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<p><b>Mensa Select Games</b> ist ein <a href="Liste_von_Spielepreisen" title="Liste von Spielepreisen">Spielepreis</a> für <a href="Brettspiel" title="Brettspiel">Brett-</a>, <a href="Kartenspiel" title="Kartenspiel">Karten-</a> und <a href="Rollenspiel_(Spiel)" title="Rollenspiel (Spiel)">Rollenspiele</a>, der von der amerikanischen Sektion des Verbandes <i><a href="Mensa_International" title="Mensa International">Mensa International</a></i> vergeben wird. Jedes Jahr wird dieser Preis fünf Spielen im <i>Mind Games</i>-Wettbewerb verliehen, die sich durch besondere intellektuelle Herausforderungen auszeichnen.
</p><p><i>American Mensa</i> 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.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geschichte">Geschichte</h2></div>
<p>Obwohl der Preis schon seit 1990 existiert, wird er erst seit 1996 <i>quasi-demokratisch</i> vergeben. Die ersten sechs Jahre wurden die Mensa-Select-Preisträger von einem <a href="Gremium" title="Gremium">Komitee</a> in <a href="New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> 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 <a href="MinD-Spielepreis" title="MinD-Spielepreis">MinD-Spielepreis</a>.
</p><p>Seit 2013 gibt es neben der Preisträgerliste eine Empfehlungsliste von Mensa, die <a href="Mensa_Recommended_Games" title="Mensa Recommended Games">Mensa Recommended Games</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gewinnerliste">Gewinnerliste</h2></div>
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<tbody><tr>
<td><a href="#1990">1990</a> • <a href="#1991">1991</a> • <a href="#1992">1992</a> • <a href="#1993">1993</a> • <a href="#1994">1994</a> • <a href="#1995">1995</a> • <a href="#1996">1996</a> • <a href="#1997">1997</a> • <a href="#1998">1998</a> • <a href="#1999">1999</a><br><a href="#2000">2000</a> • <a href="#2001">2001</a> • <a href="#2002">2002</a> • <a href="#2003">2003</a> • <a href="#2004">2004</a> • <a href="#2005">2005</a> • <a href="#2006">2006</a> • <a href="#2007">2007</a> • <a href="#2008">2008</a> • <a href="#2009">2009</a><br><a href="#2010">2010</a> • <a href="#2011">2011</a> • <a href="#2012">2012</a> • <a href="#2013">2013</a> • <a href="#2014">2014</a> • <a href="#2015">2015</a> • <a href="#2016">2016</a> • <a href="#2017">2017</a> • <a href="#2018">2018</a> • <a href="#2019">2019</a><br><a href="#2020">2020</a> • <a href="#2021">2021</a> • <a href="#2022">2022</a> • <a href="#2023">2023</a> • <a href="#2024">2024</a> • <a href="#2025">2025</a>
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<tbody><tr>
<th>Jahr
</th>
<th>Stadt
</th>
<th>Spiel
</th>
<th>Autor(en)
</th>
<th>Spielverlag
</th></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="1990">1990
</th>
<td rowspan="5">New York City
</td>
<td><a href="Abalone_(Spiel)" title="Abalone (Spiel)">Abalone</a>
</td>
<td>Michel Lalet <br> Laurent Levi
</td>
<td>Abalone <br> <a href="Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Kategorum" title="Kategorum">Scattergories</a>
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td><a href="Milton_Bradley_Company" title="Milton Bradley Company">MB</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Tabu_(Spiel)" title="Tabu (Spiel)">Taboo</a>/Tabu
</td>
<td>Brian Hersch
</td>
<td><a href="Milton_Bradley_Company" title="Milton Bradley Company">MB</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Tri-Bond
</td>
<td>Tim Walsh
</td>
<td>Patch Products
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Trivial_Pursuit" title="Trivial Pursuit">Trivial Pursuit</a> Genus
</td>
<td>Chris Haney <br> Scott Abbott
</td>
<td><a href="Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="1991">1991
</th>
<td rowspan="5">New York City
</td>
<td>Clue - The Great Museum Caper<br>(auch Galerie der Diebe) (<i>ein <a href="Cluedo" title="Cluedo">Cluedo</a> Spiel</i>)
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td><a href="Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Das_verr%C3%BCckte_Labyrinth" title="Das verrückte Labyrinth">Labyrinth der Meister</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Max_J._Kobbert" title="Max J. Kobbert">Max J. Kobbert</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Ravensburger" title="Ravensburger">Ravensburger</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Lapis
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Pango
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Pyramis_(Spiel)" title="Pyramis (Spiel)">Pyramis</a>
</td>
<td>Murray J. Gould <br> James R. Longage
</td>
<td>Abalone
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Set_(Spiel)" title="Set (Spiel)">Set!</a>
</td>
<td>Marsha Falco
</td>
<td>Set Enterprises, Inc. <br> <a href="Ravensburger" title="Ravensburger">Ravensburger</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="1992">1992
</th>
