Mensa Select

Dominion

Grade(s): 
Middle/High
Time to Play: 
30
Min. Players: 
2
Max. Players: 
4
Return: 
Medium
Rules: 
Dominion Rules

ou are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodums. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner.

Card Game | Deck Building | Hand Management | Mensa Select | Spiel des Jahres

10 Days in the Americas

Grade(s): 
Middle/High
Time to Play: 
30
Min. Players: 
2
Max. Players: 
4
Return: 
High
Rules: 
10 Days in the Americas Rules

Gather your sunglasses, snowshoes and mosquito spray - it's time to travel to new destinations with the 10 Days Series - the Americas!

Players use destination and transportation tiles to chart a course through North, Central and South America and the Caribbean — touring by airplane, cruise ship or on foot. With a little luck and clever planning, you just might outmaneuver your fellow travelers and be the first to make connections for a complete ten day journey!

Caribbean | Central America | Geography | Mensa Select | North America | Sequencing | South America

Niagara

Grade(s): 
Middle/High
Time to Play: 
45
Min. Players: 
3
Max. Players: 
5
Return: 
Medium
Rules: 
Niagara Rules
Niagara is set in the not particularly safe world of rushing waterfalls. In the late 18th Century, the Shawnee and Iroquois Indians pointed white Desperadoes, Mercenaries and Adventurers in the direction of hidden caches of valuable jewels, in the hopes of turning them against one another and away from their territorial expansion ambitions. Players play as some of those Adventurers. The first player to be able to claim ownership of five jewels is the winner. But the chase after the riches has some snags.Mensa Select | Pickup and Deliver | Racing | Simultaneous Action Selection | Spiel des Jahres

Forbidden Island

Grade(s): 
Elem./Middle
Time to Play: 
30
Min. Players: 
2
Max. Players: 
4
Return: 
High
Rules: 
Forbidden Island Rules

Dare to discover Forbidden Island!

Join a team of adventurers on a do-or-die mission to capture four sacred treasures from the ruins of this perilous paradise. Your team will have to work together and make some pulse-pounding maneuvers, as the island will sink beneath every step! Race to collect the treasures and make a triumphant escape before you are swallowed into the watery abyss!

Co-operative Game | Leadership | Mensa Select | Social Literacy | Team Play

Zendo

Grade(s): 
Middle/High
Time to Play: 
20
Min. Players: 
2
Max. Players: 
1
Return: 
High
Rules: 
Zendo Rules

Zendo is a game of inductive logic in which the Master creates a rule and the Students attempt to discover it by building and studying arrangements of plastic pyramid-shaped pieces (known as “Icehouse pieces”). The first student to state the rule correctly wins.

Induction | Mensa Select | Science | Scientific Method

Wits and Wagers

Grade(s): 
High
Time to Play: 
30
Min. Players: 
4
Max. Players: 
9+
Return: 
Medium
Rules: 
Wits and Wagers Rules

Not a trivia buff? It doesn’t matter! Each player writes a guess to a question such as “In what year did the bikini swimsuit makes its first appearance?” or “How many feet wide is an NFL football field?” and places it face-up on the betting mat. Feeling confident? Bet on your guess. Think someone else knows better? Bet on their guess. Strike it big and you’ll be cheering like you just hit the jackpot!

Knowledge Game | Mensa Select | Party Game | Trivia Game

Blokus

Grade(s): 
Middle/High
Time to Play: 
20
Min. Players: 
4
Max. Players: 
4
Return: 
Medium
Rules: 
Blokus Rules

Every move counts in this award-winning game as players stake their territory, square by square. The simple rules take less than a minute to learn, yet the game has the depth to challenge beginners and experts alike, perfect for the whole family.

Geometry | Math | Mensa Select | Spatial Relations

10 Days in the USA

Grade(s): 
Middle
Time to Play: 
30
Min. Players: 
2
Max. Players: 
4
Return: 
High
Rules: 
10 Days in the USA Rules

You have 10 Days in the USA touring by plane, car and on foot. Chart you course from start to finish using destination and transportation tiles. With a little luck and clever planning, you just might outmaneuver your fellow travelers.

The first traveler to make connections for a ten day journey wins the game!

Geography | Mensa Select | United States

10 Days in Europe

Grade(s): 
Middle
Time to Play: 
30
Min. Players: 
2
Max. Players: 
4
Return: 
High
Rules: 
10 Days in Europe Rules

You have 10 Days in Europe touring by plane, ship, or on foot. Chart your course from start to finish using destination and transportation tiles. With a little luck and clever planning, you just might outmaneuver your fellow travelers.

The first traveler to make connections for a ten day journey wins the game.

Europe | Geography | Mensa Select

10 Days in Asia

Grade(s): 
Middle
Time to Play: 
30
Min. Players: 
2
Max. Players: 
4
Return: 
High
Rules: 
10 Days in Asia Rules

You have 10 Days in Asia touring by train, airplane, ship and on foot. Chart you course from start to finish using destination and transportation tiles. With a little luck and clever planning, you just might outmaneuver your fellow travelers.

The first traveler to make connections for a ten day journey wins the game!

Asia | Geography | Mensa Select
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