Mensa Select Games
Mensa Select Games ist ein Spielepreis für Brett-, Karten- und Rollenspiele, der von der amerikanischen Sektion des Verbandes Mensa International vergeben wird. Jedes Jahr wird dieser Preis fünf Spielen im Mind Games-Wettbewerb verliehen, die sich durch besondere intellektuelle Herausforderungen auszeichnen.
American Mensa hat auch den Zweck, die geistigen Fähigkeiten ihrer Mitglieder anzuregen und Gelegenheiten zum intellektuellen und sozialen Austausch untereinander zu fördern. Deswegen entspricht die Auswahl solcher Spiele diesem Zweck. Die Preisträger werden als solche auf der Verpackung und in der Werbung gekennzeichnet und in Buch- und Spieleläden in den USA findet sich oft ein Regal von Mensa-Select-Spielen.
Geschichte
Obwohl der Preis schon seit 1990 existiert, wird er erst seit 1996 quasi-demokratisch vergeben. Die ersten sechs Jahre wurden die Mensa-Select-Preisträger von einem Komitee in New York City ausgewählt. Seit 1996 treffen sich jährlich hunderte von Mensa-Mitgliedern bei Mind Games, einem Event, das jährlich stattfindet. Jeder Spieler spielt mindestens 30 der von den Spielverlagen eingereichten Spielen. Am Ende dieses Treffens wählt jeder seine Favoriten. Die fünf beliebtesten Spiele werden zu Mensa Select Preisträgern ernannt. Seit 2010 verleiht auch die deutsche Sektion von Mensa eine ähnliche Auszeichnung, den MinD-Spielepreis.
Seit 2013 gibt es neben der Preisträgerliste eine Empfehlungsliste von Mensa, die Mensa Recommended Games.
Gewinnerliste
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| Jahr | Stadt | Spiel | Autor(en) | Spielverlag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | New York City | Abalone | Michel Lalet Laurent Levi |
Abalone Hasbro |
| Scattergories | — | MB | ||
| Taboo/Tabu | Brian Hersch | MB | ||
| Tri-Bond | Tim Walsh | Patch Products | ||
| Trivial Pursuit Genus | Chris Haney Scott Abbott |
Hasbro | ||
| 1991 | New York City | Clue - The Great Museum Caper (auch Galerie der Diebe) (ein Cluedo Spiel) |
— | Hasbro |
| Labyrinth der Meister | Max J. Kobbert | Ravensburger | ||
| Lapis | — | Pango | ||
| Pyramis | Murray J. Gould James R. Longage |
Abalone | ||
| Set! | Marsha Falco | Set Enterprises, Inc. Ravensburger | ||
| 1992 | New York City | Kinesis | Adam M Byer | Cherry Street Games |
| Q4 | Raúl Pérez | Abalone | ||
| Terrace | Anton Dresden Buzz Siler |
Schmidt Spiele Siler/Siler Ventures | ||
| Traverse | — | Educational Insights | ||
| Why not? | — | Our Game Co. | ||
| 1993 | New York City | Farook | — | Amuse Inc. |
| Inlings | — | Mattel | ||
| Overturn | — | Mattel Pressman | ||
| Quadrature | — | Locus | ||
| Quarto! | Blaise Muller | Gigamic | ||
| 1994 | New York City | Char | — | Bechter Productions Inc. |
| Chung Toi | Reginald Chung | House of Chung Enterprises | ||
| Slotter (Downfall) | — | Western Publishing Inc. | ||
| Magic: The Gathering | Richard Garfield | Wizards of the Coast Hasbro | ||
| Pylos oder Pyraos | David G. Royffe | Gigamic | ||
| 1995 | New York City | Continuo | Maureen Hiron | Schmidt Spiele |
| Duo | Maureen Hiron | Ravensburger | ||
| Quixo | Thierry Chapeau | Gigamic | ||
| Der Große Dalmuti The great Dalmuti (Le grand Dalmuti) |
Richard Garfield | Amigo Gigamic | ||
| Wordspin Scramble | — | Geospace Products | ||
| 1996 | New York City | 6 nimmt! (Take 6) | Wolfgang Kramer | Amigo Gigamic |
| Pirates Pirateers |
Scott Peterson | Tactic | ||
| Rat a Tat Cat | Monty Stambler Ann Stambler |
Gamewright Inc. | ||
| Qwadrangle | Maureen Hiron | Great American Trading Company | ||