<td rowspan="5">New York City
</td>
<td>Kinesis
</td>
<td>Adam M Byer
</td>
<td>Cherry Street Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Q4
</td>
<td><a href="Ra%C3%BAl_P%C3%A9rez_(Boxer)" title="Raúl Pérez (Boxer)">Raúl Pérez</a>
</td>
<td>Abalone
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Terrace_(Spiel)" title="Terrace (Spiel)">Terrace</a>
</td>
<td>Anton Dresden <br> Buzz Siler
</td>
<td><a href="Schmidt_Spiele" title="Schmidt Spiele">Schmidt Spiele</a> <br> Siler/Siler Ventures
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Traverse
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Educational Insights
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Why not?
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Our Game Co.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="1993">1993
</th>
<td rowspan="5">New York City
</td>
<td>Farook
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Amuse Inc.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Inlings
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td><a href="Mattel" title="Mattel">Mattel</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Overturn
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td><a href="Mattel" title="Mattel">Mattel</a> <br> Pressman
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Quadrature
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Locus
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Quarto!" title="Quarto!">Quarto!</a>
</td>
<td>Blaise Muller
</td>
<td>Gigamic
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="1994">1994
</th>
<td rowspan="5">New York City
</td>
<td>Char
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Bechter Productions Inc.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Chung Toi
</td>
<td>Reginald Chung
</td>
<td>House of Chung Enterprises
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Slotter" title="Slotter">Slotter</a> <i>(Downfall)</i>
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td><a href="Western_Publishing" title="Western Publishing">Western Publishing Inc.</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Magic%3A_The_Gathering" title="Magic: The Gathering">Magic: The Gathering</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Richard_Garfield" title="Richard Garfield">Richard Garfield</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Wizards_of_the_Coast" title="Wizards of the Coast">Wizards of the Coast</a> <br> <a href="Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Pylos oder <i>Pyraos</i>
</td>
<td>David G. Royffe
</td>
<td>Gigamic
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="1995">1995
</th>
<td rowspan="5">New York City
</td>
<td>Continuo
</td>
<td><a href="Maureen_Hiron" title="Maureen Hiron">Maureen Hiron</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Schmidt_Spiele" title="Schmidt Spiele">Schmidt Spiele</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Duo
</td>
<td><a href="Maureen_Hiron" title="Maureen Hiron">Maureen Hiron</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Ravensburger" title="Ravensburger">Ravensburger</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Quixo
</td>
<td>Thierry Chapeau
</td>
<td>Gigamic
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Der_Gro%C3%9Fe_Dalmuti" title="Der Große Dalmuti">Der Große Dalmuti</a> <br> <i>The great Dalmuti</i> (Le grand Dalmuti)
</td>
<td><a href="Richard_Garfield" title="Richard Garfield">Richard Garfield</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Amigo_(Spieleverlag)" title="Amigo (Spieleverlag)">Amigo</a> <br> Gigamic
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Wordspin Scramble
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Geospace Products
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="1996">1996
</th>
<td rowspan="5">New York City
</td>
<td><a href="6_nimmt!" title="6 nimmt!">6 nimmt!</a> (Take 6)
</td>
<td><a href="Wolfgang_Kramer" title="Wolfgang Kramer">Wolfgang Kramer</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Amigo_(Spieleverlag)" title="Amigo (Spieleverlag)">Amigo</a> <br> Gigamic
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Pirates <br> <i>Pirateers</i>
</td>
<td>Scott Peterson
</td>
<td><a href="Tactic" title="Tactic">Tactic</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Rat a Tat Cat
</td>
<td>Monty Stambler <br> Ann Stambler
</td>
<td>Gamewright Inc.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Qwadrangle
</td>
<td><a href="Maureen_Hiron" title="Maureen Hiron">Maureen Hiron</a>
</td>
<td>Great American Trading Company
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Touché
</td>
<td>Wayne Bobette
</td>
<td><a href="Jumbo_Verlag" class="mw-redirect" title="Jumbo Verlag">Jumbo</a> <br> <a href="Tactic" title="Tactic">Tactic</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="1997">1997
</th>
<td rowspan="5">Chicago
</td>
<td>Hattrick!
