Select. The GeekList called Mensa Select winners 1990-2019 by BGG rating contains a list of Mensa Select winners sorted by BoardGameGeek rating.

The Winners

Year	Mensa Select
2019	Gizmos	Gunkimono	Victorian Masterminds	Planet	Architects of the West Kingdom
2018	Azul	Constellations: The Game of Stargazing and the Night Sky	Ex Libris	Photosynthesis	Raiders of the North Sea
2017	Amalgam	Around the World in 80 Days	Clank!: A Deck Building Adventure	Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle	Imagine
2016	New York 1901	Circular Reasoning	World's Fair 1893	Favor of the Pharoh	The Last Spike
2015	Castles of Mad King Ludwig	Dragonwood	Lanterns: The Harvest Festival	Letter Tycoon	Trekking the National Parks
2014	The Duke	Euphoria	Gravwell	Pyramix	Qwixx
2013	Forbidden Desert	Ghooost!	Kerflip!	Kulami	Suburbia
2012	Coerceo	IOTA	Mine Shift	Snake Oil	Tetris Link
2011	InStructures	Pastiche	Pirate Versus Pirate	Stomple	Uncle Chestnut's Table Gype
2010	Anomia	Dizios	Forbidden Island	Word on the Street	Yikerz!
2009	Cornerstone	Dominion	Marrakech	Stratum	Tic Tac Ku
2008	AmuseAmaze	Eye Know	Jumbulaya	Pixel	Tiki Topple
2007	Gemlok	Gheos	Hit or Miss	Qwirkle	Skullduggery
2006	Deflexion	Hive	Keesdrow	Pentago	Wits & Wagers
2005	DaVinci's Challenge	Ingenious	Loot	Niagara	Zendo
2004	Basari	The Bridges of Shangri-La	Rumis	YINSH	10 Days in Africa 10 Days in the USA
2003	Blokus	Cityscape	Fire and Ice	Octiles	TransAmerica
2002	Curses!	DVONN	Muggins!	Smart Mouth	The Legend of Landlock
2001	Brainstrain	Dao	Metro	Shapes Up	The Pollgame
2000	3 Stones	Finish Lines	Imaginiff	Time's Up	Zertz
1999	Apples to Apples	Bollox	Doubles Wild	Fluxx	Quiddler
1998	Avalam	Cube Checkers	Kram	Spy Alley	Wadjet
1997	Hattrick	Rush Hour	Quoridor	Sagarian	Stops
1996	Rat-a-Tat Cat	Pirateer	Take 6	Quadwrangle	Touché
1995	Wordspin Scramble	Continuo	Duo	Quixo	The Great Dalmuti
1994	Char	Chung Toi	Down Fall	Magic: The Gathering	Pyraos
1993	Farook	Inklings	Overturn	Quadrature	Quarto
1992	Kinesis	Q4	Terrace	Traverse	Why Not?
1991	Pyramis	Lapis	Set	Master Labyrinth	Clue - The Great Museum Caper
1990	Taboo	Scattergories	Tribond	Abalone	Trivial Pursuit

Source: Mind Games
Return to Gaming Industry Awards.