| Touché | Wayne Bobette | Jumbo Tactic | ||
| 1997 | Chicago | Hattrick! | Klaus Palesch | Amigo |
| Rush Hour | Nob Yoshigahara | ThinkFun Binary Arts | ||
| Quoridor | Mirko Marchesi | Gigamic | ||
| Sagarian | — | Sagarian | ||
| Stops | — | Stops | ||
| 1998 | Phoenix | Avalam Bitaka Avalam |
Philippe Deweys | Fils-Fils |
| Cube Checkers | — | DCP Limited | ||
| Kram | Melvyn Du Botting | Du Botting Originals | ||
| Spy Alley | William Stephenson | Spy Alley Partners | ||
| Wadjet | Dee Pomerleau | Timbuk II | ||
| 1999 | Seattle | Concordances Apples to Apples |
Matthew Kirby Mark Alan Osterhaus |
Tactic |
| Bollox (auch Bōku, Bolix) | Rob Nelson | Cadaco | ||
| Doubles Wild | Andy Daniel | Enginuity Games | ||
| Fluxx | Andrew Looney | Looney Labs | ||
| Quiddler | Marsha Falco | Set Enterprises | ||
| 2000 | Atlanta | 3 Stones | Andy Daniel | Enginuity Games |
| Finish Lines | — | Games For All Reasons | ||
| Imagine… iMAgiNiff… |
Andrew Lawson Jack Lawson |
Tactic | ||
| Time's Up! | Peter Sarrett | Repos Production Asmodée | ||
| ZÈRTZ | Kris Burm | Don & Co Gigamic | ||
| 2001 | Medina | Brainstrain | DJ Calhoun | Chuckle Games Company |
| Dao | Ben van Buskirk Jeff Pickering |
PlayDao.com | ||
| Fits Shapes Up! |
Charles B. Phillips Ronald Wiecek |
Ravensburger | ||
| Metro | Dirk Henn | Queen Games | ||
| Thepollgame | — | thepollgame LLC | ||
| 2002 | Minneapolis | Curses! | Brian Tinsman | Play All Day Games |
| DVONN | Kris Burm | Don & Co Gigamic | ||
| Muggins! | — | Muggins Math | ||
| Smart Mouth | Theo et Ora Coster | Binary Arts | ||
| The Legend of Landlock | Edith Schlichting | Gamewright | ||
| 2003 | Houston | Blokus | Bernard Tavitian | Sekkoïa Winning Moves |
| Cityscape | Sjaak Griffioen | Pin International | ||
| Fire & Ice | Jens-Peter Schliemann | Pin International | ||
| Octiles | Dale Walton | Pin International | ||
| Trans America | Franz-Benno Delonge | Winning Moves | ||
| 2004 | Chicago | Europatour (auch Europa Tour) 10 Days in Africa/USA |
Alan R. Moon Aaron Weissblum |
Schmidt Spiele Out of the Box Publishing |
| Basari | Reinhard Staupe | F.X. Schmid Out of the Box Publishing | ||
| Die Brücken von Shangrila The Bridges of Shangri-La |
Leo Colovini | Kosmos | ||
| Rumis | Stefan Kögl | Murmel | ||
| YINSH | Kris Burm | Don & Co Gigamic | ||
| 2005 | Tampa | DaVinci's Challenge | — | Briarpatch |
| Einfach Genial | Reiner Knizia | Kosmos Tilsit | ||
| Loot basierend auf Pirat/Korsar |
Reiner Knizia | Tilsit Gamewright Amigo | ||
| Niagara | Thomas Liesching | Zoch Gigamic | ||
| Zendo | Kory Heath | Icehouse Games | ||
| 2006 | Portland | Deflexion (seither als Khet bekannt) | Del Segura Luke Hooper Michael Larson |
Innovention Toys LLC |
| Hive | John Yianni | Gigamic | ||
| Keesdrow | Donald Meyer | Pywacket | ||
| Pentago | Tomas Flodén | Mindtwister | ||
| Wits & Wagers | Dominic Crapuchettes | North Star Games | ||
| 2007 | Pittsburgh | Gemlok | Donald Meyer | Pywacket Games |
| Gheos | René Wiersma | Z-Man Games | ||
| Hit or Miss[1] | Garrett J. Donner, Michael S. Steer, Brian S. Spence |
Gamewright | ||
| Qwirkle | Susan McKinley Ross | MindWare | ||
| Skullduggery | K. Allegra Vernon | Outset Media Games | ||
| 2008 | Phoenix | AmuseAmaze | Ethan Goffman | HL Games |
| eye know | — | Wiggles 3D Inc. | ||
| Jumbulaya | Julie Archer, Karl Archer |
Platypus Games | ||
| Pixel | Ariel Laden | Educational Insights | ||
| Tiki Topple | Keith Meyers | Gamewright | ||
| 2009 | Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky | Cornerstone (Brettspiel) | Matt Mette | Good Company Games LLC |