</td>
<td><a href="Klaus_Palesch" title="Klaus Palesch">Klaus Palesch</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Amigo_(Spieleverlag)" title="Amigo (Spieleverlag)">Amigo</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Rush_Hour_(Spiel)" title="Rush Hour (Spiel)">Rush Hour</a>
</td>
<td>Nob Yoshigahara
</td>
<td>ThinkFun <br> Binary Arts
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Quoridor" title="Quoridor">Quoridor</a>
</td>
<td>Mirko Marchesi
</td>
<td>Gigamic
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Sagarian
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Sagarian
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Stops
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Stops
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="1998">1998
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Phoenix_(Arizona)" title="Phoenix (Arizona)">Phoenix</a>
</td>
<td>Avalam Bitaka <br> <i>Avalam</i>
</td>
<td>Philippe Deweys
</td>
<td>Fils-Fils
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Cube Checkers
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>DCP Limited
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Kram
</td>
<td>Melvyn Du Botting
</td>
<td>Du Botting Originals
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Spy Alley
</td>
<td>William Stephenson
</td>
<td>Spy Alley Partners
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Wadjet
</td>
<td>Dee Pomerleau
</td>
<td>Timbuk II
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="1999">1999
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>
</td>
<td>Concordances <br> <i>Apples to Apples</i>
</td>
<td>Matthew Kirby <br> Mark Alan Osterhaus
</td>
<td><a href="Tactic" title="Tactic">Tactic</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Bollox" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollox">Bollox</a> (auch <i>Bōku</i>, <i>Bolix</i>)
</td>
<td><a href="Rob_Nelson" title="Rob Nelson">Rob Nelson</a>
</td>
<td>Cadaco
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Doubles Wild
</td>
<td>Andy Daniel
</td>
<td>Enginuity Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Fluxx" title="Fluxx">Fluxx</a>
</td>
<td>Andrew Looney
</td>
<td>Looney Labs
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Quiddler
</td>
<td>Marsha Falco
</td>
<td>Set Enterprises
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2000">2000
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>
</td>
<td>3 Stones
</td>
<td>Andy Daniel
</td>
<td>Enginuity Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Finish Lines
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Games For All Reasons
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Imagine… <br> <i>iMAgiNiff…</i>
</td>
<td>Andrew Lawson <br> <a href="Jack_Lawson" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Lawson">Jack Lawson</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Tactic" title="Tactic">Tactic</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Time's Up!
</td>
<td>Peter Sarrett
</td>
<td>Repos Production <br> Asmodée
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Gipf-Projekt" title="Gipf-Projekt">ZÈRTZ</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Kris_Burm" title="Kris Burm">Kris Burm</a>
</td>
<td>Don &amp; Co <br> Gigamic
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2001">2001
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Medina_(Ohio)" title="Medina (Ohio)">Medina</a>
</td>
<td>Brainstrain
</td>
<td>DJ Calhoun
</td>
<td>Chuckle Games Company
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Dao
</td>
<td>Ben van Buskirk <br> Jeff Pickering
</td>
<td>PlayDao.com
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Fits" title="Fits">Fits</a> <br> <i>Shapes Up!</i>
</td>
<td>Charles B. Phillips <br> Ronald Wiecek
</td>
<td><a href="Ravensburger" title="Ravensburger">Ravensburger</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Metro_(Spiel)" title="Metro (Spiel)">Metro</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Dirk_Henn" title="Dirk Henn">Dirk Henn</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Queen_Games" title="Queen Games">Queen Games</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Thepollgame
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>thepollgame LLC
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2002">2002
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a>
</td>
<td>Curses!
