American Mensa Selects Chicago to Host Mind Games Competition
(PRWEB) December 14, 2015 -- Chicago Area Mensa will host the annual Mind Games® competition on April 15-17, 2016. Mind Games is one of the leading board showcase competitions in the United States and attracts Mensa members from across the globe. This year the coveted Mensa Select® designation will be up for grabs at the Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, Ill.
The annual Mind Games event allows manufacturers to put their new-to-market games to the test as Mensa members play and rate each title. Members of the high IQ organization play innovative games, judging them on aesthetics, instructions, originality, play appeal and play value, and then cast their ballots and comment cards. On the final day of the event, votes are tallied and five games receive the honor of bearing the Mensa Select® seal. Winners will be announced on Sunday, April 17. Entries are currently being accepted at mensamindgames.com. The 2015 Mensa Select winners are:
• Castles of Mad King Ludwig,” Bezier Games, Inc.
• “Dragonwood,” Gamewright
• ‘Lanterns: The Harvest Festival,” Renegade Game Studios and Foxtrot Games
• “Letter Tycoon,” Ad Magic/Breaking Games
• “Trekking the National Parks,” Bink Ink, LLC
Past winners include Magic: The Gathering™, Trivial Pursuit, Genus Edition™ and Apples to Apples®.
American Mensa is an organization open to anyone who scores in the top 2 percent on any accepted, standardized intelligence test. Mensa has more than 56,000 members in the United States and more than 110,000 members globally. For more information about Mensa, visit americanmensa.org or call (800) 66-MENSA.
Victoria Liguez, American Mensa, http://www.americanmensa.org, +1 (817) 607-0060 Ext: 5542, [email protected]
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