| Dominion | Donald X. Vaccarino | Rio Grande Games | ||
| Marrakech (deutscher Titel: Suleika) | Dominique Ehrhard | Gigamic / Zoch Verlag | ||
| Stratum | José L. Navas | Family Games America Inc. | ||
| Tic-Tac-Ku | — | Mad Cave Bird Games | ||
| 2010 | San Diego | Anomia | Andrew Innes | Anomia Press |
| Dizios | Nicholas Cravotta | MindWare | ||
| Forbidden Island (Die verbotene Insel) | Matt Leacock | Gamewright | ||
| Word on the Street | Jack Degnan | Out of the Box Publishing | ||
| Yikerz! | — | Wiggles 3D Incorporated | ||
| 2011 | Albany, New York | InStructures | Jane's Games | Jane's Games |
| Pastiche | Sean D. MacDonald | Gryphon Games | ||
| Pirate Versus Pirate | Max Winter Osterhaus | Out of the Box Publishing | ||
| Stomple | Greg Zima | Spin Master | ||
| Uncle Chestnut's Table Gype | Paul E. Nowak, Christopher Nowak |
Eternal Revolution | ||
| 2012 | Herndon | Coerceo | — | Coerceo Company |
| iota | Gene Mackles | Gamewright | ||
| Mine Shift | John A. Forte Jr. | MindWare | ||
| Snake Oil | Jeff Ochs | Snake Oil, LLC | ||
| Tetris Link | — | Techno Source | ||
| 2013 | St. Louis | Forbidden Desert | Matt Leacock | Gamewright |
| Ghooost! | Richard Garfield | Iello | ||
| KerFlip! | Damon Tabb | Creative Foundry Games | ||
| Kulami | Andreas Kuhnekath | Steffen Spiele | ||
| Suburbia | Ted Alspach | Bézier Games | ||
| 2014 | Austin | Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia | — | Stonemaier Games |
| Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension | — | Cryptozoic Entertainment | ||
| Pyramix | — | Gamewright | ||
| Qwixx | — | Gamewright | ||
| The Duke | — | Catalyst Game Labs | ||
| 2015 | San Diego | Castles of Mad King Ludwig | — | Bézier Games |
| Dragonwood | — | Gamewright | ||
| Lanterns: The Harvest Festival | — | Renegade Game Studios und Foxtrot Games | ||
| Letter Tycoon | — | Ad Magic/Breaking Games | ||
| Trekking the National Parks | — | Bink Ink | ||
| 2016 | Wheeling | Circular Reasoning | — | Breaking Games |
| Favor of the Pharaoh | — | Bézier Games | ||
| The Last Spike | — | Columbia Games | ||
| New York 1901 | — | Blue Orange Games | ||
| World's Fair 1893 | — | Renegade Game Studios | ||
| 2017 | Herndon | Amalgam | — | Simply Fun |
| Around the World in 80 Days | — | Iello Games | ||
| Clank!: A Deck Building Adventure | — | Renegade Game Studio | ||
| Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle | — | USAOPOLY | ||
| Imagine | — | Gamewright Inc. | ||
| 2018 | Herndon | Azul | — | Plan B Games |
| Constellations: The Game of Stargazing and the Night Sky | — | Xtronaut Enterprises | ||
| Ex Libris | — | Renegade Game Studio | ||
| Photosynthesis | — | Blue Orange Games | ||
| Raiders of the North Sea | — | Renegade Game Studio | ||
| 2019 | Herndon | Architects of the West Kingdom | — | Renegade Game Studio |
| Gizmos | — | CMON INC | ||
| Gunkimono | — | Renegade Game Studio | ||
| Planet | — | Blue Orange Games | ||
| Victorian Masterminds | — | CMON INC | ||
| 2020 | nicht stattgefunden | — | — | — |
| 2021 | Herndon | Bermuda Pirates | — | FoxMind Games |
| ClipCut Parks | — | Renegade Game Studio | ||
| Gates of Delirium | — | Renegade Game Studio | ||
| Gridopolis | — | Gridopolis Games | ||
| Ishtar: Gardens of Babylon | — | iello USA | ||
| Kodama 3D | — | Indie Boards and Cards | ||
| Mental Blocks | — | Pandasaurus Games | ||
| Stripes | — | Breaking Games | ||
| Village Pillage | — | Jellybean Games | ||
| Who knows who | — | Digby Doo |
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