</td>
<td>Brian Tinsman
</td>
<td>Play All Day Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Gipf-Projekt" title="Gipf-Projekt">DVONN</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Kris_Burm" title="Kris Burm">Kris Burm</a>
</td>
<td>Don &amp; Co <br> Gigamic
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Muggins!
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Muggins Math
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Smart Mouth
</td>
<td>Theo et Ora Coster
</td>
<td>Binary Arts
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>The Legend of Landlock
</td>
<td>Edith Schlichting
</td>
<td>Gamewright
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2003">2003
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Blokus" title="Blokus">Blokus</a>
</td>
<td>Bernard Tavitian
</td>
<td>Sekkoïa <br> <a href="Winning_Moves" title="Winning Moves">Winning Moves</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Cityscape
</td>
<td>Sjaak Griffioen
</td>
<td>Pin International
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Fire &amp; Ice
</td>
<td><a href="Jens-Peter_Schliemann" title="Jens-Peter Schliemann">Jens-Peter Schliemann</a>
</td>
<td>Pin International
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Octiles
</td>
<td>Dale Walton
</td>
<td>Pin International
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Trans_America" title="Trans America">Trans America</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Franz-Benno_Delonge" title="Franz-Benno Delonge">Franz-Benno Delonge</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Winning_Moves" title="Winning Moves">Winning Moves</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2004">2004
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>
</td>
<td>Europatour (auch Europa-Tour) <br> <i>10 Days in Africa/USA</i>
</td>
<td><a href="Alan_R._Moon" title="Alan R. Moon">Alan R. Moon</a> <br> <a href="Aaron_Weissblum" title="Aaron Weissblum">Aaron Weissblum</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Schmidt_Spiele" title="Schmidt Spiele">Schmidt Spiele</a> <br> Out of the Box Publishing
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Basari
</td>
<td><a href="Reinhard_Staupe" title="Reinhard Staupe">Reinhard Staupe</a>
</td>
<td><a href="F.X._Schmid" title="F.X. Schmid">F.X. Schmid</a> <br> Out of the Box Publishing
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Die Brücken von Shangrila <br> <i>The Bridges of Shangri-La</i>
</td>
<td><a href="Leo_Colovini" title="Leo Colovini">Leo Colovini</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Franckh-Kosmos" title="Franckh-Kosmos">Kosmos</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Rumis" title="Rumis">Rumis</a>
</td>
<td>Stefan Kögl
</td>
<td>Murmel
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Gipf-Projekt" title="Gipf-Projekt">YINSH</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Kris_Burm" title="Kris Burm">Kris Burm</a>
</td>
<td>Don &amp; Co <br> Gigamic
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2005">2005
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Tampa" title="Tampa">Tampa</a>
</td>
<td>DaVinci's Challenge
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Briarpatch
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Einfach_Genial_(Legespiel)" title="Einfach Genial (Legespiel)">Einfach Genial</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Reiner_Knizia" title="Reiner Knizia">Reiner Knizia</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Franckh-Kosmos" title="Franckh-Kosmos">Kosmos</a> <br> <a href="Tilsit_%C3%89ditions" title="Tilsit Éditions">Tilsit</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Pirat_(Spiel)" title="Pirat (Spiel)">Loot</a> <br> basierend auf <i><a href="Pirat_(Spiel)" title="Pirat (Spiel)">Pirat/Korsar</a></i>
</td>
<td><a href="Reiner_Knizia" title="Reiner Knizia">Reiner Knizia</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Tilsit_%C3%89ditions" title="Tilsit Éditions">Tilsit</a> <br> Gamewright <br> <a href="Amigo_(Spieleverlag)" title="Amigo (Spieleverlag)">Amigo</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Niagara_(Spiel)" title="Niagara (Spiel)">Niagara</a>
</td>
<td>Thomas Liesching
</td>
<td><a href="Zoch_Verlag" title="Zoch Verlag">Zoch</a> <br> Gigamic
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Zendo
</td>
<td>Kory Heath
