Mensa Recommended Games

Mensa Recommended Games ist eine Empfehlungsliste für Brett- und Kartenspiele, die einmal im Jahr von dem Verein Mensa International bzw. der amerikanischen Sektion von Mensa im Rahmen der Preisverleihung der Mensa Select Games veröffentlicht wird. Die durch eine Jury zusammengestellte Liste enthält Spieletitel, die zwar nicht den begehrten Spielepreis gewonnen haben, aber trotzdem empfohlen werden.

Eingeführt wurde der Preis bei den Mind Games 2013. Jedes Jahr werden 10 bis 15 Titel gekürt, die das Label „Recommended by American Mensa“ tragen dürfen.

Empfohlene Spiele

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Jahr Stadt Spiel Autor(en) Spielverlag
2013 St. Louis Domitrio (Settrio) Mark Fuchs Maranda Enterprises
Dotzee Mark Fuchs Maranda Enterprises
Duple n.a. Anomia Press
I Go! Leo Colovini Steffen Spiele
Nounsense Mark Fuchs Maranda Enterprises
Pick 'N' Choose M.H. Ribeiro MHR Games
Pick-a-PIG Torsten Landsvogt Eagle-Gryphon Games
Quartex Tim W. K. Brown CSE Games
Raid the Pantry Amanda Milne, Julia Schiller Cheeky Parrot Games
Terzetto n.a. Gamewright
Word Winder Steve R. Bullock, David Hoyt, Graeme Thomson H.L. Games
WordARound Joe Herbert, Dave Herbert Thinkfun
2014 Austin Hearts of AttrAction Jeff Glickman R&R Games
CrossWays n.a. USAopoly
Fish to Fish n.a. Fat Brain Toy Company
Fluxx: The Board Game Andrew Looney Looney Labs
Four in a Square Koby Ben-Aroush FoxMind Games
Ghost Blitz Jacques Zeimet Lion Rampant Imports
Karma Marsha J. Falco Set Enterprises, Inc.
Laser Maze n.a. ThinkFun Games
Matchstix Martin Nedergaard Andersen Haywire Group
Oxygin (Gin With Words) n.a. Oxygin LLC
Pass-Ackwords David Arnott, Aaron Weissblum R&R Games
Pivit n.a. MindWare
Robot Face Race Ivan Moscovich Educational Insights
Staxis Paul Wickens MindWare
Tapple n.a. USAopoly
2015 San Diego Battle Sheep Francesco Rotta Blue Orange Games
Castellan Beau Beckett Steve Jackson Games
Dimension Lauge Luchau Thames & Kosmos
Just Desserts Andrew Looney Looney Labs
Leaps and Ledges n.a. MindWare
ModX n.a. Cryptozoic Entertainment
Niya Bruno Cathala Blue Orange Games
Pathwayz Louis Lafair Go! Games
Prime Climb Katherine Cook, Dan Finkel Math For Love
Roll For It! Chris Leder Calliope Games
Rush Hour Shift Alex Siedband ThinkFun
Skōsh n.a. GoldBrick Games
Stones of Fate Luke Laurie Cosmic Wombat Games
The Game of 49 Mark Corsey Breaking Games
Yardmaster Steven Aramini Crash Games
2016 Wheeling Apotheca Andrew Federspiel Knapsack Games
Attila Bruno Faidutti Blue Orange Games
Bring Your Own Book Matthew Moore Gamewright
Carnac Emiliano Venturini HUCH!
Foodfighters Josh Cappel, Helaina Cappel Kids Table Board Gaming
Fuse Kane Klenko Renegade Game Studios
Kodama: The Tree Spirits Daniel Solis Indie Boards and Cards
Möbi n.a. Mobi Games
Onitama Shimpei Sato Arcane Wonders
Sheriff of Nottingham Sérgio Halaban, André Zatz CMON Inc.
SiXeS Steven Poelzing, Rick Soued Eagle-Gryphon Games
Spyfall Alexandr Ushan Cryptozoic Entertainment
tak-tak Rich Zeglovitch Twizmo! Games
Terra Friedemann Friese Bezier Games
Thieves! Richard de Rijk Calliope Games
2017 Herndon 4 The Birds Steve Ewoldt Breaking Games
America Ted Alspach, Friedemann Friese Bézier Games
Best Treehouse Ever Scott Almes Green Couch Games
Burst Out Laughing Gas Claudia Cleveland, Joyce Johnson MindWare
Don’t Mess With Cthulhu Yusuke Sato Indie Boards and Cards
Honeycombs Dave Clarke Go Games Inc.
Karmaka Eddy Boxerman, Dave Burke Hemisphere Games
Lotus Jordan Goddard, Mandy Goddard Renegade Game Studios
New York Slice Jeffrey D. Allers Bézier Games
OrganATTACK! Nick Seluk The Awkward Yeti
Pyramid Arcade Andrew Looney, John Cooper, Kristin Looney Looney Labs
Skiwampus Myles Christensen Gamewright
Snippets Shaun Salzberg The Master Theorem Games
This, That, and Everything K. Allegra Vernon Outset Media
WordSpiel Marsha J. Falco Set Enterprises, Inc.
2018 Herndon Ancestree Eric M. Lang Calliope Games
Cahoots! Ken Gruhl Gamewright
