Mensa Select® Games
Each year, hundreds of Mensans meet over one weekend to play and rate the year’s newest board games. The top seven games earn Mensa Select distinction and may display the Mensa Select seal on their packaging.
The Mensa Select seal indicates that a game is original in concept, challenging, and well-designed. Additionally, these games 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.
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Blokus
2003 Mensa Select Winner
Manufacturer:
Educational Insights
Players: 2-4
Age Range: 5+
Players take turns placing pieces on their board, each starting from their corner. Each new piece must touch at least one other piece of the same color, but only at the corners! The game ends when all players are blocked from laying down any more of their pieces.
Cityscape
2003 Mensa Select Winner
Manufacturer:
Out of the Box Publishing
Players: 2-4
Age Range: 8+
Secretly plan the shape of this city from its primary view on your side. Then take turns building it to your plan, and thwart your opponent from achieving their goals.
Fire & Ice
2003 Mensa Select Winner
Manufacturer:
Out of the Box Publishing
Players: 2
Age Range: 8+
Capture three islands in a row, by controlling three points in a row on each. A strategic, move and place game with shifting strategies that increases in complexity until one player wins.
Octiles
2003 Mensa Select Winner
Manufacturer:
Out of the Box Publishing
Players: 2-4
Age Range: 8+
Replace tiles to create paths for your runners and send them in a punctuated journey across the board. Place your pieces, plan your paths and race to the finish.
Transamerica
2003 Mensa Select Winner
Manufacturer:
Rio Grande Games
Players: 2-6
Age Range: 8+
Players take turns laying track, starting with separate networks. Eventually the networks connect. The first player to connect his 5 secret cities wins the round.