</td>
<td>Icehouse Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2006">2006
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Portland_(Oregon)" title="Portland (Oregon)">Portland</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Deflexion" class="mw-redirect" title="Deflexion">Deflexion</a> (seither als <a href="Khet_(Spiel)" title="Khet (Spiel)">Khet</a> bekannt)
</td>
<td>Del Segura <br> Luke Hooper <br> Michael Larson
</td>
<td>Innovention Toys LLC
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Hive_(Spiel)" title="Hive (Spiel)">Hive</a>
</td>
<td>John Yianni
</td>
<td>Gigamic
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Keesdrow
</td>
<td>Donald Meyer
</td>
<td>Pywacket
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Pentago" title="Pentago">Pentago</a>
</td>
<td>Tomas Flodén
</td>
<td>Mindtwister
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Wits &amp; Wagers
</td>
<td>Dominic Crapuchettes
</td>
<td>North Star Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2007">2007
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>
</td>
<td>Gemlok
</td>
<td>Donald Meyer
</td>
<td>Pywacket Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Gheos
</td>
<td>René Wiersma
</td>
<td><a href="Z-Man_Games" title="Z-Man Games">Z-Man Games</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Hit or Miss<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</td>
<td>Garrett J. Donner,<br>Michael S. Steer,<br>Brian S. Spence
</td>
<td>Gamewright
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Qwirkle" title="Qwirkle">Qwirkle</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Susan_McKinley_Ross" title="Susan McKinley Ross">Susan McKinley Ross</a>
</td>
<td>MindWare
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Skullduggery
</td>
<td>K. Allegra Vernon
</td>
<td>Outset Media Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2008">2008
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Phoenix_(Arizona)" title="Phoenix (Arizona)">Phoenix</a>
</td>
<td>AmuseAmaze
</td>
<td>Ethan Goffman
</td>
<td>HL Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>eye know
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Wiggles 3D Inc.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Jumbulaya
</td>
<td>Julie Archer,<br>Karl Archer
</td>
<td>Platypus Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Pixel
</td>
<td>Ariel Laden
</td>
<td>Educational Insights
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Tiki Topple
</td>
<td>Keith Meyers
</td>
<td>Gamewright
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2009">2009
</th>
<td rowspan="5">Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky
</td>
<td>Cornerstone (Brettspiel)
</td>
<td>Matt Mette
</td>
<td>Good Company Games LLC
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Dominion_(Spiel)" title="Dominion (Spiel)">Dominion</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Donald_X._Vaccarino" title="Donald X. Vaccarino">Donald X. Vaccarino</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Rio_Grande_Games" title="Rio Grande Games">Rio Grande Games</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Suleika_(Spiel)" title="Suleika (Spiel)">Marrakech</a> (deutscher Titel: <i>Suleika</i>)
</td>
<td><a href="Dominique_Ehrhard" title="Dominique Ehrhard">Dominique Ehrhard</a>
</td>
<td>Gigamic / <a href="Zoch_Verlag" title="Zoch Verlag">Zoch Verlag</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Stratum
</td>
<td>José L. Navas
</td>
<td>Family Games America Inc.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Tic-Tac-Ku
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Mad Cave Bird Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2010">2010
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>
</td>
<td>Anomia
</td>
<td>Andrew Innes
</td>
<td>Anomia Press
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Dizios
</td>
<td>Nicholas Cravotta
</td>
<td>MindWare
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Die_verbotene_Insel" title="Die verbotene Insel">Forbidden Island</a> <i>(Die verbotene Insel)</i>
</td>
<td><a href="Matt_Leacock" title="Matt Leacock">Matt Leacock</a>
</td>
<td>Gamewright
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Word on the Street
</td>
<td>Jack Degnan
</td>
<td>Out of the Box Publishing
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Yikerz!
