Mensa Game of the Year

Article by Scott Peterson (speterso@mcn.org) and Bill Slankard (BillSlankard@compuserve.com).

American Mensa Ltd. conducts a 'Best Mind Games' competition annually. Criteria are: originality, game play, play value, aesthetics and clarity of instructions.

This is a list of past Mensa game contest winners according to LMCA, Mensa's licensing agency:

1990

• Taboo - Milton Bradley Company
• Scattergories - Milton Bradley Company
• Tri-Bond - Big Fun A Go-Go
• Abalone - Abalone Games Corp.
• Trivial Pursuit, Genus Edition - Parker Brothers Institution - Applied Institution, Inc.
• Clever Endeavor - Games Gang, Ltd.

1991

• Pyramis - Abalone Games Corp.
• Lapis - Pango, Inc.
• Set - Set Enterprises, Inc.
• Master Labrinth - International Playthings Clue: The Great Museum Caper - Parker Brothers

1992

• Kinesis - Cherry Street Games
• Q4 - Abalone Games Corp.
• Terrace - Siler/Siler Ventures
• Traverse - Educational Insights
• Why Not? - Our Game Company

1993

• Farook - Amuse, Inc.
• Inklings - Mattel Toys
• Ov ertum - Pressman Toy Corporation
• Quadrature - Locus
• Quarto - Great American Trading Co.

1994

• Char - Bechter Productions, Inc.
• Chung Tol - House of Chung Enterprises
• Down Fall - Western Publishing, Inc.
• Magic, The Gathering - Wizards of the Coast
• Pyraos - Great American Trading Company

1995

• Wordspin Scramble - Geospace Products Co., Inc.
• Continuo - US Games Systems, Inc.
• Duo - US Games Systems, Inc.
• Quixo - Great American Trading Co.
• The Great Dalmuti - Wizards of the Coast

1996

• Rat A Tat Cat - Gamewright, Inc.
• Pirateer - Mendocino Game Company, Inc.
• Take 6 - US Games Systems, Inc.
• Quadwrangle - Great Amercian Trading Co.
• Touche - Wayne Bobette Enterprises

1997

• Hattrick - U S Game Systems, Inc
• Quoridor - Great American Trading Co
• Rush Hour - Binary Arts
• Sagarian - Sagarian
• STOPS - STOPS Canada

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