Mensa Select Games is an honor bestowed upon board games each year that members of the genius organization agree to be the best of the year. During a long celebration, members meet to play games and vote on the top five. The top five games earn Mensa Select distinction and may display the Mensa Select seal on their packaging.
The Mensa Select seal shows that a game is well designed, challenging and original in concept. Also keeping in mind choosing games that are a good value for the price, easy to comprehend and play, and, above all, fun! Look for the Mensa Select seal when purchasing your next game.
For those of you who do not know, Mensa is a high IQ society, providing a forum for intellectual exchange among its members. There are members in more than 100 countries around the world.
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2021 Mensa Select Games
- Bermuda Pirates
- ClipCut Parks
- Gates of Delirium
- Gridopolis
- Ishtar: Gardens of Babylon
- Kodama 3D
- Mental Blocks
- Stripes
- Village Pillage
- Who Knows Who
2019 Mensa Select Games
- Architects of the West Kingdom
- Gizmos
- Gunkimono
- Planet
- Victorian Masterminds
2018 Mensa Select Games
- Azul
- Constellations: The Game of Stargazing and the Night Sky
- Ex Libris
- Photosynthesis
- Raiders of the North Sea
2017 Mensa Select Games
- Amalgam
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Clank! A Deck Building Adventure
- Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle
- Imagine
2016 Mensa Select Games
- Circular Reasoning
- Favor of the Pharaoh
- New York 1901
- The Last Spike
- Worlds Fair 1893
2015 Mensa Select Games
- Castles of Mad King Ludwig
- Dragonwood: A Game of Dice & Daring
- Lanterns: The Harvest Festival
- Letter Tycoon
- Trekking the National Parks
2014 Mensa Select Games
- Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia
- Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension
- Pyramix
- Qwixx
- The Duke
2013 Mensa Select Games
- Forbidden Desert
- Ghooost!
- KerFlip!
- Kulami
- Suburbia
2012 Mensa Select Games
- Coerceo
- IOTA
- Mine Shift
- Snake Oil
- Tetris Link
2011 Mensa Select Games
- InStructures
- Pastiche
- Pirate versus Pirate
- Stomple
- Uncle Chestnut’s Table Gype
2010 Mensa Select Games
- Anomia
- Dizios
- Forbidden Island
- Word on the Street
- Yikerz!
2009 Mensa Select Games
- Cornerstone
- Dominion
- Marrakech
- Stratum
- Tic-Tac-Ku
2008 Mensa Select Games
- AmuseAmaze
- Eye Know
- Jumbulaya
- Pixel
- Tiki Topple
2007 Mensa Select Games
- Gemlok
- Gheos
- Hit or Miss
- Qwirkle
- Skullduggery
2006 Mensa Select Games
- Deflexion (aka Khet)
- Hive
- Keesdrow
- Pentago
- Wits & Wagers
2005 Mensa Select Games
- DaVinci’s Challenge
- Ingenious
- Loot
- Niagara
- Zendo
2004 Mensa Select Games
- 10 Days in Africa / USA
- Basari
- The Bridges of Shangri-La
- Rumis
- Yinsh
2003 Mensa Select Games
- Blokus
- Cityscape
- Fire & Ice
- Octiles
- Transamerica
2002 Mensa Select Games
- Curses!
- Dvonn
- The Legend of Landlock
- Muggins!
- Smart Mouth
2001 Mensa Select Games
- Brainstrain
- Dao
- Metro
- Shapes Up!
- The Poll Game
2000 Mensa Select Games
- 3 Stones
- Finish Lines
- iMAgiNiff…Game
- Time’s Up
- Zertz
1999 Mensa Select Games
- Apples to Apples
- Bollox
- Doubles Wild
- Fluxx
- Quiddler
1998 Mensa Select Games
- Avalam
- Cube Checkers
- Kram
- Spy Alley
- Wadjet
1997 Mensa Select Games
- Hattrick
- Quoridor
- Rush Hour
- Sagarian
- Stops
1996 Mensa Select Winners
- Pirateer
- Quadwrangle
- Rat-a-Tat Cat
- Take 6
- Touché
1995 Mensa Select Winners
- Continuo
- Duo
- Quixo
- The Great Dalmuti
- Word Spin Scramble
1994 Mensa Select Winners
- Char
- Chung Toi
- Downfall
- Magic: The Gathering
- Pylos
1993 Mensa Select Winners
- Farook
- Inklings
- Overturn
- Quadrature
- Quarto!