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Wiggles 3D Incorporated
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2011">2011
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Albany%2C_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a>
</td>
<td>InStructures
</td>
<td>Jane's Games
</td>
<td>Jane's Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Pastiche
</td>
<td>Sean D. MacDonald
</td>
<td>Gryphon Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Pirate Versus Pirate
</td>
<td>Max Winter Osterhaus
</td>
<td>Out of the Box Publishing
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Stomple
</td>
<td>Greg Zima
</td>
<td>Spin Master
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Uncle Chestnut's Table Gype
</td>
<td>Paul E. Nowak,<br>Christopher Nowak
</td>
<td>Eternal Revolution
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2012">2012
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Herndon_(Virginia)" title="Herndon (Virginia)">Herndon</a>
</td>
<td>Coerceo
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Coerceo Company
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>iota
</td>
<td>Gene Mackles
</td>
<td>Gamewright
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Mine Shift
</td>
<td>John A. Forte Jr.
</td>
<td>MindWare
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Snake Oil
</td>
<td>Jeff Ochs
</td>
<td>Snake Oil, LLC
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Tetris Link
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Techno Source
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2013">2013
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>
</td>
<td>Forbidden Desert
</td>
<td><a href="Matt_Leacock" title="Matt Leacock">Matt Leacock</a>
</td>
<td>Gamewright
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Ghooost!
</td>
<td><a href="Richard_Garfield" title="Richard Garfield">Richard Garfield</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Iello" title="Iello">Iello</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>KerFlip!
</td>
<td>Damon Tabb
</td>
<td>Creative Foundry Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Kulami" title="Kulami">Kulami</a>
</td>
<td>Andreas Kuhnekath
</td>
<td>Steffen Spiele
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Suburbia
</td>
<td>Ted Alspach
</td>
<td>Bézier Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2014">2014
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Austin_(Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Austin (Texas)">Austin</a>
</td>
<td>Euphoria: Build a Better Dystopia
</td>
<td><a href="Jamey_Stegmaier" title="Jamey Stegmaier">Jamey Stegmaier</a>, Alan Stone
</td>
<td>Stonemaier Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Gravwell: Escape from the 9th Dimension
</td>
<td>Corey Young
</td>
<td>Cryptozoic Entertainment
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Pyramix
</td>
<td>Tim Roediger
</td>
<td>Gamewright
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Qwixx" title="Qwixx">Qwixx</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Steffen_Benndorf" title="Steffen Benndorf">Steffen Benndorf</a>
</td>
<td>Gamewright
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>The Duke
</td>
<td>Matt Heerdt
</td>
<td>Catalyst Game Labs
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2015">2015
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Die_Schl%C3%B6sser_des_K%C3%B6nig_Ludwig" title="Die Schlösser des König Ludwig">Castles of Mad King Ludwig</a>
</td>
<td>Ted Alspach
</td>
<td>Bézier Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Dragonwood" title="Dragonwood">Dragonwood</a>
</td>
<td>Darren Kisgen
</td>
<td>Gamewright
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Lanterns: The Harvest Festival
</td>
<td>Christopher Chung
</td>
<td>Renegade Game Studios und Foxtrot Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Letter Tycoon
</td>
<td>Brad Brooks
</td>
<td>Ad Magic/Breaking Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Trekking the National Parks
</td>
<td>Charlie Bink
</td>
<td>Bink Ink
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2016">2016
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Wheeling_(Illinois)" title="Wheeling (Illinois)">Wheeling</a>
</td>
<td>Circular Reasoning
</td>
<td>Tomer Braff, Edward Stevenson
</td>
<td>Breaking Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Favor of the Pharaoh
