Mensa Select
Distinction pour jeux de société
Le Mensa Select est un prix récompensant chaque année depuis 1990 les cinq meilleurs jeux de réflexion, décerné par les membres la section américaine de Mensa réunis pour le Mind Games, un événement au cours duquel ils essayent les jeux et notent leur originalité, leur esthétique, leur jouabilité et leur clarté.
Seuls les jeux de société peuvent participer, à l'exclusion des jeux de guerre et des jeux électroniques.
Jeux récompensés par année
modifierEn 2011, ce sont 110 jeux au cours de 22 éditions qui se sont vus récompensés.
1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 |
Année | Lieu | Jeu | Auteur(s) | Éditeur |
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1990 | New York | Abalone | Michel Lalet Laurent Levi |
Abalone Hasbro |
Scattergories | — | MB | ||
Taboo | Brian Hersch | MB | ||
Tri-Bond | Tim Walsh | Patch Products | ||
Trivial Pursuit Genius | Chris Haney Scott Abbott |
Hasbro | ||
1991 | New York | Clue - The great museum caper | — | Hasbro |
Labyrinthe Master | Max J. Kobbert | Ravensburger | ||
Lapis | — | Pango | ||
Pyramis | Murray J. Gould James R. Longage |
Abalone | ||
Set! | Marsha Falco | Set Enterprises, Inc. Ravensburger | ||
1992 | New York | Kinesis | Adam M Byer | Cherry Street Games |
Q4 | Raul Perez | Grupo Comercial Gudile, Abalone | ||
Terrace | Anton Dresden Buzz Siler |
Schmidt Spiele Siler/Siler Ventures | ||
Traverse | — | Educational Insights | ||
Why not? | — | Our Game Co. | ||
1993 | New York | Farook | — | Amuse Inc. |
Inlings | — | Mattel | ||
Overturn | — | Mattel Pressman | ||
Quadrature | — | Locus | ||
Quarto | Blaise Muller | Gigamic | ||
1994 | New York | Char | — | Bechter Productions Inc. |
Chung Toi | Reginald Chung | House of Chung Enterprises | ||
Downfall | — | Western Publishing Inc. | ||
Magic : l'assemblée | Richard Garfield | Wizards of the Coast Hasbro | ||
Pylos ou Pyraos | David G. Royffe | Gigamic | ||
1995 | New York | Continuo | Maureen Hiron | Schmidt Spiele |
Duo | Maureen Hiron | Ravensburger | ||
Quixo | Thierry Chapeau | Gigamic | ||
Le Grand Dalmuti The great Dalmuti |
Richard Garfield | Wizards of the Coast | ||
Wordspin Scramble | — | Geospace Products | ||
1996 | New York | 6 qui prend ! | Wolfgang Kramer | Amigo Gigamic |
Les 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 | 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 | ||
TransAmerica | Franz-Benno Delonge | Winning Moves | ||
2004 | Chicago | 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 |
Génial | Reiner Knizia | Kosmos Tilsit | ||
Korsar Loot ou Pirat |
Reiner Knizia | Tilsit Gamewright Amigo | ||
Niagara | Thomas Liesching | Zoch Gigamic | ||
Zendo | Kory Heath | Icehouse Games | ||
2006 | Portland | Deflexion | Del Segura Luke Hooper Michael Larson |
Deflexion |
Hive | John Yianni | Gigamic | ||
Keesdrow | Donald Meyer | Pywacket | ||
Pentago | Tomas Flodén | Mindtwister | ||
Wits & Wagers | Dominic Crapuchettes | North Star Games | ||
2007 | Pittsburgh | Gemlok | — | — |
Gheos | — | — | ||
Hit or Miss[1] | — | — | ||
Qwirkle | Susan McKinley Ross | Mindware / Iello | ||
Skullduggery | — | — | ||
2008 | Phoenix | AmuseAmaze | — | HL Games |
Eye Know | — | Wiggles 3D | ||
Jumbulaya | — | Platypus Games | ||
Pixel | — | Educational Insights | ||
Tiki Topple | — | Gamewright | ||
2009 | Cincinnati | Cornerstone | — | Good Company Games |
