Judging Criteria
Mensa Select winners are
chosen annually at the Mensa Mind Games® competition. The five
games that rate the highest are named Mensa Select and may display the
Mensa Select seal on their packaging.
“You don’t have to be a genius to enjoy the games that win this
competition,” said Pam Donahoo, executive director of American Mensa.
“The Mensa Select seal lets consumers know that smart people enjoy
playing the game. We rate the games on originality, aesthetics, value,
and playability, so the Mensa Select seal indicates games that are
fresh, challenging, and well-designed.”
This year’s Mind Games competition was held April 16-18 in Chicago.
More than 180 players from every corner of United States were challenged
by the 60 game entries. During the event, Mensa members also filled out
more than 5,000 comment cards, which will be returned to the
manufacturers. Suggestions from the comment cards are often used to
improve the games.
Based in Arlington, Texas, American Mensa is an organization open to
anyone who scores in the top two percent on an accepted, standardized
intelligence test. More information about the organization may be found
at us.mensa.org. More information about Mind Games may be found at
mindgames.us.mensa.org.