</td>
<td>Thomas Lehmann
</td>
<td>Bézier Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>The Last Spike
</td>
<td>Tom Dalgliesh
</td>
<td><a href="Columbia_Games" title="Columbia Games">Columbia Games</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>New York 1901
</td>
<td>Chénier La Salle
</td>
<td>Blue Orange Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>World's Fair 1893
</td>
<td>J. Alex Kevern
</td>
<td>Renegade Game Studios
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2017">2017
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Herndon_(Virginia)" title="Herndon (Virginia)">Herndon</a>
</td>
<td>Amalgam
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Simply Fun
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Around the World in 80 Days
</td>
<td><a href="David_Parlett" title="David Parlett">David Parlett</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Iello_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Iello Games">Iello Games</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Klong!" title="Klong!">Clank!: A Deck Building Adventure</a>
</td>
<td>Paul Dennen
</td>
<td>Renegade Game Studio
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Harry_Potter%3A_Kampf_um_Hogwarts" title="Harry Potter: Kampf um Hogwarts">Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle</a>
</td>
<td>Forrest-Pruzan Creative, Kami Mandell, Andrew Wolf
</td>
<td>USAOPOLY
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Imagine_(Spiel)" title="Imagine (Spiel)">Imagine</a>
</td>
<td>Shingo Fujita, Shotaro Nakashima, Motoyuki Ohki, Hiromi Oikawa
</td>
<td>Gamewright Inc.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2018">2018
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Herndon_(Virginia)" title="Herndon (Virginia)">Herndon</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Azul_(Spiel)" title="Azul (Spiel)">Azul</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Michael_Kiesling" title="Michael Kiesling">Michael Kiesling</a>
</td>
<td>Plan B Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Constellations: The Game of Stargazing and the Night Sky
</td>
<td>Dante Lauretta, Ian Zang
</td>
<td>Xtronaut Enterprises
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Ex Libris
</td>
<td>Adam P. McIver
</td>
<td>Renegade Game Studio
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Photosynthese_(Spiel)" title="Photosynthese (Spiel)">Photosynthesis</a>
</td>
<td>Hjalmar Hach
</td>
<td>Blue Orange Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="R%C3%A4uber_der_Nordsee" title="Räuber der Nordsee">Raiders of the North Sea</a>
</td>
<td>Shem Phillips
</td>
<td>Renegade Game Studio
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2019">2019
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Herndon_(Virginia)" title="Herndon (Virginia)">Herndon</a>
</td>
<td>Architects of the West Kingdom
</td>
<td>S J Macdonald, Shem Phillips
</td>
<td>Renegade Game Studio
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Gizmos
</td>
<td><a href="Phil_Walker-Harding" title="Phil Walker-Harding">Phil Walker-Harding</a>
</td>
<td>CMON INC
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Gunkimono
</td>
<td>Jeffrey D. Allers
</td>
<td>Renegade Game Studio
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Planet_(Spiel)" title="Planet (Spiel)">Planet</a>
</td>
<td>Urtis Šulinskas
</td>
<td>Blue Orange Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Victorian Masterminds
</td>
<td><a href="Antoine_Bauza" title="Antoine Bauza">Antoine Bauza</a>, <a href="Eric_M._Lang" title="Eric M. Lang">Eric M. Lang</a>
</td>
<td>CMON INC
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th id="2020">2020
</th>
<td>nicht stattgefunden
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>—
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="10" id="2021">2021
</th>
<td rowspan="10"><a href="Herndon_(Virginia)" title="Herndon (Virginia)">Herndon</a>
</td>
<td>Bermuda Pirates
</td>
<td>Jeppe Norsker
</td>
<td>FoxMind Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>ClipCut Parks
</td>
<td>Shaun Graham, Scott Huntington
</td>
<td>Renegade Game Studio
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Gates of Delirium
</td>
<td>Jordan Goddard, Mandy Goddard
</td>
<td>Renegade Game Studio
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Gridopolis
</td>
<td>n.n.