1992 Mensa Select Winners
- Kinesis
- Q4
- Terrace
- Traverse
- Why Not?
1991 Mensa Select Winners
- Clue: The Great Museum Caper
- Lapis
- Master Labyrinth
- Pyramis
- SET
1990 Mensa Select Winners
- Abalone
- Scattergories
- Taboo
- TriBond
- Trivial Pursuit, Genus Edition
Mensa Select Games – Full Alphabetical List
- 10 Days in Africa / USA
- 3 Stones
- Abalone
- Amalgam
- AmuseAmaze
- Anomia
- Apples to Apples
- Architects of the West Kingdom
- Around the World in 80 Days
- Avalam
- Azul
- Basari
- Bermuda Pirates
- Blokus
- Bollox
- Brainstrain
- Castles of Mad King Ludwig
- Char
- Chung Toi
- Circular Reasoning
- Cityscape
- Clank! A Deck Building Adventure
- ClipCut Parks
- Clue: The Great Museum Caper
- Coerceo
- Constellations: The Game of Stargazing and the Night Sky
- Continuo
- Cornerstone
- Cube Checkers
- Curses!
- Dao
- DaVinci’s Challenge
- Deflexion (aka Khet)
- Dizios
- Dominion
- Doubles Wild
- Downfall
- Dragonwood: A Game of Dice & Daring
- Duo
- Dvonn
- Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia
- Ex Libris
- Eye Know
- Farook
- Favor of the Pharaoh
- Finish Lines
- Fire & Ice
- Fluxx
- Forbidden Desert
- Forbidden Island
- Gates of Delirium
- Gemlok
- Gheos
- Ghooost!
- Gizmos
- Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension
- Gridopolis
- Gunkimono
- Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle
- Hattrick
- Hit or Miss
- Hive
- Imagine
- iMAgiNiff…Game
- Ingenious
- Inklings
- InStructures
- IOTA
- Ishtar: Gardens of Babylon
- Jumbulaya
- Keesdrow
- KerFlip!
- Kinesis
- Kodama 3D
- Kram
- Kulami
- Lanterns: The Harvest Festival
- Lapis
- Letter Tycoon
- Loot
- Magic: The Gathering
- Marrakech
- Master Labyrinth
- Mental Blocks
- Metro
- Mine Shift
- Muggins!
- New York 1901
- Niagara
- Octiles
- Overturn
- Pastiche
- Pentago
- Photosynthesis
- Pirate versus Pirate
- Pirateer
- Pixel
- Planet
- Pylos
- Pyramis
- Pyramix
- Q4
- Quadrature
- Quadwrangle
- Quarto!
- Quiddler
- Quixo
- Quoridor
- Qwirkle
- Qwixx
- Raiders of the North Sea
- Rat-a-Tat Cat
- Rumis
- Rush Hour
- Sagarian
- Scattergories
- SET
- Shapes Up!
- Skullduggery
- Smart Mouth
- Snake Oil
- Spy Alley
- Stomple
- Stops
- Stratum
- Stripes
- Suburbia
- Taboo
- Take 6
- Terrace
- Tetris Link
- The Bridges of Shangri-La
- The Duke
- The Great Dalmuti
- The Last Spike
- The Legend of Landlock
- The Poll Game
- Tic-Tac-Ku
- Tiki Topple
- Time’s Up
- Touché
- Transamerica
- Traverse
- Trekking the National Parks
- TriBond
- Trivial Pursuit, Genus Edition
- Uncle Chestnut’s Table Gype
- Victorian Masterminds
- Village Pillage
- Wadjet
- Who Knows Who
- Why Not?
- Wits & Wagers
- Word on the Street
- Word Spin Scramble
- Worlds Fair 1893
- Yikerz!
- Yinsh
- Zendo
- Zertz