Capital City James Ernest Calliope Games
Chickapig Brian Calhoun Buffalo Games
Clustered Scotty Hardwick Sculpin Games
Dicey Peaks Scott Almes Calliope Games
Einstein: His Amazing Life & Incomparable Science Dirk Knemeyer Artana
Magic Maze Kasper Lapp Dude Games
Rewordable Allison Parrish, Adam Simon, Tim Szetela Penguin Random House
Seikatsu Matt Loomis, Isaac Shalev IDW Games
Sentient J. Alex Kevern Renegade Game Studios
ShutterBug Mike Elliott Calliope Games
Splurt! Gene Mackles PDG Games
Stroop Jonathan Chaffer Grand Gamers Guild
Unearth Jason Harner, Matthew Ransom Brotherwise Games, LLC
2019 Herndon Astro Trash n.a. USAopoly
Blank Slate Robert A. Kamp USAopoly
Cat Crimes n.a. ThinkFun
Dragon Castle Hjalmar Hach, Luca Ricci, Lorenzo Silva CMON Inc.
Forbidden Sky Matt Leacock Gamewright
Intelle David Abelson Fisher Heaton Games
Nite Lights n.a. SimplyFun
Railroad Ink: Blazing Red Edition Hjalmar Hach, Lorenzo Silva CMON Inc.
Reef Emerson Matsuuchi Plan B Games / Next Move Games
Sushi Roll Phil Walker-Harding Gamewright
Tiny Towns Peter McPherson Alderac Entertainment Group
The Game of Wolf Joe Barron Gray Matters Games
2020 nicht stattgefunden
2021 Herndon Abandon All Artichokes Emma Larkins Gamewright
Animal Kingdoms Steven Aramini Galactic Raptor Games
Coal n.a. TPDG Games
Cross Clues Grégory Grard Blue Orange Games
Crossed Words n.a. Indie Boards & Cards
Dragomino Bruno Cathala, Marie Fort, Wilfried Fort Blue Orange Games
Dragonrealm Darren Kisgen Gamewright
Grimm, A Card Game Park and Parade
Ice Tumble Reiner Knizia SimplyFun
Irish Gauge Amabel Holland Capstone Games
Lanterns Dice Chris Bryan Renegade Game Studios
Periodic: A Game of The Elements Genius Games
Quantik Nouri Khalifa Gigamic
Raft & Scupper David Vander Laan Et Games
Raids Matthew Dunstan, Brett J. Gilbert IELLO USA
Recycle Rally Adventerra Games North America
Ripple Rush Ken Gruhl Stronghold Games
Second Chance Uwe Rosenberg Stronghold Games
Starlink Markus Slawitscheck, Arno Steinwender Blue Orange Games
Super Powered Smash Masters Adam Cogan Dark Unicorn Games
The Stars Align Sean Fenemore, Matt Radcliffe Breaking Games
Trekking the National Parks Trivia Charlie Bink Underdog Games
Trinity Ankur Gupta, Kayla Gupta Polaris Games
Tumblemaze Blue Orange Games
Wreck Raiders Tim W. K. Brown, Josh Cappel Kids Table Board Gaming
2022 Herndon 5-Minute Mystery Connor Reid Wiggle 3D
Asymbol N/A SimplyFun
Block Ness Laurent Escoffier Blue Orange Games
Bristol 1350 Travis Hancock Facade Games
Enchanted Plumes Brendan Hansen Calliope Games
Gods Love Dinosaurs Kasper Lapp Pandasaurus Games
Happy City Toshiki Sato, Airu Sato Gamewright
Kingdomino Origins Bruno Cathala Blue Orange Games
Kodama Forest Jenny Iglesias, Kevin Riley Indie Boards and Cards
Mountains out of Molehills Jim DiCamillo, Patrick Marino The Op
Museum Suspects Phil Walker-Harding Blue Orange Games
Ohanami Steffen Benndorf Pandasaurus Games
SavannaScapes N/A SimplyFun
Super Mega Lucky Box Phil Walker-Harding Gamewright
Trekking the World Charlie Bink Underdog Games LLC
2023 Herndon Blazon David Conklin 25th Century Games
Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game John Coveyou, Steve Schlepphorst Genius Games LLC
Décorum Charlie Mackin, Harry Mackin, Drew Tenenbaum Floodgate Games
Ecosystem: Coral Reef Matt Simpson Genius Games LLC
HerStory Nick Bentley, Emerson Matsuuchi, Danielle Reynolds Underdog Games LLC
Kill Merlin! Dave Schuman Schuman Family Games
League of the Lexicon Two Brothers Games
Outnumbered: Improbable Heroes Matthew Tidbury Genius Games LLC
Paint the Roses Jacqui Davis, Naomi Stanton-Gullak Northstar Game Studio
Phantom Ink Mary Flanagan, Max Seidman Resonym
Power Plants Adam E. Daulton Kids Table Board Gaming
Qawale Romain Froger, Didier Lenain-Bragard Hachette Boardgames
The Finest Fish Nathan Jenne, Jake Jenne Last Night Games
Turing Machine Fabien Gridel, Yoann Levet Scorpion Masque
What was I thinking? Gene Mackles PDG Games