Dominion | — | Rio Grande Games | ||
Marrakech | — | Gigamic | ||
Stratum | — | — | ||
Tic-Tac-Ku | — | Mad Cave Bird Games | ||
2010 | San Diego | Anomia | — | Anomia Press |
Dizios | — | MindWare | ||
Forbidden Island L'Île interdite |
Matt Leacock | Gamewright Cocktail Games | ||
Word on the Street | — | Out of the Box Publishing | ||
Yikerz! | — | Wiggles 3D Incorporated | ||
2011 | Albany | InStructures | — | Jane's Games |
Pastiche | — | Gryphon Games | ||
Pirate versus Pirate | — | Out of the Box Publishing | ||
Stomple | — | GaZima Games | ||
Uncle Chestnut's Table Gype | — | Eternal Revolution | ||
2012 | Herndon | Coerceo | — | The Coerceo Company |
Iota | Gene Mockles | Gamewright | ||
Mine Shift | — | MindWare | ||
Snake Oil | — | OUT OF THE BOX | ||
Tetris Link | — | Asmodée | ||
2013 | Saint-Louis | Forbidden Desert | Matt Leacock | Gamewright Cocktail Games |
Ghooost ! | Richard Garfield | Iello | ||
KerFlip! | Damon Tabb | Creative Foundry Games | ||
Kulami | Andreas Kuhnekath | Fox Mind Games Steffen-Spiele | ||
Suburbia (en) | Ted Alspash | Bezier Games | ||
2014 | Austin | Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia | Jamey Stegmaier Alan Stone |
Stonemaier Games |
Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension | Corey Young | Cryptozoic Entertainment | ||
Pyramix | Tim Roediger | Gamewright | ||
Qwixx | Steffen Benndorf | Gamewright | ||
The Duke | Jeremy Holcomb Stephen McLaughlin |
Catalyst Game Labs | ||
2015 | San Diego | Castles of Mad King Ludwig | Ted Alspach | Bezier Games |
Dragonwood: A Game of Dice & Daring | Darren Kisgen | Gamewright | ||
Lanterns: The Harvest Festival | Christopher Chung | Renegade Game Studios | ||
Letter Tycoon | Brad Brooks | Breaking Games | ||
Trekking the National Parks | Charlie Bink | Bink Ink LLC | ||
2016 | Wheeling | Circular Reasoning | Tomer Braff Edward Stvenson |
Breaking Games |
Favor of the Pharaoh | Thomas Lehmann | Bezier Games | ||
New York 1901 | Chénier La Salle | Blue Orange Games | ||
The Last Spike | Tom Dalgliesh | Columbia Games | ||
Worlds Fair 1893 | J. Alex Kevern | Renegade Game Studios | ||
2017 | Herndon | Amalgam | Günter Burkhardt | SimplyFun |
Around the World in 80 Days | David Parlett | IELLO Games | ||
Clank!: A Deck Building Adventure | Paul Dennen | Renegade Game Studios | ||
Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle | Forrest-Pruzan Creative Kami Mandell Andrew Wolf |
USAOPOLY | ||
Imagine | Shintaro Ono | Gamewright | ||
2018 | Denver | Azul | Michael Kiesling | Plan B Games Next Move Games |
Constellations: The Game of Stargazing and the Night Sky | Dante Lauretta Ian Zang |
Xtronaut Enterprises | ||
Ex Libris | Adam P. McIver | Renegade Game Studios | ||
Photosynthesis | Hjalmar Hach | Blue Orange Games | ||
Raiders of the North Sea | Shem Phillips | Renegade Game Studios | ||
2019 | Wadsworth_(Ohio) | Architects of the West Kingdom | Shem Phillips S J Macdonald |
Renegade Game Studios |
Gizmos | Phil Walker-Harding | CMON INC | ||
Gunkimono | Jeffrey D. Allers | Renegade Game Studios | ||
Planet | Urtis Šulinskas | Blue Orange Games | ||
Victorian Masterminds | Antoine Bauza Eric M. Lang |
CMON INC |
Notes et références
modifier- À ne pas confondre avec Hit or Miss, un jeu de patience.
Voir aussi
modifierLien interne
modifierLiens externes
modifier- (en) Site officiel
- (en) Mensa Select sur le site de Mensa États-Unis