</td>
<td>Gridopolis Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Ishtar: Gardens of Babylon
</td>
<td><a href="Bruno_Cathala" title="Bruno Cathala">Bruno Cathala</a>, Evan Singh
</td>
<td><a href="IELLO" class="mw-redirect" title="IELLO">iello USA</a>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Kodama 3D
</td>
<td>Daryl Andrews, Erica Bouyouris
</td>
<td>Indie Boards and Cards
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Mental Blocks
</td>
<td>Jonathan Gilmour, Micah Sawyer
</td>
<td>Pandasaurus Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Stripes
</td>
<td>Maxine Ekl
</td>
<td>Breaking Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Village Pillage
</td>
<td>Peter C. Hayward, Tom Lang
</td>
<td>Jellybean Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Who knows who
</td>
<td>—
</td>
<td>Digby Doo
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2022">2022
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Herndon_(Virginia)" title="Herndon (Virginia)">Herndon</a>
</td>
<td>Atheneum: Mystic Library
</td>
<td>L'Atelier
</td>
<td>Renegade Game Studio
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game
</td>
<td>John Coveyou, Paul Salomon, Ian Zang
</td>
<td>Genius Games LLC
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Life of a Chameleon
</td>
<td>Jake Jenne
</td>
<td>Last Night Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Miyabi
</td>
<td><a href="Michael_Kiesling" title="Michael Kiesling">Michael Kiesling</a>
</td>
<td>HABA
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Shifting Stones
</td>
<td>J. Evan Raitt
</td>
<td>Gamewright
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2023">2023
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Herndon_(Virginia)" title="Herndon (Virginia)">Herndon</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Akropolis_(Spiel)" title="Akropolis (Spiel)">Akropolis</a>
</td>
<td>Jules Messaud
</td>
<td>Hachette Boardgames
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>boop.
</td>
<td>Scott Brady
</td>
<td>Smirk &amp; Dagger Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Gartenbau
</td>
<td>David Abelson, Alex Johns
</td>
<td>25th Century Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Mille_Fiori" title="Mille Fiori">Mille Fiori</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Reiner_Knizia" title="Reiner Knizia">Reiner Knizia</a>
</td>
<td>Devir Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Trekking Through History
</td>
<td>Charlie Bink
</td>
<td>Underdog Games LLC
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="5" id="2024">2024
</th>
<td rowspan="5"><a href="Herndon_(Virginia)" title="Herndon (Virginia)">Herndon</a>
</td>
<td>Abducktion
</td>
<td>Evan Katz, Josh Roberts
</td>
<td>Very Special Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>First in Flight: A Historical Aviation Board Game
</td>
<td>Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset
</td>
<td>Genius Games LLC
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Auf_den_Wegen_von_Darwin" title="Auf den Wegen von Darwin">In the Footsteps of Darwin</a>
</td>
<td>Grégory Grard, Matthieu Verdier
</td>
<td>Hachette Boardgames
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>The Vale of Eternity
</td>
<td>Eric Hong
</td>
<td>Renegade Game Studios
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="Die_wandelnden_T%C3%BCrme" title="Die wandelnden Türme">Wandering Towers</a>
</td>
<td><a href="Michael_Kiesling" title="Michael Kiesling">Michael Kiesling</a>, <a href="Wolfgang_Kramer" title="Wolfgang Kramer">Wolfgang Kramer</a>
</td>
<td>Capstone Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="7" id="2025">2025
</th>
<td rowspan="7"><a href="Herndon_(Virginia)" title="Herndon (Virginia)">Herndon</a>
</td>
<td>Agueda: City of Umbrellas
</td>
<td>Dustin Dobson, Milan Zivkovic
</td>
<td>25th Century Games
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Diatoms
</td>
<td>Sabrina Culyba
</td>
<td>25th Century Games / Ludoliminal
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<td>Farms Race (Deluxe Edition)
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<td>Daniel Dranove, Tom Weiner
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<td>Medium Brow Games
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<td>Hutan: Ein Wald voller Leben
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<td>Asger Harding Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen
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<td>USAopoly
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<td>Plundering Times
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<td><a href="Reiner_Knizia" title="Reiner Knizia">Reiner Knizia</a>
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<td>SimplyFun
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<td><a href="Schatz_der_Drachen" title="Schatz der Drachen">Treasure of the Dragons</a>
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<td><a href="Reiner_Knizia" title="Reiner Knizia">Reiner Knizia</a>
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<td>FoxMind Games
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Nicht mit dem Solitaire-Kartenspiel zu verwechseln.</span>
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